Turnover: 45 million EUR (2023)
Country: France
- Arkose French climbing leader opened its first climbing gym at the end of December 2013 in a fast-growing district of eastern Paris: Montreuil.
- Arkose is now present in 16 cities.
- 25 climbing gyms
- The club also offers catering services.
News
Climbing, the growing trend in France 20/08/2023
- French industry leader Arkose has opened 14 gyms since 2019 and is targeting sales of 45 million euros in 2023, up from 21 million in 2019.
- A decade of growth in the indoor climbing market, with virtually uninterrupted growth outside the Covid period.
- The number of climbing gyms in France has risen from around fifteen in the early 2000s to just over 200 today.
- By 2022, 4% of the French population had taken up climbing, i.e. almost 1.5 million people, including 500,000 new climbers.
- The sector continues to grow by just over 2% a year.
- Customers spend an average of two and a half to three hours in climbing gyms, but only climb 25% of the time.
- Complementary activities account for 30-35% of sales at Arkose and 15% at Climb up.
- Start-up Climbing District, founded in 2020, claims to be already profitable at group level.
Studies mentioning this company
The climbing gym market - France
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- Block'Out
- Climb'Up
- Arkose
- MILLET MOUNTAIN GROUP
- ClimbingAway
- Climbing Technology
- Manox
- Climbing District
- Béal Cordes
- Hapik Masai
- Bloc Session
- Les Arts de la Grimpe
- Vertical'art
- Simond (Decathlon)
- Expression Holds
- 9A Climbing
- Jarnias