market sizing; # of members in a gym-chain and annual revenues for the chain

Hi there,

Your approach is from the demand side. You can also use the supply side as a constraint and work from there. So how many people can actually be present in a gym, the percentage utilization for the peak and off peak hours, and peak and off peak seasons. You will get an average that you can work with.

As long as you can show the interviewer the logic and they can follow you, that's key.

Does this help?

Best, Aws

Hi there,

Providing some market sizing thinking for anyone revisiting this Q&A:

Remember that there's rarely a "best" answer with market sizing. What's important is that you break down the problem the way it makes sense to you. Importantly, break it down so that the assumptions you make are the ones you're most comfortable in.

For example, do you know all the major brands? Great go with that. Do you understand all the segments of that country's population (either age or wealth or job breakdown)? Go with that. Do you know the total market size of the tourism (or hotel) industry? Then break it down that way.

Some tips:

1. Just like in a case, make sure you understand the question - what are you really being asked to calculate
2. Decide whether a top-down or bottom-up approach is best
3. Figure out what you know you know, and what you know you don't know, but could estimate
   1. This helps you determine how to split out buckets
4. Stay flexible - you can start with a "high-level" market sizing, but gauge your interviewers reaction....if it looks like they want you to do more...then go along level deeper in terms of your splits

Hi,

The population approach is flawed since there are many people coming from other districts who just work in that area

It's better to calculate the average occupancy of the Gym (Number of training machines, occupancy on different days / seasons + pool, etc)

Also, you should take into account that 30-50% people hold the memberships but go just a couple times per month

Best