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1995
SATS was launched in Norway by re-branding 8 existing fitness clubs
1998
By this year, SATS operated 49 fitness clubs and was acquired by the American fitness club group named 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide
1999
SATS acquired the Swedish Sports Club and established its operations in Sweden
2000
SATS became the first chain in the Nordics to offer personal training. The expansion continued and after entering Denmark, SATS operated 100 clubs in the Nordics
2001
ELIXIA was launched and by year-end, the chain operated a total of 16 fitness clubs in Norway and Finland
2002
The private equity investor Nordic Capital and the Norwegian founders of SATS acquired SATS from 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide
2003
SATS established its first clubs in Finland
2006
TryghedsGruppen smba acquired SATS
2010
Fresh Fitness was launched as a low-cost alternative in Norway and Denmark
2011
ELIXIA was acquired by Altor, a private equity investor (Altor Fund III)
2014
Merger of SATS and ELIXIA, creating the largest fitness chain in the Nordics
2016
Launched Online Training and multiple niches training concepts, including HiYoga, Build’n Burn, and Martial Arts
2017
SATS Introduced a modular membership structure, where members can tailor their own package
2018
All ELIXIA clubs in Norway, and 22 Fresh Fitness clubs across the Nordics, were rebranded to the SATS concept. A new member app with social network functionality was launched
2019
Acquires fitness dk, consisting of 39 fitness clubs, to re-enter the Danish market, where operations were sold in 2013. SATS ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
2020
SATS opens 15 clubs, closes one club, and divests nine clubs in Denmark outside the Greater Copenhagen cluster. In 2020, SATS experienced a temporary setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent club closures. However, SATS proved its ability to regain its member base once all clubs were open again, and the scalable business model is still attractive going forward
2021
SATS ended 2021 with 660 000 members, the same level as 2019. During 2020 and 2021 we opened 29 new clubs