How much do BJJ gyms charge in the UK in 2026?

BJJ prices in the UK centre on £80 a month for an adult unlimited membership, and half of all gyms charge between £68 and £100. London gyms charge a median of £110, about £30 more than the rest of the country. Most UK gyms sell a rolling monthly membership with no contract and offer a free first class.

In November 2026 we checked the pricing pages of 127 BJJ gyms in every UK region. This article covers the national picture, prices by region and in London, how affiliation and timetable size change the price, how UK gyms use contracts, trials and joining fees, and how to use the numbers when you price your own gym.

How much does BJJ cost in the UK?

An adult unlimited BJJ membership in the UK costs a median of £80 a month, based on 95 gyms with a published price that we confirmed on the gym's own page. The average is £89, because a few London academies charge £150 or more.

Adult unlimited BJJ memberships at 95 UK gyms, from each gym's own pricing page or booking platform on 13 November 2026. Prices may have changed since.

The median is the middle gym when you line them all up by price, so it's a better guide to a normal price than the average. Shortest term is the monthly price on the shortest plan a gym sells, which is a rolling month at most UK gyms. Cheapest with a contract is the lowest monthly price for unlimited training when a member commits for longer or pays a year in advance.

Both medians are £80 because so few UK gyms offer a lower price for a contract. Almost two thirds of gyms charge between £60 and £99:

How did we collect the prices?

We recorded the adult unlimited BJJ membership at 127 gyms across 11 UK regions, from each gym's own website or its booking platform, such as Gymdesk, TeamUp, Glofox or Matpass. 100 of those gyms publish a price, and 95 prices were confirmed on the gym's own page on 13 November 2026. Only those 95 are used in this article.

• Gyms: London, the big regional cities, large towns and small towns, with BJJ-only academies, MMA gyms, affiliated schools and independents.
• Billing periods: prices billed every four weeks are converted to calendar months (multiplied by 13 and divided by 12), and yearly prices are divided by 12.
• Timetables: we counted the adult BJJ classes on 58 of the 95 gyms' timetables. The rest were images or booking widgets we couldn't count.

Our survey of BJJ prices in Europe included 16 UK gyms, mostly in London and the big cities, so it found a higher UK price. This article uses six times as many UK gyms and gives the better national figure.

How do BJJ prices differ across UK regions?

London is the most expensive region for BJJ, with a median of £110 a month, and Wales, Scotland, the East of England and Northern Ireland are the cheapest, at £65-70. Every region outside London has a median between £65 and £90.

Shortest-term prices of adult unlimited memberships, checked on 13 November 2026. Prices may have changed since.

Several regions have only three to eight priced gyms, so treat their medians as a guide. The South East has a high top end because of a few premium schools in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Kent, and no gym we checked in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland charges £100 or more.

How much does BJJ cost in London?

BJJ in London costs a median of £110 a month, and half of the 24 London gyms we checked charge between £95 and £128. The cheapest London gym charges £75, and four charge £150 or more.

Four of the five most expensive gyms in the UK are in London. Gracie Barra Twickenham charges £240 a month on its rolling plan, Roger Gracie Academy HQ in Hammersmith £179, London Fight Factory £160, Wave BJJ in Chiswick £158 and London Grapple £145. Some premium London gyms show their prices only after a visit, so the real London ceiling is probably higher than our numbers.

A London drop-in class costs a median of £20, against £12 for the UK as a whole.

Is BJJ cheaper in small towns?

Outside London, a town's size makes little difference to the price of BJJ. Gyms in the big regional cities charge a median of £75, the same as gyms in small towns, and gyms in large towns charge £70.

Major cities are the big regional cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow. Large towns have 100,000-500,000 people and small towns fewer than 100,000. Prices checked on 13 November 2026.

Small towns in our sample include wealthy towns such as Marlow, Leamington Spa and Harrogate, and towns where one gym has the whole local market. If you run the only BJJ gym in your town, your price depends more on what you offer than on the town's size.

Do Gracie Barra and Roger Gracie academies charge more?

Roger Gracie academies charge a median of £120 a month and Gracie Barra schools £110, against £75 for independent gyms. The gap holds outside London too, where the two brands charge a median of about £100 and independents £70.

Shortest-term prices, checked on 13 November 2026. Checkmat, 10th Planet and Alliance gyms are counted in "Other affiliation".

Roger Gracie and Gracie Barra academies are also the least likely to publish prices: we found prices online for 7 of 11 Roger Gracie academies and 8 of 12 Gracie Barra schools. Independents cover the whole market, from £49 a month to £160.

MMA and multi-discipline gyms charge more than BJJ-only gyms, a median of £90 against £75, because the price usually covers Muay Thai, MMA or strength classes too. Counted per BJJ class, they're the most expensive option: £2.08 against £1.45 at BJJ-only gyms.

Does a bigger timetable mean a higher price?

Gyms with a bigger timetable charge more each month and much less per class. A gym running 21 or more adult classes a week charges a median of £125, and a gym with six or fewer charges £65.

The 58 gyms whose timetables we could count. Price per class assumes a member could attend every class: the monthly price divided by classes a week × 52 ÷ 12. Checked on 13 November 2026.

London Grapple, for example, runs 34 gi, no-gi and open mat sessions a week for £145, which works out at £0.98 a class. Roger Gracie Academy HQ runs about 28 adult BJJ classes a week for £179.

If you charge above your area's median, the timetable is the easiest thing to point to. List the number of classes a week next to the price on your pricing page, so a new member can see what the price buys.

Do UK BJJ gyms use contracts?

Most UK BJJ gyms don't use contracts: 79 of the 95 gyms sell a rolling membership that members can cancel at any time. Only 16 gyms, 17%, offer a lower monthly price for a longer commitment, and the median saving is 17%.

Half of the gyms that offer a contract price are in London and the South East, including the most expensive ones. These examples come straight from the gyms' own pages:

Prices from each gym's own pricing page on 13 November 2026. Gyms change their prices, so check the gym's page for the current price.

Most contract prices in our data are a single yearly payment rather than a 12-month direct debit. A few gyms do the opposite and require a minimum term of three to twelve months on every plan, with no rolling option at all.

In Matpass, each plan has its own price, minimum contract and cancellation notice, so a rolling monthly plan and a yearly plan sit side by side.

What other plans do UK BJJ gyms sell?

Besides the unlimited membership, about half of UK BJJ gyms sell a cheaper limited plan, and most give away the first class for free. These are the plans and fees we found:

Medians from 95 UK BJJ gyms, checked on 13 November 2026. Prices may have changed since.

• Limited plans cost about three quarters of the unlimited price, so most members who train twice a week are better off going unlimited.
• Joining fees are rare and usually small. The big ones are at Gracie Barra Twickenham (£180) and Gracie Barra Cardiff (£100), and most gyms charge nothing.
• Drop-ins at £12 make unlimited the better deal for anyone who trains seven times a month or more.

Gym software like Matpass handles each of these as its own plan. A limited plan is a membership with a "Max classes per week" limit, a free trial can be kept for new customers only, and class packs and drop-ins are plan types of their own. Any plan can have its own signup fee.

How should you price a BJJ gym in the UK?

Set your price from your own costs first, and use these UK numbers to check where it sits in your local market. A gym with London rent can't charge Welsh prices, and a gym with four classes a week can't charge London prices.

This is how I'd read the numbers for each kind of gym:

1. Work out your break-even price from rent, coaching and other costs. The guide on how to price BJJ gym memberships has a calculator for it, and the cost of opening a martial arts gym covers the costs behind it.
2. Compare it with your region and your timetable. If you're above the median, show the number of classes a week, open mats and coaches on your pricing page.
3. Keep a rolling monthly plan. UK members expect to cancel any time, and four in five gyms offer it.
4. Offer a free first class. Two thirds of gyms do, so a paid trial puts you at a disadvantage before the prospect has met you. The guide on improving BJJ gym member retention covers what to do after that first class.
5. Add a limited plan at about 70-75% of unlimited and a student rate about 15-20% off, if you want to reach people with less time or money.
6. Consider a yearly payment at 10-30% off if you want members on longer plans.

When you raise a price in Matpass, the new price applies to new members only, and current members keep the price they signed up with.

Key takeaways

• BJJ in the UK costs a median of £80 a month for adult unlimited training, and half of gyms charge £68-100.
• London gyms charge a median of £110, and every other region sits between £65 and £90.
• Outside London, big cities and small towns charge about the same.
• Roger Gracie and Gracie Barra academies charge £35-45 more than independent gyms.
• Gyms with 21 or more classes a week charge £125 a month but under £1 a class.
• Four in five UK gyms sell a rolling membership, and only 17% offer a lower contract price.
• Two thirds give the first class free, and only 17% charge a joining fee.
• Keep a rolling plan, a limited plan and a yearly option on separate plans, as you can in Matpass.

Frequently asked questions

How much is BJJ a month in the UK?

An adult unlimited BJJ membership costs a median of £80 a month in the UK, and most gyms charge between £60 and £99. In London, the median is £110.

What is the cheapest BJJ in the UK?

The cheapest gyms we found charge £49-50 a month, and they're mostly small independent clubs with two to four adult classes a week.

Is it cheaper to pay BJJ by the class?

A drop-in class costs a median of £12 in the UK, so paying by the class is cheaper only if you train six times a month or less. From seven classes a month, an £80 unlimited membership costs less.

How much is a BJJ gym membership for kids in the UK?

A kids' BJJ membership costs a median of £50 a month at the 76 UK gyms that publish one, and most kids' prices fall between £40 and £65.