The clubs offered a wide variety of different fitness facilities, including gyms, swimming pools and courts for racquet sports.
In addition they offered a choice of bar food and drinks, spa treatments and live sporting coverage.
On 26 April 2011, after two years of ownership, Société Générale confirmed that it had agreed to sell its Esporta health, fitness and racquets clubs to Virgin Active for £77.5m.
Selling all six in 2005, they sold seven UK locations to Virgin Active: Birmingham, Bolton, Crawley, Chelmsford, Gloucester, Medway, and Rugby.
During 2009 Esporta changed this policy, adding a small one-off initial fee to use 'non-home' clubs.