Longest trading · Updated October 2026
Sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne
- Sport, fitness and learning businesses compared
- 1,327
- Google reviews
- 167,386
- Median rating
- 5.0
As of October 2026, the three longest-trading sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne, VIC on Town Proven are Excel Drive - Melbourne (started in 1956; 4.2 from 10 Google reviews), Leo Berry's Gym - Richmond Boxing Club (started in 1957; 4.9 from 17 Google reviews) and Box Hill Athletic Club (started in 1960; 4.2 from 68 Google reviews).
Sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne: the top 50
- 1
Excel Drive - Melbourne
from 10 Google reviews
Started: 1956
Bentleigh VIC
- 2
Leo Berry's Gym - Richmond Boxing Club
from 17 Google reviews
Started: 1957
13a Gleadell St, Richmond VIC 3121
- 3
Box Hill Athletic Club
from 68 Google reviews
Started: 1960
530 Elgar Rd, Melbourne VIC 3129
- 4
Melbourne Hapkido Academy
from 18 Google reviews
Started: 1963
- 5
The Australian Ballet School
from 11 Google reviews
Started: 1964
- 6
MUFC Child Care Centre
from 12 Google reviews
Started: 1965
- 7
Fitzys Gym
from 144 Google reviews
Started: 1968
Brunswick VIC
- 8
Malvern Early Learning & Child Care Centre
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1975
- 9
Sydenham Street Swimming School
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1975
- 10
Hobsons Bay Driving School
from 175 Google reviews
Started: 1980
Werribee VIC
- 11
Garden Street Occasional Childcare
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1980
- 12
Kids on Collins Nursery And Early Education
from 49 Google reviews
Started: 1982
546 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
- 13
Pace Driving School
from 45 Google reviews
Started: 1982
673 Nepean Hwy, Melbourne VIC 3199
- 14
NumberWorks'nWords Tutoring Brighton
from 17 Google reviews
Started: 1984
- 15
Dragon Health and Fitness
from 92 Google reviews
Started: 1984
30 Leeds St, Melbourne VIC 3011
- 16
Dance World Studios
from 28 Google reviews
Started: 1987
Emerald Hill, 295 Bank St, Melbourne VIC 3205
- 17
Solo Driving Training
from 133 Google reviews
Started: 1990
311/838 Bourke St, Docklands VIC 3008
- 18
Workout Zone 24/7 Fitness Caulfield North
from 97 Google reviews
Started: 1990
Caulfield North, 42/44 Hawthorn Rd, Melbourne VIC 3161
- 19
Sharmas Driving School
from 1,463 Google reviews
Started: 1991
Evrah Dr, Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029
- 20
Athletique Health Club
from 84 Google reviews
Started: 1991
2 Albert St, Melbourne VIC 3072
- 21
Re Form Exercise Science Exercise Physiologists!
from 34 Google reviews
Started: 1992
Moorabbin VIC
- 22
White Knight Driving Academy
from 417 Google reviews
Started: 1994
40 Woodside Ave, Clayton VIC 3168
- 23
One Fitness
from 23 Google reviews
Started: 1996
210 Bay St, Brighton VIC 3186
- 24
Six Harmonies Martial Arts
from 13 Google reviews
Started: 1996
170-172 Montague St, Melbourne VIC 3205
- 25
Leanmuscle Personal Trainer
from 93 Google reviews
Started: 1997
26 Prohasky St, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
- 26
Fit Squad
from 58 Google reviews
Started: 1998
Footscray VIC
- 27
Swimable
from 28 Google reviews
Started: 1998
- 28
RMIT Gym
from 17 Google reviews
Started: 1998
- 29
Hurls Fitness
from 54 Google reviews
Started: 1999
Fitzroy VIC
- 30
Melbourne Salsa
from 81 Google reviews
Started: 2000
- 31
DL Personal Training
from 35 Google reviews
Started: 2001
Westbury St, Melbourne VIC 3183
- 32
ROADS DRIVING SCHOOL
from 150 Google reviews
Started: 2001
- 33
Inspire Fitness and Exercise Physiology
from 38 Google reviews
Started: 2001
Advantage Education Centre, 317 Doncaster Rd, Melbourne VIC 3104
- 34
The Space Dance & Arts Centre
from 157 Google reviews
Started: 2001
- 35
Eastside Driving Instructor
from 80 Google reviews
Started: 2002
Ringwood VIC
- 36
Driving Zone
from 609 Google reviews
Started: 2003
73 Ogrady St, Albert Park VIC 3206
- 37
Infinity Pilates Studio
from 35 Google reviews
Started: 2003
Enter via Camden St - upstairs, 220 Carlisle St, Balaclava VIC 3183
- 38
Revolution Performance Training
from 127 Google reviews
Started: 2004
17A Market St, South Melbourne VIC 3205
- 39
Australian Yoga Academy
from 231 Google reviews
Started: 2005
42 Clifton St, Prahran VIC 3181
- 40
Drive2Shine - Driving School
from 10 Google reviews
Started: 2005
Craigieburn VIC
- 41
North Melbourne Boxing & Fitness
from 76 Google reviews
Started: 2005
64 Sutton St, North Melbourne VIC 3051
- 42
Your Local Driving Academy Dandenong
from 11 Google reviews
Started: 2006
Dandenong VIC
- 43
PHIIT Club
from 19 Google reviews
Started: 2007
Westfield, Food Court, 619 Doncaster Rd, Melbourne VIC 3108
- 44
MBS GYM PRAHRAN 24/7
from 142 Google reviews
Started: 2007
35 Cato St, Prahran VIC 3182
- 45
Yoga 8
from 66 Google reviews
Started: 2007
1/238 High St, Windsor VIC 3181
- 46
The Salsa Foundation
from 359 Google reviews
Started: 2008
600 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
- 47
State of Fitness
from 80 Google reviews
Started: 2009
Level 2/of 349 Chapel St, South Yarra VIC 3141
- 48
Athletic Club East
from 29 Google reviews
Started: 2009
36 Lanark St, Melbourne VIC 3169
- 49
Strive2Drive
from 12 Google reviews
Started: 2009
Preston VIC
- 50
Froebel Fitzroy North Early Learning Centre
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 2009
Town Proven compared 1,327 sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne, VIC, with 167,386 Google reviews between them. Of these, 103 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 48 reviews.
Of the sport, fitness and learning businesses compared, the most reviewed is Box Hill Central, with 9,231 Google reviews at 3.9.
How this list is ranked
Businesses are ranked by the year they started, as their own website states it, earliest first. Only businesses rated 4.0 or better from at least 10 Google reviews are listed.
The year is the business's own statement and is not checked against a register, and age alone says nothing about quality.
Questions
- Which sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne, VIC have been trading the longest?
- As of October 2026, the three longest-trading sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne, VIC on Town Proven are Excel Drive - Melbourne (started in 1956; 4.2 from 10 Google reviews), Leo Berry's Gym - Richmond Boxing Club (started in 1957; 4.9 from 17 Google reviews) and Box Hill Athletic Club (started in 1960; 4.2 from 68 Google reviews).
- How does Town Proven rank sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne, VIC?
- Businesses are ranked by the year they started, as their own website states it, earliest first. Only businesses rated 4.0 or better from at least 10 Google reviews are listed. The year is the business's own statement and is not checked against a register, and age alone says nothing about quality.
- How many sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne, VIC did Town Proven compare?
- Town Proven compared 1,327 sport, fitness and learning businesses in Melbourne, VIC, with 167,386 Google reviews between them. Of these, 103 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 48 reviews.
- Can a business pay to be listed or to rank higher?
- No. Every business is ranked by the same published method, and no business can pay to be listed or to move up.