Longest trading · Updated October 2026
Sport, fitness and learning businesses in Victoria
- Sport, fitness and learning businesses compared
- 5,358
- Google reviews
- 371,232
- Median rating
- 5.0
As of October 2026, the three longest-trading sport, fitness and learning businesses in Victoria 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 Trilogy Dance Company (started in 1957; 4.6 from 29 Google reviews).
Sport, fitness and learning businesses in Victoria: 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
Trilogy Dance Company
from 29 Google reviews
Started: 1957
- 4
Utassy Ballet School
from 11 Google reviews
Started: 1960
59 Edinburgh Rd, Melbourne VIC 3130
- 5
Box Hill Athletic Club
from 68 Google reviews
Started: 1960
530 Elgar Rd, Melbourne VIC 3129
- 6
Ringwood Ballet Group
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1961
- 7
Wemco Driving School
from 26 Google reviews
Started: 1963
73 Unity Dr, Mount Duneed VIC 3217
- 8
RVDA - Riga Victoria Dance Academy
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1963
326 St Georges Rd, Melbourne VIC 3071
- 9
St Luke's Uniting Kindergarten Mt Waverley
from 12 Google reviews
Started: 1963
- 10
Melbourne Hapkido Academy
from 18 Google reviews
Started: 1963
- 11
Charlesworth Ballet and Dance Academy
from 20 Google reviews
Started: 1964
37-43 Virginia St, Melbourne VIC 3149
- 12
The Australian Ballet School
from 11 Google reviews
Started: 1964
- 13
MUFC Child Care Centre
from 12 Google reviews
Started: 1965
- 14
Fitzys Gym
from 144 Google reviews
Started: 1968
Brunswick VIC
- 15
ATA Martial Arts Academy
from 28 Google reviews
Started: 1970
- 16
Metec Driver Training
from 88 Google reviews
Started: 1971
- 17
Richardson Dance Studio
from 36 Google reviews
Started: 1972
116-118 Beveridge St, Swan Hill VIC 3585
- 18
Paul Sadler Swimland | Swimming Lessons Bacchus Marsh
from 39 Google reviews
Started: 1972
30 Holts Ln, Bacchus Marsh VIC 3340
- 19
Paul Sadler Swimland | Swimming Lessons Bendigo
from 30 Google reviews
Started: 1972
- 20
Bruno Driving School
from 19 Google reviews
Started: 1972
- 21
Paul Sadler Swimland | Swimming Lessons Parkwood Green
from 176 Google reviews
Started: 1972
190 Community Hub, Melbourne VIC 3037
- 22
Paul Sadler Swimland | Swimming Lessons Aintree
from 22 Google reviews
Started: 1972
- 23
Samurai Karate Sunshine
from 40 Google reviews
Started: 1974
Unit 4/180 Fairbairn Rd, Sunshine West VIC 3020
- 24
Powerhouse Gym Point Cook 24/7
from 104 Google reviews
Started: 1974
- 25
Malvern Early Learning & Child Care Centre
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1975
- 26
Sydenham Street Swimming School
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1975
- 27
Parkwood Dance Academy
from 13 Google reviews
Started: 1976
24-52 Knees Rd, Melbourne VIC 3114
- 28
Norfolk Street Childcare Centre
from 35 Google reviews
Started: 1976
2 Norfolk St, Melbourne VIC 3013
- 29
Dandenong Day Nursery
from 22 Google reviews
Started: 1976
18 Brunet St, Melbourne VIC 3175
- 30
Michelle Rae School of Dance
from 78 Google reviews
Started: 1977
36 Fairway Ave, Melbourne VIC 3149
- 31
MVC Boxing
from 34 Google reviews
Started: 1979
Reilly St, Melbourne VIC 3134
- 32
Each Childcare Centre
from 53 Google reviews
Started: 1979
- 33
CME Fit on Franklin
from 32 Google reviews
Started: 1979
- 34
Dromana Driving School
from 33 Google reviews
Started: 1979
- 35
Hobsons Bay Driving School
from 175 Google reviews
Started: 1980
Werribee VIC
- 36
Samurai Karate Kensington
from 41 Google reviews
Started: 1980
191 Racecourse Rd, Kensington, VIC, 3031
- 37
Blue Fin Swim School
from 79 Google reviews
Started: 1980
- 38
Garden Street Occasional Childcare
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1980
- 39
Melbourne Tutorials
from 119 Google reviews
Started: 1980
Allura Village, Shop 9, Level 1/320 Forsyth Rd
- 40
Samurai Karate Tarneit
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1980
Wyndham Village Shopping Centre, 380 Sayers Rd, Melbourne VIC 3029
- 41
Samurai Karate Waverley
from 20 Google reviews
Started: 1980
378 Blackburn Rd, Melbourne VIC 3151
- 42
MarShere Dance Studios - Boronia
from 24 Google reviews
Started: 1981
90 Boronia Rd, Melbourne VIC 3155
- 43
MarShere Dance Studios - Cranbourne
from 57 Google reviews
Started: 1981
Go Print, 200 Sladen St, Melbourne VIC 3977
- 44
Joon No's Taekwondo Glen Waverley
from 38 Google reviews
Started: 1981
217-221 Manningham Rd, Melbourne VIC 3107
- 45
MarShere Dance Studios - Hastings
from 15 Google reviews
Started: 1981
2031 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Hastings VIC 3915
- 46
Advanced Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Centre
from 739 Google reviews
Started: 1981
- 47
Kids on Collins Nursery And Early Education
from 49 Google reviews
Started: 1982
546 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
- 48
Pace Driving School
from 45 Google reviews
Started: 1982
673 Nepean Hwy, Melbourne VIC 3199
- 49
GymbaROO Geelong
from 40 Google reviews
Started: 1982
- 50
The Gwenrose Australian Academy of Dance & Ballet Theatre of Australia
from 11 Google reviews
Started: 1982
Town Proven compared 5,358 sport, fitness and learning businesses in Victoria, with 371,232 Google reviews between them. Of these, 453 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 22 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 Victoria have been trading the longest?
- As of October 2026, the three longest-trading sport, fitness and learning businesses in Victoria 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 Trilogy Dance Company (started in 1957; 4.6 from 29 Google reviews).
- How does Town Proven rank sport, fitness and learning businesses in Victoria?
- 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 Victoria did Town Proven compare?
- Town Proven compared 5,358 sport, fitness and learning businesses in Victoria, with 371,232 Google reviews between them. Of these, 453 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 22 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.