BJJ Square data · updated September 26, 2026

BJJ in numbers

Gyms, competitions and verified belts: what we know about jiu-jitsu worldwide, counted every day, no estimates.

Gyms
2,739
Countries with gyms
90
Competitions on the calendar
1,507
Countries with competitions
79
Verified belts
48

Gyms by country

Top 20 countries. 24 listings are managed by the gyms themselves.

  • United States738
  • Brazil711
  • United Kingdom304
  • Italy226
  • Australia106
  • Germany71
  • Canada70
  • Portugal50
  • Spain45
  • France39
  • Mexico24
  • Russia20
  • Netherlands16
  • Ireland16
  • Switzerland14
  • Sweden13
  • Belgium13
  • Japan12
  • Poland12
  • South Korea11

Countries with the most competitions

Competitions from today onwards. Tap a country for its calendar.

Competitions in the next 12 months

Tournaments already announced, month by month. Later months fill up as federations and organizers publish their calendars.

  1. 101Sep
  2. 499Oct
  3. 371Nov
  4. 177Dec
  5. 81Jan
  6. 52Feb
  7. 37Mar
  8. 34Apr
  9. 31May
  10. 24Jun
  11. 18Jul
  12. 13Aug

Competitions by federation

Plus 1,072 competitions by independent organizers with no federation listed.

  • Grappling Industries171
  • IBJJF103
  • AJP50
  • ADCC44
  • NAGA28
  • AGF27
  • UFC BJJ6
  • SJJIF4
  • Polaris2

Belt registry by color

Belts certified by the coach or verified by BJJ Square, blue and above.

  • Blue23
  • Purple5
  • Brown5
  • Black15

Average time at each belt

We'll publish it once there are at least 15 certified promotions per color: before that it would be a random number.

Go to the registry →

Where the numbers come from

Gyms come from public sources (OpenStreetMap, federation lists) and from the listings owners keep up to date on BJJ Square. Competitions come from the public calendars of federations and registration platforms, re-read every morning. Belts only count those in the verified registry. No number is estimated: if we don't have it, we don't show it.