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
- 1,437
- Countries with competitions
- 75
- Verified belts
- 49
Gyms by country
Top 20 countries. 25 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.
- United States569
- United Kingdom128
- Canada67
- Brazil59
- Australia59
- France39
- Germany39
- Portugal36
- Ireland31
- Spain30
- New Zealand28
- Netherlands24
- Sweden23
- Norway15
- Italy13
Competitions in the next 12 months
Tournaments already announced, month by month. Later months fill up as federations and organizers publish their calendars.
- 410Oct
- 403Nov
- 191Dec
- 98Jan
- 64Feb
- 43Mar
- 43Apr
- 37May
- 29Jun
- 22Jul
- 15Aug
- 29Sep
Competitions by federation
Plus 1,008 competitions by independent organizers with no federation listed.
- Grappling Industries177
- IBJJF102
- AJP46
- ADCC39
- NAGA30
- AGF24
- UFC BJJ5
- SJJIF4
- Polaris2
Belt registry by color
Belts certified by the coach or verified by BJJ Square, blue and above.
- Blue23
- Purple5
- Brown5
- Black16
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.