BJJ Square data · updated November 10, 2026

BJJ in numbers

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

Gyms
8,830
Countries with gyms
103
Competitions on the calendar
1,406
Countries with competitions
78
Verified belts
60

Gyms by country

Top 20 countries. 29 listings are managed by the gyms themselves.

  • United Kingdom1,516
  • Germany961
  • United States739
  • Brazil711
  • Spain595
  • France579
  • Italy543
  • Portugal331
  • Poland277
  • Netherlands235
  • Switzerland182
  • Russia176
  • Sweden149
  • Ireland139
  • Greece123
  • Belgium117
  • Austria113
  • Australia106
  • Ukraine104
  • Finland84

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. 342Nov
  2. 287Dec
  3. 163Jan
  4. 133Feb
  5. 98Mar
  6. 70Apr
  7. 79May
  8. 49Jun
  9. 34Jul
  10. 27Aug
  11. 36Sep
  12. 39Oct

Competitions by federation

Plus 988 competitions by independent organizers with no federation listed.

  • Grappling Industries177
  • IBJJF64
  • AJP52
  • ADCC40
  • AGF39
  • NAGA29
  • BJJ Italia7
  • Polaris3
  • SJJIF3
  • UFC BJJ2

Belt registry by color

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

  • Blue28
  • Purple8
  • Brown5
  • Black19

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.