What Shopify theme does Gymshark use?
Gymshark is running Hydra 1.15.0 | Store 1.39.0 (BF backup) on a pre-2.0 vintage theme. We identified it from inline window.Shopify.theme JSON plus signature-matched CSS class prefixes.
theme detected
Live result · refreshed 2026-05-29
About Gymshark
Founded 2012 · GB
Ben Francis started Gymshark in his parents' garage in Birmingham at age 19, screen-printing the first products himself. By 2020 he was the UK's youngest self-made billionaire on paper after General Atlantic bought a minority stake at a £1.0bn valuation. The brand built its early following almost entirely through fitness-creator partnerships before such partnerships were called influencer marketing.
Public scale markers
Disclosed in filings, acquisitions or named press reporting — not estimates.
- 01£600M+ trailing revenue (FY2023)
- 02Valued at £1.0bn (2020, General Atlantic minority stake)
- 03900+ employees
- 04Customers in 230+ countries
Notable for the theme detector
Gymshark is one of Shopify Plus's most public enterprise success stories — Tobi Lütke himself cites it in keynote talks. The brand publicly stuck with Shopify through its scale-up phase rather than going custom.
Theme identity
- Theme name
- Hydra 1.15.0 | Store 1.39.0 (BF backup)
- Theme ID
- 120703549642
- Homepage template
- index
Shopify 2.0 readiness
Online Store 2.0
Vintage
Sections rendered
0
Theme app extensions
0
Customisation + performance
How heavily Gymshark's storefront has been modified on top of the base theme.
Inline scripts
25
HTML size
41 KB
TTFB
455 ms
CMP
None
What this theme + customisation reveals
Gymshark's storefront declares "Hydra 1.15.0 | Store 1.39.0 (BF backup)" via window.Shopify.theme JSON but the underlying CSS signatures don't match a commercial theme we track. That pattern is consistent with either (a) a fully-custom in-house theme that the team named after a project codename, or (b) a heavily-forked commercial theme where the original class prefixes have been stripped during customisation. Either way, the build effort here is meaningful.
Cross-check with the App Stack Detector to see how the apps installed interact with the theme — heavily-customised themes typically run thinner app stacks because custom code replaces app functionality.
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