Review (April 2024)
Spartan is an extreme wellness platform helping humans become unbreakable. commit to races, shop merchandise & train to be unbreakable.
202.08M
Estimated Revenue
1.43M
Website Visitors
1.1/5
Trustpilot Score
What do we know about Spartan?
Estimated Revenue (2020)
$202.08M
Total Funding
$15.75M
Total Employees
840
Founded
2010
Industry
Sports
Last Funding Date
Venture (Round not Specified) Jan 2021
Location
Boston, United States
About
Spartan: Spartan is an extreme wellness platform helping humans become UNBREAKABLE. Commit to Races, Shop Merchandise & Train to be Unbreakable.
What is Spartan's Revenue?
Spartan's estimated revenue for 2023 is $202.08M.
What does Spartan do?
Spartan is for those willing to mentally and physically push to achieve your personal best. It's a sport, mindset, community and way of life. Above all, it's a catalyst for transformation, pushing you beyond what you thought was possible. Founded in 2010 by CEO Joe DeSena, Spartan is the world's largest obstacle race and endurance brand, with more than 200 global events annually. The Spartan lifestyle spans more than 40 countries and encompasses a global championship series, training and nutrition programs, health and wellness products and a range of media entities. Spartan's obstacle races have seen more than 5 million participants jump through fire and over the finish line after pushing their bodies and minds to limit across miles of unforgiving terrain while conquering signature obstacles such as the spear throw, bucket brigade and barbed wire crawl. Race events include three distances: the three to five-mile, 20-23 obstacle "Sprint;" eight to 10-mile, 24 to 29 obstacle "Super;" and 12 to 14-mile, 30 to 35 obstacle "Beast," which, when completed in one race season earns competitors the coveted "Trifecta" medal. All races are timed and feature Elite, Age-Group, and Open heats, along with Spartan Kids races designed to challenge youth ages four to 14 with special obstacles and trails. The Spartan Championship Series features global rankings which culminate into the Spartan Race World Championship, where the sport's best male and female athletes collide in Lake Tahoe, CA September 30 through October 1. Spartan Endurance, created to bring participants to their breaking points and build them back up again include the 26.2-mile (or greater), 60 to 70 obstacle Ultra; four and 12-hour Hurricane Heats, and 60 to 70-hour Agoge. For more information visit Spartan.com, or follow @Spartan
What are the monthly traffic metrics for Spartan?
6/mo Traffic Growth
-4.80%
All Time Traffic Growth
Create Free Account
Monthly Hits
1M
Time on Site
3.5Mins
Pages per Visit
3.0
Bounce Rate
50%
How fast is Spartan growing?
Spartan has grown by 41.9% in the last 6 months according to SimilarWeb.
How do people interact with Spartan?
Last month, Spartan received 1M visitors who spent an average of 3.5 minutes on the website and visited 3.0 different pages per session. Overall, 50% of people bounce on the first visit.
How do people find Spartan?
571.2k people (40%) visit Spartan directly. 662.3k (46%) people search for them in Google. Whereas, 66.6k (5%) discover Spartan through Facebook, Reddit, and YouTube. 47.7k (3%) visitors come from Spartan's email newsletters. Finally, 5.8k (0.4%) people come from affiliates and or paid referrals.
Who uses Spartan?
Spartan's top market is the United States and they receive 995.5k (69.8%) people.Then the 2nd is United Kingdom with 60.9k (4.3%).The 3rd is is Canada with 59.1k (4.1%).
Traffic Growth (last 6 months)
What are Spartan's ads on Google?
Google Ads
Spartan Race | Obstacle Training
https://www.spartan.com/en/training/find-a-class/obstacle-specialist?article=34920
Friday at the race venue. Sign up now to learn how to tackle the obstacles. Race Gear Available. 200+ Events Worldwide. Free Workouts. Races For Everyone.
Spartan Race | Race Against Others
https://www.spartan.com/en/race/detail/4484/overview
Sign up for a race to push yourself past your limits as you overcome dozen of obstacles. If you can conquer the obstacles in a Spartan Race, you can conquer anything in your way. Free Workouts. Race Gear Available. Races For Everyone. 200+ Events Worldwid
Spartan Race | Race Against Others
https://www.spartan.com/en/race/detail/4484/overview
Sign up for a race to push yourself past your limits as you overcome dozen of obstacles. If you can conquer the obstacles in a Spartan Race, you can conquer anything in your way. Races For Everyone. 200+ Events Worldwide. Race Gear Available. Free Workout
Spartan Race | Excuse Free Fitness 30% off
https://www.spartan.com/en/new-year-new-you
Make a resolution you will keep with 30% off races today. No Excuses. Get Started. Races For Everyone. Race Gear Available. Free Workouts. 200+ Events Worldwide. Brands: Reebok, Panasonic, Ascent, Boku.
Buy One Get One Free - Spartan Official Site - Cyber Monday Sale
https://race.spartan.com/en/pages/holiday
Buy One Race Get One Free. The best race discount of the year is here. Obstacle Mud Runs & More. Run With Spartan. Find Your Perfect Race. New Safety Guidelines. Not your Average Mud Run. 300+ Races Worldwide. Courses: Stadion, Hurricane, Super, Beast, Ultra.
What do Spartan's customers say about them?
Review Score
1.1/5
Total Reviews
135
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Tamara Black
Apalling company to deal with
Reviewed on 2021-05-22T06:39:46
Apalling company to deal with! It's been a hard year for everyone, but they don't care.They just care about making interest on everyone's money that they have held for the last 1.5 years.
**I did successfully get a refund through contacting my bank and applying for a visa credit card chargeback for no service recieved**
I highly recommend anyone else who has paid via visa card to do the same! Spartan will fight back but if you push the fact that you have paid for a service that they have not provided, the banks will pay you back.
After the Melbourne/Aus 2020 race was postponed and finally cancelled, I contacted Spartan requesting a refund as I myself had been made redundant due to Covid and I am also pregnant with twins! Like everyone else- they didn't care and refused a refund, giving me credits to use within 10months- except they failed to secure any locations remotely close to the original location I paid for!!!
Just pathetic! Fight tooth and nail for your money if you can, they definitely don't deserve it!
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Chelsey Costello
Terrible customer service
Reviewed on 2021-05-20T19:58:37
Terrible customer service.
First of all, I ordered 3 tickets and never received an email confirmation.After chasing up, the replied telling me the event was cancelled due to covid. The tickets were then automatically moved to 29th May 2021 but since I am now pregnant I can no longer attend this year. The only two options I have is attend another event this year (although there’s is no other event is QLD) or some how find someone to take my tickets. I have asked to extend through until next year (after I’ve had the baby) but they won’t allow it.
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Customer
Just take yours money and refund 6…
Reviewed on 2021-05-19T20:54:30
Just take yours money and refund 6 months this is some joke . If they take money they need back fastif they cancel events .
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Ruby G
No different than any other review on here...SPARTAN SUCKS!!!
Reviewed on 2021-05-19T20:02:11
I am so tired of the garbage from Spartan.
I have been a loyal racer since 2016 and although the experience isn’t always awesome,I would actually enjoy the misery...yeah I know its weird....but after spending thousands in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and not receiving any refund after the shutdown and then recently...
In November 2020, I registered for two races (me and my son) for Austin, TX on May 16. I became very ill on Tuesday, May 9th and tested positive for Covid on May 11th. I tried to find out how to defer the race but I was unable to login to many of my accounts to include my email due to my email getting hacked. I sent an email on Wednesday to Spartan and they said I couldn’t defer so close to the race so I’d have to choose another race. Not only is there not a race that works for my work schedule, but i wasn't physically able to change anything online, which is why i emailed for help on Wednesday...After i received a response it was too late to defer (there is a 72 hour no deferment before a race...why? emergencies happen) and there are no other races that work for me. So, I requested a refund. It’s against policy to waive fees to register for another race, even if a racer has covid or some other ailment or disease, and if another race doesn’t work, a racer is unable to receive a refund even if they have Covid. I chose to be responsible and not attend the race. Why does Spartan not offer a refund under certain circumstances? And why do they no offer insurance like an airline or travel agency? This only makes sense.
At the same time I registered for the Austin Race, I registered for the NATS stadium race for April 10th, 2021, it was postponed by Spartan and moved to September but I cant make that date. And since that doesn’t work, I have to pay a fee to defer to another race or just eat it, even though its not my decision to choose that date. The Spartan brand only cares about their bottom line, not how their racers are affected and thats truly a shame. I pray these greedy cucks go bankrupt!
I will NEVER race with Spartan again.
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Lacey Jordan
Bought 5 tickets for a race
Reviewed on 2021-05-11T16:00:04
Bought 5 tickets for a race. THEY canceled the race and the following year offered zero races in my state.Will not give me a refund. I will never buy a ticket from them again and you shouldn't either! They can cancel your race at ANY time and not give you back your money!!!
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Jakob
I was once optimistic about spartan
Reviewed on 2021-05-10T01:01:03
I was once optimistic about spartan. I thought that would change the world. They lied to me.Since I started this sport in 2016 I was hooked addicted I wanted more. But ever since then all they have done is treat their consumers like cash cows. They don't care about their consumers nor their athletes. Every year they raised the prices of their races calling it "maximizing profits" that's nothing but greed and BS. This company is a complete scam. They don't give refunds at all because of their god-awful, hatred, terrible, anti-consumerism no-refund policy. Anti-consumerism!! Their races have gotten shallow, repetitive, bland, and boring. The medals are absolute garbage and are rip-offs from last year. They are the sport version of the video game companies Electronic Art, Activision, and Ubisoft. And those companies treat their consumers like cash cows. All they care about is money. Money and nothing else. They don't care about who are, where you came from, what your backstory is, nothing. All they care about is money and money only. The worst happened when the pandemic hit and millions of people had their season and races canceled including me. I even bought two pairs of running shorts that have never arrived to me because all they care about is money. Joe De Sena and spartan have officially gone full blown stupid. More retarted than Peter Griffin in Family Guy and Mel Gibson when he appeared on South Park. They are as weak and as woke as hollywood. If they don't see the negative reviews and how much criticism they are getting they are putting their head in the sand and staying in their own safety bubble. This is spartan they are suppose to be tough but they are nothing but pussies. Here's another reason why they are a bad company the spartan SGX certificate is an absolute joke. I was once an SGX coach is was a complete waist of time and worthless. I applied for a personal trainer job in Reno, Nevada they said your credentials are impressive but we need an ACE or NASM certificate. The SGX program is not a legitimate certificate. If spartan and Joe can't take all of this criticism then they should declare bankruptcy and get off this planet. There are other OCR companies that are better and care about their consumers rather than this greedy and arrogant company. Until they start to realize "wow, we really have let greed get to our head" don't sign-up for another race. All they will do is take your money and punch you in the face.
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Lyna Hao
LOST MY BUSINESS FOREVER!.. NEVER DOING ANOTHER SPARTAN RACE
Reviewed on 2021-04-29T21:46:43
DISAPPOINTING! .. WILL NEVER WORK WITH SPARTAN RACE AGAIN
In a time where we all need some understanding and compassion,the company of Spartan Race has NONE!
While I purchased the Trifecta in 2019 to be completed in 2020, the unfortunate event of a worldwide PANDEMIC occurred!! As the year passes by, our races are constantly being rebooked time and time again without the option of getting a refund!
Customer service is unhelpful. When wanting to move your race date or transfer to another person because you are now unable to keep scheduling a new date after new date after new date,.. they want to charge you an ADDITIONALLY $35!!! ..... Why aren't you giving us $35 every time you move our race dates!!!!! MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!
Thanks for STEALING $300
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Lee Atkinson
no refunds
Reviewed on 2021-04-21T11:21:13
6 months later after repeated cancellations .. no refund! .. no customer service ,no nothing avoid.
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