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Fitness Franchises
What these brands actually cost to open, and whether they're opening more locations or losing them -- straight from each one's FDD, not a "starting at" number from a sales page.
Across the 10 fitness franchises verified here, the initial investment averages $490,262 to $1,286,375; the lowest entry point is The Joint Chiropractic at $254,250, and Planet Fitness runs up to $5,386,000. Initial franchise fees range from $19,950 to $65,000. Royalties average 7.3% of gross sales (1 of these disclose a non-percentage royalty). By the most recent Item 20 filing, 6 are opening more franchised locations than they close, 3 are losing locations, 1 has no franchised units open yet.
Computed from the 10 entries listed below, each sourced from its own FDD -- not an industry-wide estimate.
How fitness compares to the rest of the portfolio
Fitness franchises here average a low-end investment of $490,262, against $607,082 across all 130 brands verified on the site -- about 19% lower than the portfolio average.
Royalties here average 7.3% of gross sales, against 6.1% across every verified brand on the site.
60% of the 10 verified fitness brands are in a net-growth year by their latest Item 20 filing.
The investment range above is Item 7 of each fitness franchisor's FDD -- it bundles the initial franchise fee with real estate or lease costs, equipment and signage, opening inventory, training expenses, and a working-capital reserve, not just the fee itself. Two fitness brands with the same fee can still land at very different totals depending on how much build-out their concept needs.
$764,577–$1,104,920
$445,299–$736,465
$271,037–$814,192
$539,329–$905,482
$403,289–$1,029,811
$291,145–$678,003
$1,282,500–$5,386,000
$254,250–$520,800
$362,300–$857,700
$288,890–$830,380
Keep going
- Fitness franchises average $490,262 to get in the door; see how that compares to every other industry in the same under $500,000 tier. Franchises Under $500,000 to Start
- 6 of the 10 fitness franchises here are in a net-growth year; see how they stack up against growing brands in every other industry. Franchises That Are Actually Growing
Only brands we've hand-verified against their actual filing show up here -- more fitness franchises are added as they're checked.