Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
Self Esteem Brands Announces Expansion of Anytime Fitness Brand into United Arab Emirates
Posted: March 22, 2024 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN and DUBAI, UAE - Self Esteem Brands (SEB), the parent company of a global portfolio of fitness, health and wellness franchise brands, announces its latest master franchisee in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an investment group led by Dr. Mark Mobius, an investor synonymous with emerging and frontier markets and one of the most successful and influential money managers over the past 30 years. Read More...
Anytime Fitness Teaming Up with Apple Fitness+ to Offer Members Fitness Experiences Anytime, Anywhere
Posted: November 1, 2023 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN and CUPERTINO, CA - Self Esteem Brands, LLC (SEB), parent company to a global portfolio of fitness, health and wellness franchise brands, announces that Anytime Fitness, the world's largest fitness club brand, is teaming up with Apple Fitness+, an award-winning fitness and wellness service designed to be welcoming to all, to offer members an unmatched digital and in-person fitness experience. Read More...
Ahead of Global Franchisee Conference, Self Esteem Brands Shares Record-breaking Q3 2023 Anytime Fitness Sales, Traffic Worldwide
Posted: October 24, 2023 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN - Self Esteem Brands (SEB), the parent company of a global portfolio of fitness, health and wellness franchise brands announces key Q3 2023 results for Anytime Fitness. Read More...
Self Esteem Brands Announces AF National Franchising LTD as Master Franchisee for Anytime Fitness Clubs in All of Canada
Posted: September 7, 2023 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN - Self Esteem Brands (SEB), the parent company of a global portfolio of fitness, health and wellness franchise brands, announces that AF National Franchising LTD has granted Anytime Fitness master franchisee for all of Canada, which now includes 225 franchised Anytime Fitness clubs. Read More...
Self Esteem Brands Welcomes Anytime France as Newest Anytime Fitness Master Franchisee
Posted: July 12, 2023 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN - Self Esteem Brands (SEB), the parent company of a global portfolio of fitness, health and wellness franchise brands, announces that Anytime France SARL has joined Anytime Fitness as its latest master franchisee. With France, Self Esteem Brands will now have Anytime Fitness clubs operating in 41 countries and territories around the globe. Read More...
Self Esteem Brands Expands in Europe, Welcomes Mitterlehner Fitness as Newest Anytime Fitness Master Franchisee
Posted: April 19, 2023 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN - Self Esteem Brands (SEB), the parent company of a global portfolio of fitness, health and wellness franchise brands, has announced that Manfred Mitterlehner, the fitness and personal training operator of Austria-based Mitterlehner Fitness, has joined Anytime Fitness as its latest master franchisee. Read More...
Anytime Fitness Launches AF SmartCoaching Technology, New App to Help Members Gain & Sustain Benefits of Holistic Health and Fitness
Posted: April 11, 2023 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN - Anytime Fitness announces the launch of its AF SmartCoaching technology and AF App. AF SmartCoaching will provide Anytime Fitness members with personalized coaching that can now be accessed via the app anytime, anywhere. The tech rollout is part of the brand's continuous strategy to provide members with Anytime Fitness access and coaching both inside and outside a club to ultimately improve their personal health. Read More...
Anytime Fitness and Stronger U Join Community Gyms Coalition Members Declaring Fitness is Essential Commitments for White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
Posted: October 5, 2022 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN - Self Esteem Brands (SEB), parent company of a global portfolio of fitness and wellness brands including Anytime Fitness and Stronger U, applauds the announcement of the Fitness is Essential commitments made at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health by the Community Gyms Coalition (CGC), which represents more than 15,000 community gyms, clubs and fitness facilities across the U.S. that serve more than 25 million members. Read More...
Sentinel Capital Partners Acquires Bandon Holdings
Posted: July 28, 2022 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising midmarket companies, announces its acquisition of Bandon Holdings, the largest franchisee in the Anytime Fitness family. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More...
Anytime Fitness Debuts “Real AF” Platform Promoting Personalized Fitness and Nutrition Coaching, Available Anytime, Anywhere
Posted: December 27, 2021 in Chains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Anytime Fitness, one of the world's largest fitness brands and fast-growing fitness club franchise, is launching its new "Real AF" marketing platform as part of a bold operational strategy to deliver a holistic approach to fitness, health and wellness through authentic interactions between Anytime Fitness coaches and members, in person or via the Anytime Fitness mobile app. Read More...
Anytime Fitness Partners with Technogym
Posted: June 9, 2021 in Chains, Suppliers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - TECHNOGYM, a world-leading brand in fitness and wellness products, services and digital technologies, has been appointed as approved supplier for Anytime Fitness, the only fitness club group present in all seven continents with more than 4 million members and over 4,700 clubs open, including Italy and South Africa. Read More...
Anytime Fitness Franchise Owners Across Canada Call on Provincial Leaders to “Tell Us What It Will Take” to Safely Reopen Health Club Industry
Posted: February 1, 2021 in Chains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Owners of independently-operated Anytime Fitness locations across Canada are sending letters to provincial leaders and health officials in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, where health clubs remain closed, inviting them to work together with the health club industry to establish province-approved safety and sanitation protocols that permit these essential businesses to reopen. Anytime Fitness, with more than 200 locations across Canada, provides health and wellness services to more than 100,000 Canadians and is one of the country’s largest health club brands. Read More...
Corlex Capital Closes Debt Refinancing for Largest Anytime Fitness Franchisee
Posted: January 21, 2021 in Chains
ATLANTA, GA - Corlex Capital, a minority-owned private equity and consulting firm, announced the closing of a senior secured credit facility to refinance and provide growth capital for Bandon Holdings, the largest franchisee of Anytime Fitness. Corlex served as the exclusive debt advisor to Bandon Holdings for the financing. Read More...
Anytime Fitness Steps Up to Help Communities Make Healthy Happen in 2021
Posted: December 8, 2020 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN - Anytime Fitness, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing health club franchises with a supportive, personalized approach to fitness and wellness, is making the journey to better physical and mental health more safe, accessible and social at a time when it's never been more important. To support the communities it continues to serve during the pandemic, Anytime Fitness is announcing new virtual programming and resources that will inspire and help new and current members to make healthy happen in 2021, including... Read More...
Anytime Fitness, Snap Fitness and Rochester Athletic Club Join Life Time Fitness’ Request for Change
Posted: November 25, 2020 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - A coalition of health and fitness companies, led by Life Time, issued an open letter to Governor Walz and his administration, calling for the State to reconsider its complete closure of health and fitness facilities. The coalition has urged the Governor to permit health and fitness clubs to operate with enhanced COVID mitigation protocols to help Minnesotans reduce underlying health conditions that contribute to even worse COVID-19 health outcomes. The group cited the closures as counterproductive to the State's overall public health goals to reduce critical illness, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19. The letter is as follows... Read More...
Dr. David Katz Joins Forces with Anytime Fitness, Self Esteem Brands to Amplify How Fitness, as Lifestyle Medicine, Matters More Than Ever
Posted: September 23, 2020 in Chains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Self Esteem Brands (SEB), the parent company of Anytime Fitness, Basecamp Fitness, The Bar Method and Waxing the City, has announced a partnership with Dr. David Katz, a globally-recognized authority on lifestyle medicine, to amplify the critical role fitness plays in the personal health and wellness of humans around the world. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the U.S. and around the world, Dr. Katz will join the voices of SEB and Anytime Fitness to articulate the role of fitness as essential to personal health and wellness and how it comes to life through the Anytime Fitness brand experience. Read More...
Anytime Fitness Named a “Top Growth Franchise” by Entrepreneur Magazine
Posted: September 14, 2020 in Chains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Anytime Fitness, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing health club franchises with an elevated, personalized approach to fitness and wellness, was recently ranked in Entrepreneur magazine's first Top Growth Franchises list. This list recognizes the 150 companies with the greatest positive franchise unit growth in North America over a three-year period, based on data submitted for Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 ranking. Thanks to its exceptional growth, Anytime Fitness was ranked #19. Read More...
Self Esteem Brands Founders, Employees & Roark Capital Unveil $1 Million SEB Relief Fund to Financially Aid Employees of Clubs, Studios Impacted by COVID-19
Posted: August 7, 2020 in Chains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Self Esteem Brands (SEB) has unveiled a $1 million SEB Relief Fund to provide direct financial assistance, in the form of one-time $500 grants, to the thousands of franchise employees and corporate studio and club staff across the SEB brand portfolio, including Anytime Fitness, Basecamp Fitness, The Bar Method and Waxing the City, who have been impacted by pandemic-related layoffs or furloughs. Read More...
Grant & Eisenhofer Files Class Action Lawsuit against Illinois-based Markel Insurance Co. Over Failure to Cover Business Losses Suffered by Anytime Fitness Franchisees from COVID-19
Posted: June 24, 2020 in Chains, Suppliers
CHICAGO, IL and BIRMINGHAM, AL - Leading plaintiffs' law firm Grant & Eisenhofer has filed suit against Deerfield, Illinois-based Markel Insurance Co. for failing to accept claims from franchisees of national fitness chain Anytime Fitness that were shuttered and lost business due to state-imposed COVID-19 restrictions. The four Anytime Fitness outlets named in the complaint are operated by Fountain Enterprises, of West Point, MS, and are located in Mississippi and Alabama. Read More...
Anytime Fitness Asia Acquired by Inspire Brands Asia Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
Posted: May 27, 2020 in Chains
SINGAPORE - Anytime Fitness Asia has been purchased by Inspire Brands Asia, a consortium of its top submaster franchisees in Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore; lead investor Exacta Capital Partners; and co-investor Aura Group. The acquisition includes the Master Franchisee license in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau, with over 350 locations sold and over 250 gyms opened. Read More...
