Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
Crunch Franchise Announces Newest Location in Hixson, Tennessee
Posted: November 26, 2022 in Chains
HIXSON, TN - Crunch Franchise announces the upcoming January 2023 opening of Crunch Hixson, a $4 million, 31,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars' worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Crunch Fitness Hixson is owned by TN Fitness Holdings, LLC and owns another location in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Read More...
TITLE Boxing Club Announces International Deal Across Nine Countries
Posted: November 23, 2022 in Chains
SANTA MONICA, CA - TITLE Boxing Club, the world's leading boxing fitness brand that offers a full-body, authentic heavy bag workout, has signed the brand's first international deal that will bring its presence to nine countries. As the largest deal in TITLE's history, the agreement puts the brand on the fast track to its development goal of having 300 clubs open by 2025. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Newest Location in Fern Creek, Kentucky
Posted: November 16, 2022 in Chains
FERN CREEK, KY - Crunch Franchise announces the upcoming January 2022 opening of Crunch Fern Creek, a $5 million, 30,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment and amenities in a historic community located in Jefferson County Kentucky. This will be the fourth Crunch Fitness location in Louisville, KY with several more locations in the area to be announced soon. Read More...
Mayweather Boxing + Fitness Expands Internationally to the UAE and Japan
Posted: November 14, 2022 in Chains
LOS ANGELES, CA - Mayweather Boxing and Fitness, a best-in-class group boxing and fitness concept developed by undefeated boxing legend, Floyd Mayweather, announces it has signed agreements with two different master franchise partners to bring the iconic fitness brand to both the United Arab Emirates and Japan. The development plans will bring studios to major cities in each of these countries, including Dubai and Tokyo. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Expands to Portugal
Posted: November 9, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness Inc., based in Irvine, California, has entered the Portugal market by signing a master franchise agreement with Porto-based Mitrinha & Libelinha Lda. for its brand Club Pilates. The partnership allows Mitrinha & Libelinha to open at least 20 Club Pilates studios in Portugal over the next 10 years. The Portuguese company is known for scaling consumer retail brands in its home market. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Signs Master Franchise Agreement in Portugal for Club Pilates
Posted: November 4, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Portugal for its Club Pilates brand. The agreement, signed with Porto-based Mitrinha and Libelinha, Lda., gives the Master Franchisee the opportunity to license a minimum of 20 Club Pilates studios in Portugal over the next 10 years. The Master Franchise partners bring extensive experience scaling globally-recognized consumer retail brands in Portugal. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Newest Location in Alameda, California
Posted: November 2, 2022 in Chains
ALAMEDA, CA - Crunch Franchise announces the upcoming January 2023 opening of Crunch Alameda, a $5 million, 16,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars' worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Crunch Fitness Alameda is owned by Bay Area Crunchers and owns locations throughout the Bay Area. Read More...
Planet Fitness To Add Marysville, Washington Location
Posted: October 26, 2022 in Chains
TIMONIUM, MD - Planet Fitness, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, announces further expansion in the Evergreen State. The Marysville (Smokey Point) club will be Planet Fitness’ 28th and PFGP’s 12th in the Seattle area. The group’s portfolio includes clubs in Bremerton, Burlington, Downtown Seattle, Everett, Federal Way, Lacey, Mill Creek, North Seattle, Oak Harbor, Olympia and Rainier Beach. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Signs Master Franchise Agreement in Kuwait for Rumble, Club Pilates, StretchLab and CycleBar
Posted: October 26, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) announces it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Kuwait for its brands Rumble, Club Pilates, StretchLab and CycleBar. The deal, signed with Kuwait Real Estate Company, Aqarat, will result in the opening of a minimum of eight studios early in the initial 10-year term of the agreement, with additional studios to be developed based on market opportunity. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Newest Location in San Antonio, Texas
Posted: October 24, 2022 in Chains
SAN ANTONIO, TX - Crunch Franchise announces the upcoming opening of Crunch San Antonio, a $5 million, 40,000-square-foot fitness facility, with state-of-the-art equipment and amenities. Crunch San Antonio is owned by Undefeated Tribe. Read More...
Planet Fitness to Add Parkland, Florida Location
Posted: October 19, 2022 in Chains
TIMONIUM, MD - Planet Fitness, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, announces further expansion in the Sunshine State. A 19,703-square-foot space in Parkland, Florida that is currently a YouFit gym will close October 25. Planet Fitness will completely rebuild and equip the facility, for a total investment of $2.8 million with an anticipated December opening. Read More...
Life Time Debuts First Luxury Athletic Country Club in Brooklyn
Posted: October 18, 2022 in Chains
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Life Time (NYSE: LTH), one of the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brands, announces the opening of Life Time Dumbo, the company's first location in Brooklyn and sixth in New York City. Prominently located in the up-and-coming Dumbo neighborhood within the Front & York development, the 3-story, 77,000-square-foot healthy living destination will serve members from nine months to 90+ years with an abundance of health and wellness activities starting with its Kids Academy up through specialized ARORA programming for active agers. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Newest Location in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Posted: October 17, 2022 in Chains
WILKES BARRE, CA - Crunch Franchise announces the upcoming December 2022 opening of Crunch Wilkes Barre, a $4 million, 28,000-square-foot fitness facility, with state-of-the-art equipment and amenities in the Northeastern region of Pennsylvania. Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch Wilkes Barre will offer top-quality cardio equipment and strength training equipment, a functional training area with indoor turf, group fitness and cycling studios, a personal training studio, 3D-body scanners, saunas, HydroMassage chairs, tanning beds, Infrared wellness pods, an outdoor functional training area, Kids Crunch and more. Read More...
Snap Fitness Continues North American Expansion with Multi-Unit Development Deal in Northern New Jersey and the Hamptons
Posted: October 7, 2022 in Chains
NEW JERSEY - Snap Fitness, the fitness concept centered around its ‘for the feeling’ mantra, focused on how exercise makes you feel versus how you look, announces that it has signed a franchise agreement to bring at least three locations to the northern New Jersey and the Hamptons area in New York. Snap Fitness will further expand into the region, specifically targeting locations in Morris County along with locations in the South Hampton area. Read More...
Life Time Unveils Nearly 148,000 Square-Foot Athletic Country Club in Lake Zurich; Second Life Time to Open in Chicagoland in 2022
Posted: September 23, 2022 in Chains
LAKE ZURICH, IL - Life Time (NYSE: LTH), the nation's premier Healthy Way of Life brand, officially opens Life Time Lake Zurich, a one-of-a-kind athletic country club in the Village of Lake Zurich, Illinois. Covering nearly 148,000 square feet across three floors and an resort-like outdoor beach club, Life Time will serve members from nine months to 90+ years with a wide array of healthy living, healthy aging programs and services from children's programming through active agers. Read More...
Crunch Fitness Announces Newest Location in Swansea, Massachusetts
Posted: September 22, 2022 in Chains
SWANSEA, MA - Crunch Fitness announces the upcoming October 2022 opening of Crunch Swansea, a $4 million, 23,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1.5 million dollars' worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch Swansea will operate 24 hours a day offering top-quality cardio and strength training equipment, circuit training, dedicated group fitness and ride studios, relax and recover areas and Olympic platforms. Read More...
Regymen Fitness Looks to Expand into New Orleans
Posted: September 22, 2022 in Chains
BATON ROUGE, LA - Regymen Fitness, a boutique gym offering an array of workouts with the technology to support its success, has announced their plans to expand into the New Orleans market. Regymen Fitness currently has 20 locations throughout North America. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Newest Location in Decatur, Alabama
Posted: September 19, 2022 in Chains
DECATUR, AL - Crunch Franchise announces the upcoming October 2022 opening of Crunch Decatur, a $5.5 million, 27,500-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars' worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch Decatur will offer top-quality cardio equipment and strength training equipment, circuit training, a dedicated group fitness studio, a dedicated ride studio, relax and recover areas and Olympic platforms. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Announces Partnership with Princess Cruises
Posted: September 13, 2022 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, announces an exclusive five-year licensing agreement with the iconic premium cruise brand, Princess Cruises. With this unique partnership, Xponential Fitness becomes the first cross-modality fitness franchise to put its curated brands on a major cruise line. Over the term of the agreement, a minimum of eight Xponential brands will be made available onboard each of Princess’ 15-ship fleet, resulting in a minimum total of 120 licensed studio experiences across the Princess fleet all operated by OneSpaWorld. Read More...
Planet Fitness Opens Gallery Place Location
Posted: September 12, 2022 in Chains
TIMONIUM, MD - Planet Fitness, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, announces the opening of its Gallery Place club in Washington D.C. An official Planet Fitness Gallery Place grand opening celebration is being planned for October 17. Planet Fitness Gallery Place is the first of three DC area clubs that PFGP is bringing to the community. The franchise division currently owns and operates 21 clubs in the DMA, including Ivy City and Penn Branch in the nation’s capital. Overall, there are 48 Planet Fitness clubs throughout the area. Read More...
