Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
Friday, June 19th, 2026
Life Time Expands Atlanta Presence with Opening of Life Time North Druid Hills
Posted: December 16, 2024 in Chains
ATLANTA, GA - Life Time (NYSE: LTH), the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand, is expanding its national footprint, this time in Atlanta with the opening of its newest location, Life Time North Druid Hills. The new location marks the eighth Life Time location in Atlanta and the first in DeKalb County. Read More...
HOTWORX Celebrates Significant Milestone with 700 Locations Opening in 7 Years
Posted: December 12, 2024 in Chains
NEW ORLEANS, LA - HOTWORX, the innovative infrared fitness studio franchise, announces a significant achievement of 700 studios open just seven years after the brand's founding. This milestone solidifies HOTWORX's position as one of the fastest-growing fitness brands in the world. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Brings State-of-the-Art Fitness Facility to Port St. Lucie, Florida
Posted: December 11, 2024 in Chains
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL - Crunch Fitness announces the opening of Crunch Port St. Lucie in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The $5 million, 55,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility will open its doors this winter. Operated by Crunch Fitness franchisee CR Fitness Holdings LLC, Crunch Port St. Lucie will be located in the former Keiser University building, creating a new fitness offering for residents of Port St. Lucie. CR Fitness Holdings, LLC is operated by Vince Julien, Geoff Dyer, Tony Scrimale, and Jeff Dotson, who combined have more than 150 years of experience in the fitness industry. Read More...
Crunch Fitness Franchise Unveils Its First 3.0 Gym Design with the Opening of Crunch East Plano
Posted: December 6, 2024 in Chains
PLANO, TX - CR Fitness Holdings, the largest, fastest-growing Crunch Fitness franchisee, announces the opening of Crunch East Plano, its second location in Plano, Texas, and sixth in the Dallas metro area. The new gym is the 72nd Crunch Fitness location for CR Fitness Holdings and the first to debut the brand-new Crunch Fitness 3.0 gym design. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Brings State-of-the-Art Fitness Facility to San Antonio, Texas
Posted: December 2, 2024 in Chains
SAN ANTONIO, TX - Crunch Fitness announces the opening of Crunch Colonnade in San Antonio, Texas. The $10 million, 54,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility will open its doors in Summer 2025. This is the fourth location in San Antonio that is operated by Crunch Fitness franchisee The Undefeated Tribe. Read More...
EōS Fitness Muscles Up for Expansion Throughout Greater Atlanta
Posted: November 25, 2024 in Chains
ATLANTA, GA - EōS Fitness, the national High Value, Low Price (HVLP) gym brand, announces its expansion into greater Atlanta. With plans to open over 50 locations throughout Georgia over the next ten years, EōS is set to open its first several gyms by 2027. Read More...
Active Wellness Announces New Activate Location Coming to Cedar Park, Texas in Mid 2026
Posted: November 21, 2024 in Chains
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Active Wellness, a leading fitness design and management company, announces a new Activate location in Cedar Park, Texas, set to open in mid 2026. In partnership with Verdot Capital, a prominent real estate development firm, this new location will introduce Activate The Wellness Studio, where innovation meets elegant design to create an environment that optimizes physical and mental health. Read More...
Life Time Announces Expansion in South Florida with New Athletic Country Club in West Boca Raton, Opening Late 2025
Posted: November 19, 2024 in Chains
BOCA RATON, FL - Life Time (NYSE: LTH) is expanding in South Florida with a planned second athletic country club in Boca Raton. Life Time West Boca will be located within the Uptown Boca mixed-use development and is expected to open in late 2025. Read More...
Trive Capital Invests in Crunch Canada
Posted: November 13, 2024 in Chains
TORONTO, ON - Trive Capital (“Trive”) and 808 Capital Partners (“808”) announce their investment into Crunch Canada Holdings Inc. (“Crunch Canada” or the “Company”), a Crunch Fitness franchisee headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, in the Greater Toronto Area. Crunch Canada is the primary Crunch Fitness franchisee in Canada, serving over 90,000 members across 19 clubs in the provinces of Ontario and Alberta. As Crunch’s designated master franchise for the country, Crunch Canada also has 13 franchised clubs, which together serve an additional 45,000 members across Ontario and Quebec. Read More...
Club Studio Opens New Location in Walnut Creek, California
Posted: November 13, 2024 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Fitness International, LCC announces the opening of a new Club Studio location in Walnut Creek, California, marking the brand's continued expansion into Northern California. Club Studio on Oak Grove Road brings top-of-the-line amenities, boutique studio classes, best-in-class fitness equipment and wellness services together, in one gym, for East Bay residents. Read More...
TG The Gym – El Cajon, California Slated to Open in December 2024
Posted: November 12, 2024 in Chains
EL CAJON, CA - TG The Gym announces the opening of its El Cajon location in December 2024. Presales have begun. El Cajon will serve its community of bodybuilders, powerlifters and serious fitness enthusiasts with over 20,000 square feet of indoor gym space, wellbeing training and recovery areas, red light therapy, saunas, compression therapy and first of its kind frost locker for cold therapy. Read More...
