Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
Saturday, November 1st, 2025
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...
Crunch Fitness Announces Rapid Expansion into Milwaukee
Posted: November 7, 2024 in Chains
MILWAUKEE, WI - JEM Wellness Brands is expanding into the Milwaukee area through the announcement of two new Crunch Fitness locations set to open this holiday season in Greenfield and Waukesha. With additional openings planned for Brookfield and Hales Corners in early 2025, Milwaukee residents will have even more access to Crunch's wide range of fitness options. Read More...
Xponential Fitness Brands Expand to Mexico and Japan
Posted: November 6, 2024 in Chains
SAN DIEGO, CA - Xponential Fitness, a global franchisor of boutique health and wellness brands, continues expanding internationally. The company announces plans to bring three of its popular fitness concepts, Pure Barre, Club Pilates, and Rumble Boxing, to Mexico and Japan, respectively. These moves mark important milestones for both brands and highlight Xponential's strategy of supporting established franchisees who have already launched several locations. Read More...
9Round Kickboxing Fitness Taps Lebert Fitness to Become Master Franchise Developer in Canada
Posted: November 5, 2024 in Chains
GREENVILLE, S.C. and TORONTO - 9Round Kickboxing Fitness, the world's largest kickboxing fitness franchise, announces that long-time vendor, Lebert Fitness, has become the Canadian Master Developer responsible for growing the 9Round brand in Canada. This strategic partnership re-invigorates the Canadian market post-pandemic by locating business operations on Canadian soil through the Lebert Fitness team to better support the 25 existing Canadian franchise partners and ensure faster growth through new locations. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Latest State-of-the-Art Fitness Facility Opening in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Posted: October 30, 2024 in Chains
GREEN BAY, WI - Crunch Fitness announces the opening of Crunch Green Bay in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The $5 million, 31,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility will begin pre-sales for memberships in the Fall of 2024. Founded in 2014 by Ken McGlone and Brian McGlone, MFG Green Bay, Inc.'s Crunch Appleton location recently won the "2024 Best of the Valley Community's Choice Award" for the "Fitness Center/Gym" category. Read More...
Crunch Partners with NBA Shooting Guard James Harden to Bring Three New State-of-the-Art Fitness Facilities to Texas
Posted: October 28, 2024 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Crunch Fitness announces the opening of three new state-of-the-art Crunch facilities in Texas, operated by Crunch franchisee Harman Fitness and in partnership with James Harden, star shooting guard for the LA Clippers. Opening in Winter 2025, Crunch Humble, Crunch Copperwood and Crunch Kirkwood will be located across the greater Houston area, creating new fitness offerings for residents of Humble, Copperwood and Westside Houston, Texas. Read More...
StretchLab Becomes First Assisted Stretching Franchise to Reach 500 Studios In North America
Posted: October 23, 2024 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - StretchLab, the largest assisted stretching brand, announces it has officially reached 500 open locations in the U.S. alongside celebrating its most recent opening of StretchLab Honolulu in Hawaii. Read More...
Gold’s Gym Inks Development Agreement for 17 Locations in Toronto
Posted: October 21, 2024 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - Gold's Gym, the iconic global fitness brand, has signed a development rights agreement with a franchisee to open 17 locations in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area (GTAH), with the first gym slated for a 2025 opening. The agreement will mark the return of the Gold's Gym brand to Ontario. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Brings State-of-the-Art Fitness Facility to Indianapolis, Indiana
Posted: October 16, 2024 in Chains
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Crunch Franchise announces the opening of Crunch Avon in Indianapolis, Indiana. The $5 million, 40,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility will open its doors in Spring 2025. Brian Hibbard currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Fitness Ventures LLC, which owns and operates Crunch Fitness locations across the U.S. Read More...
UFC Gym India Opens Newest Club
Posted: October 7, 2024 in Chains
GUWAHATI, INDIA - UFC GYM India announces the opening of its newest location, UFC GYM Guwahati in Assam. The 13,000+ square-foot premium training facility is the second gym in North East India and the first gym in the city. Guwahati is the largest city of the Indian state of Assam and is also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Brings State-of-the-Art Fitness Facility to Apollo Beach, Florida
Posted: October 3, 2024 in Chains
APOLLO BEACH, FL - Crunch Franchise announces the opening of Crunch Apollo Beach in Apollo Beach, Florida. The $5 million, 30,000 square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility is located in the center of family-friendly neighborhoods and near shopping, dining, schools and the Waterset planned community. Crunch Apollo Beach will be owned by CR Fitness Holdings LLC, a Crunch franchisee 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 Franchise Announces New State-of-the-Art Fitness Facility Opening in Manchester, Missouri
Posted: September 30, 2024 in Chains
MANCHESTER, MO - Crunch Franchise announces the opening of Crunch Manchester in Manchester, Missouri. Pre-sales for memberships will begin in winter 2025, and the $6 million, 45,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility will open its doors in early 2025. Operated by Crunch Fitness franchisee The Undefeated Tribe, Crunch Manchester will be located inside the Manchester Highlands shopping center in a former Best Buy, Read More...
Pure Barre Announces Expansion into Mexico
Posted: September 26, 2024 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Pure Barre, the largest barre fitness brand and an Xponential Fitness brand, announces it is opening in Mexico. The first location is slated to open in Q1 2025 in Mexico City with more locations to follow. This marks Pure Barre’s second international market outside of North America, with the brand’s first location in Japan set to debut later this year. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Brings State-of-the-Art Fitness Facility to Des Moines, Iowa
Posted: September 18, 2024 in Chains
DES MOINES, IA - Crunch Franchise announces the opening of Crunch Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa. The $5 million, 40,000 square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility will open its doors this winter. Operated by Crunch Fitness franchisee Fitness Ventures, LLC, Crunch Des Moines will be located in the old Gordmans building, creating a new fitness offering for residents of Des Moines. Brian Hibbard currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Fitness Ventures LLC, which owns and operates Crunch Fitness locations across the U.S. Read More...
Club Studio Opens New Location in Citrus Heights, California
Posted: September 17, 2024 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - Fitness International, LLC announces it has opened a new Club Studio location in Citrus Heights, California on Sunrise Boulevard, bringing top-of-the-line amenities, boutique studio classes and wellness services together in one gym. With an investment of approximately $10M, the club boasts a dynamic, modern and elegant interior space and equipment. Read More...
Crunch Franchise Announces Latest State-of-the-Art Fitness Facility Opening in Florissant, Missouri
Posted: September 11, 2024 in Chains
FLORISSANT, MO - Crunch Franchise announces the opening of Crunch Florissant in Florissant, Missouri. The $5 million, 40,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility will begin pre-sales for memberships in Winter 2025. Operated by Crunch Fitness franchisee The Undefeated Tribe, the new Crunch gym is locally owned and operated and will be located in a former Gold's Gym. Read More...
Gold’s Gym Gains Growth Momentum With Summer 2024 New Gym Openings
Posted: September 10, 2024 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - Gold's Gym, the growing iconic fitness brand, amped up its North American franchise expansion initiative, adding four new gyms over the summer in new and existing U.S. and Canada markets and increasing its global footprint to more than 180 domestic locations and nearly 400 international locations. The four new franchised gyms are located in Calgary, Alberta (Canada); Loveland, Colorado; Tampa, Florida; and Washington, D.C. Read More...
