{"id":12230,"date":"2026-04-20T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=12230"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:44:30","slug":"xponential-fitness-signs-largest-development-deal-in-companys-history-with-riser-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/xponential-fitness-signs-largest-development-deal-in-companys-history-with-riser-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Xponential Fitness Signs Largest Development Deal in Company\u2019s History with Riser Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Xponential-Fitness-300x54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3946\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Xponential-Fitness-300x54.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Xponential-Fitness-200x36.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Xponential-Fitness-768x138.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Xponential-Fitness-800x144.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Xponential-Fitness.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Xponential Fitness<\/p>\n<p><strong>IRVINE, CA<\/strong> &#8211; Xponential Fitness, a leading curator of globally and nationally recognized boutique health and wellness brands, announces the signing of its largest multi-unit agreement in the company\u2019s history. Riser Fitness has obtained the remaining territories in six states and has agreed to open 127 Club Pilates studios over the next five years. The agreement will expand Riser Fitness and Club Pilates\u2019 reach in the following states: California, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiser Fitness has been an exceptional franchisee group and operator for Club Pilates and Xponential Fitness, bringing Pilates to so many communities that can benefit from the practice, and contributing to the brand\u2019s place as a leader in the booming Pilates industry,\u201d said Mike Nuzzo, CEO of Xponential Fitness. \u201cWe are thrilled that Riser Fitness will continue to grow Club Pilates\u2019 presence with this exciting deal, which is the largest in Xponential\u2019s history.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Established in 2013 and funded by more than $140mm in growth capital from funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, Riser Fitness operates more than 110 open studios across eight states with a growing international presence. Most recently, the company debuted its first Club Pilates studio as the Master Franchisee in Mexico City and will begin a 40-unit development plan alongside planned acquisitions in the Australian market. With this new deal to develop 127 new locations, Riser Fitness, led by Co-CEOs Jeffrey Nash and Ed Lombardi, further solidifies its position as largest franchisee for Xponential Fitness in terms of licenses held, with more than 340 licenses across its global development pipeline. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Pilates continues to boom, Riser Fitness\u2019 trajectory has been unmatched thanks to our team\u2019s operational excellence, Xponential and Club Pilates\u2019 playbook, and Fortress\u2019 support,\u201d said Jeffrey Nash, Co-CEO of Riser Fitness. \u201cWe look forward to growing Club Pilates even more in states where we are already seeing great success and bringing Club Pilates to a global audience.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As the boutique fitness industry matures, large franchisee groups like Riser Fitness are helping Xponential unlock an unprecedented phase of growth for Club Pilates, which is the largest Pilates brand in the world with more than 1,400 studios. Along with Riser Fitness, recent franchise agreements and openings have come from a variety of ownership groups, including Aligned Fitness and Spartan Fitness, with these groups collectively owning more than 300 active Club Pilates units. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IRVINE, CA<\/strong> &#8211; Xponential Fitness, a leading curator of globally and nationally recognized boutique health and wellness brands, announces the signing of its largest multi-unit agreement in the company\u2019s history. Riser Fitness has obtained the remaining territories in six states and has agreed to open 127 Club Pilates studios over the next five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[20,356,739,401],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12230"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12231,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12230\/revisions\/12231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}