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The énergie group has launched a new budget gym concept for the UK market.
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16 Oct 2008
Anytime Fitness has become the first franchise operator to have a location on all seven continents –
following the launch of a gym onboard the Magellan Explorer ship.
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08 Jan 2020
YogaBugs, which provides yoga classes for children, is about to launch a national franchise management scheme.
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15 Nov 2007
Fitness Franchise F45 has signed a partnership deal with Everyone Active, which will see F45-
branded studios open at publicly-owned leisure centres.
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11 Sep 2019
Crunch Fitness could double in size over the next five years, according to CEO Jim Rowley, following
the acquisition of the fitness chain by private equity group TPG.
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03 Jul 2019
Xponential Fitness has signed a master franchise deal to open 100 Club Pilates studios in South
Korea over the next five years.
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06 Nov 2019
Fitness franchise, Curves for Women, has announced that it has opened 28 clubs in the UK since August 2003 – with a further 60 to 65 set to open in the next few months.
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04 Feb 2004
US-based boutique fitness operator Orangetheory Fitness has opened its first club in the North West
of England.
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06 Dec 2018
A new fitness franchise launches its first location tomorrow in Irving-Las Colinas, Texas (9 September 2023),
looking to establish itself as "the world’s smartest fitness studio".
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08 Sep 2023
Global 24/7 gym franchise Snap Fitness has set its sights on major growth in
the UK through a new master development agreement with fitness startup
TwentyTwoYards.
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07 Nov 2014
Empowered Brands, the franchise investment business that acquired énergie Fitness out of a CVA in
June 2020, has announced plans to accelerate the roll-out of its four key brands in Europe. The
company also plans to expand, with the acquisition of new businesses.
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07 Apr 2021
Budget operator, Pure Gym, has revealed it’s trialling a franchise offering to grow the
brand globally.
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06 May 2020
Self Esteem Brands (SEB) has confirmed the launch of its new brand, SUMHIIT Fitness
(pronounced 'Summit Fitness'), at it sets a course to reach 10,000 fitness, health and wellness
clubs and studios worldwide by 2030.
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14 Jun 2023
Empowered Brands has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment
of a new chair and CEO following the untimely death of founder, Jan Spaticchia
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The market for health and fitness franchises has been growing strongly for the last 20 years, to the point where it's now a substantial part of the sector, drawing in substantial investment and scaling rapidly. Kath Hudson looks at how centralised systems and a mature business model underpin success.
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US-based Xponential Fitness has revealed plans to take its portfolio of brands global
through a
master franchise strategy.
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30 Apr 2018
Fit+ is aiming to operate at least 1,000 clubs by 2027. The staffless gym franchise currently
has 208
studios across 19 countries, but with master franchise licenses granted in Asia and the USA, is
planning to roll out facilities in these territories, as well as others, over the next five years.
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14 Nov 2022
US low-cost gym franchise Retro Fitness is planning to open more than 30 sites in Florida
over
the next three years, as it looks to shake up the health and fitness landscape.
news •
07 Dec 2016
The énergie Group has brokered the acquisition of eight Fitness First Clubs in the UK on behalf of Qatar-based investment group Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad & Sons Holding Group (GSSG).
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13 Feb 2009
Australian health and fitness chain Jetts Fitness has opened its fifth UK club, Jetts Skipton, just
12 months since entering the UK market.
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17 Sep 2018
Indoor cycling chain CycleBar will open its first site in London's Nine Elms in the coming
weeks,
signalling the brand's entry into the UK market.
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25 Jul 2018
énergie Group chair and CEO Jan Spaticchia has set his sights on leading the
fitness franchise company through its biggest growth phase yet, with a raft of
new gym openings planned in the UK and Europe during 2015.
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27 Nov 2014
TRIB3 has opened a major new corporately owned boutique gym [or store in TRIBE3-speak] in
Edinburgh – its first site in Scotland.
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27 May 2021
National Basketball Association (NBA) star Draymond Green has revealed plans to become
a fitness entrepreneur, after signing a franchise deal with New York, US-based chain Blink
Fitness.
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27 Feb 2018
Two former LA Fitness directors have teamed up with the founder of ActivKids to launch the business as a franchise.
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04 Apr 2006
Franchised fitness business Xponential Fitness has secured a new market for its indoor
cycling brand CycleBar, after signing a master franchise agreement for Australia.
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22 Jul 2020
Australian fitness franchise F45 has sold 50 franchises in the UK with 15 studios expected
to be up and running in the country by the end of year.
news •
19 May 2017
Dutch PT and small group exercise operator Gustav Gym has revealed its plans for
expansion over the next two years, doubling its footprint to four clubs in the Amsterdam
area.
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10 Apr 2019
Planet Fitness has a new CEO – Colleen Keating. She will take up the position on 10 June.
news •
16 Apr 2024
Anytime Fitness plans to have 200 UK franchises by the end of the year as it accelerates
its growth strategy.
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14 Feb 2017
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
years, ensuring the equipment in its clubs is commercially optimised
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Speaking on the LIFTS podcast recently, Xponential Fitness CEO Anthony Geisler said participation in studio cycling is down globally. Kath Hudson decided to investigate
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Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
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With the industry experiencing a huge swing towards strength training, researchers recommend continuing to make the case for cardio
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