Averan Starting Strength Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new Starting Strength location ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The Starting Strength opening package
Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $267,257 to $707,518, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps Starting Strength franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated fitness specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for Starting Strength’s reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against Starting Strength’s Item 7.
- Loan draw packages prepared for your lender.
- Point of sale, payroll and other systems connected and tested before opening.
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Already open with another bookkeeper? See the Starting Strength conversion package.
What the Starting Strength opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your Starting Strength location and connect every bank account and card to it.
Reporting format
We set up the chart of accounts so the books produce the monthly report Starting Strength asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn Starting Strength’s Item 7 estimate into your opening budget and record every opening cost against its line.
Loan draw packages
We prepare a file for each loan draw your lender asks for, including SBA loan draws.
Systems connected
We connect the point-of-sale system Starting Strength requires, its membership and class booking system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your Starting Strength location opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
Your Starting Strength royalty, brand fund and report due dates go on one calendar for the monthly close.
Timeline
- 1Kickoff5 business days
We hold a kickoff call and send the list of documents we need.
- 2Setup10 business days
We build the QuickBooks file and connect your accounts.
- 3Build-outEach month
We tag every payment to a line of Starting Strength’s Item 7 and prepare each loan draw.
- 4Systems45 days before opening
We test the point of sale, the other systems and payroll.
- 5Opening dayYour opening date
We match each day of sales to the deposits that follow it.
Starting Strength figures from the FDD
Starting Strength’s 25 franchised gyms open for all of 2025 averaged $274,146* of revenue, with a median of $262,848*, according to Item 19 of Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD, issued 4 July 2026. The 25 in that group are 89%* of Starting Strength’s 28 franchised gyms. Fees paid to Starting Strength come to about 16.82%* of sales.
Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one Starting Strength location costs $267,257 to $707,518, including the $39,950 initial franchise fee.
At the end of the last year that Item 20 reports, Starting Strength had 6 franchise agreements signed for locations not yet open.
Send us to start
- Your signed Starting Strength franchise agreement.
- Starting Strength’s current FDD.
- The Starting Strength monthly report format and the software it uses.
- Your entity documents and EIN letter.
- Your lease, contractor bid and loan agreements.
Access we need
- Your payroll processor.
- The point-of-sale system Starting Strength requires.
- The membership and class booking system.
- The Starting Strength reporting portal.
- Your invoice and expense software.
- View access to your bank accounts and credit cards, with no power to move money.
- How you want inventory tracked.
Questions from Starting Strength owners
Does Averan Advisors work with Starting Strength owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for Starting Strength owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does the Starting Strength royalty show up in the books?
The Starting Strength royalty is 8% of sales, according to Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales.
What does it cost to open a Starting Strength franchise?
Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one Starting Strength location costs $267,257 to $707,518. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my Starting Strength location opens?
Your Starting Strength books move to the Monthly Close, which closes each month and sends a profit and loss, a balance sheet and the royalty reconciliation. The QuickBooks file stays yours.
* Averan Advisors calculation from the figures in Starting Strength’s 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about your Starting Strength opening
Send the short form for the Starting Strength opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your Starting Strength location and your opening date.
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