Workout Anytime franchise unit economics
Workout Anytime franchisees run an 8,000 to 20,000 square foot club across three models. The 181 clubs open the whole of 2025 averaged $516,823 of sales with a median of $448,160, and for the top quarter (45 clubs averaging 2,375 members in 8,862 square feet) that works out at $389.46 a member a year, $32.46 a month, and $106.91 a square foot.
- Primary source
- Workout Anytime Franchising Systems, LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
- Items read
- Items 5 and 6 for fees; Item 7 for cost to open; Item 19 for sales and any profit figure; Item 20 for the location count
- Population
- 181 of 189 locations
- Our calculations
- Marked on the page with an asterisk. Method
- Last reviewed
- 26 September 2026
Disclosure-based. Not a forecast, not an offer to sell a franchise, and not advice.
A Workout Anytime member brings $389.46 a year, $32.46 a month. At that rate the average club needs 1,327 of them to reach the system’s $516,823, and a bottom-quarter club is running about 708. The whole business is a headcount against a fixed box.
- A member pays $32.46 a month. $389.46 a year across the top quarter’s 45 clubs *, ranging from $243.14 to $550.93, $20.26 to $45.91 a month.
- The average club needs 1,327 members and a bottom-quarter club is running 708. $516,823 and $275,824 at $389.46 a member *, a gap of 619 members.
- Revenue per square foot runs $61.92 to $157.69 inside the top quarter alone. 2.5 times *, on clubs of 5,500 to 18,100 square feet, so the top quarter of the system already contains the whole range.
- The filed system total is $1,299,011 below what 181 clubs at the filed average produce. $92,245,952 against $93,544,963 *, within a dollar of the single largest club’s $1,299,012.
- Brand and marketing charges take 13.00% of revenue above $480,000 and 25.70% at the lowest-selling club. $34,848 on $135,597 *, because the $2,000 monthly minimum advertising charge reaches 5% only at $480,000.
How much does a Workout Anytime franchise make?
The average Workout Anytime unit reported $516,823 of revenue in the 2026 FDD, and the median reported $448,160. The brand’s disclosure document discloses revenue and not profit, so what an owner keeps depends on the cost structure set out below. Fees come off the top first, at about 13% of sales across royalty, brand fund and the rest of the stack. Revenue is not income. Rent, wages, cost of goods and the franchise fees all come out before an owner is paid. The figures for the highest-selling and lowest-selling businesses are below.
What a member pays
$32.46 a month, and the club is the headcount.
Revenue covers all 181 clubs open the whole of 2025; member counts cover only the top quarter. Those 45 clubs hold 2,375 members on average and produce $389.46 a member a year. Read the rest of the system at that rate and revenue becomes a headcount.
| Quarter | Clubs | Average | Median | Lowest | Highest | Members at $389.46 * | A month at $32.46 * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 45 | $868,297 | $857,287 | $655,692 | $1,299,012 | 2,230 | $72,358 |
| Middle two | 91 | $462,167 | $448,160 | $344,957 | $650,889 | 1,187 | $38,514 |
| Bottom | 45 | $275,824 | $278,002 | $135,597 | $344,756 | 708 | $22,985 |
| All 181 | 181 | $516,823 | $448,160 | $135,597 | $1,299,012 | 1,327 | $43,069 |
Club counts, revenue figures and the quarter structure are as the brand reported it; the last two columns are marked *.
A member is worth $32.46 a month. $389.46 a year *, on a range inside the top quarter of $243.14 to $550.93. So the best-monetizing club in that group earns 2.27 times what the lowest-selling does from each person.
The gap from the bottom quarter to the average is 619 members. 708 against 1,327 *, $241,000 of revenue, or about 52 net joiners a month for a year.
The highest-selling club earns 9.58 times the lowest-selling one. $1,299,012 against $135,597, and the top quarter averages 3.15 times the bottom *.
The filed total and the filed average disagree.
The all-club block reports both a total of $92,245,952 and an average of $516,823 across 181 clubs. Those two describe different populations: 181 clubs at the average come to $93,544,963.
| Reading | Amount | Per club * |
|---|---|---|
| Filed total across 181 clubs | $92,245,952 | $509,646 |
| Filed average times 181 clubs * | $93,544,963 | $516,823 |
| Difference * | $1,299,011 | $7,177 |
| The single highest club | $1,299,012 | n/a |
The total, the average, the club count and the highest club are as the brand reported it; the per-club column and the difference row are marked *.
The benchmark moves $7,177 depending on which filed figure you take. $509,646 against $516,823 *, 18 members at $389.46.
Top performers
What separates the top Workout Anytime performers
Workout Anytime splits its locations into groups instead of publishing one average. The best group averaged $868,297 a year. The worst averaged $275,824. Both run the same brand, on the same agreement, paying the same fees. The middle location sold $448,160. The average was $516,823. More than half the system is below the number the brand quotes.
Decided before you open
- Trade area and site.A 3.1× gap between bands is not an operating gap. Catchment, daytime population and what sits next door set the ceiling before the first customer arrives.
- Capacity, fixed at build.Locations run 5,500 to 18,100 square feet. What you can sell is set by the build, and the build does not change after opening.
- What you spend to open.Opening costs $1,091,700 to $2,305,400, a 2.1× range inside one brand. The high end usually buys more capacity, so the cheapest build is not always the cheapest route to the top band.
Live operating levers
- Members, the operating driver.This model bills on members. The owner watches how many people join, how many cancel, and what a member spends beyond the plan. It is worth watching every week, because by the time it turns up in a monthly close the quarter is half gone.
- Fees, and where the minimum bites.Fees run about 13.0% of sales. A minimum sits underneath the percentage, so the low-volume location pays the higher effective rate. The brand charges the weakest locations the most. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum and know which side of it you are on, because the answer changes what an extra dollar of sales is worth.
Context you underwrite around
- The reporting screen.181 of 189 locations are behind these figures. Locations open less than the full year, brand-owned, or not meeting the reporting criteria are excluded, as are locations under the brand’s current size standard, so the numbers describe locations that cleared that screen, not the system as a whole.
- What the disclosure leaves out.Item 19 publishes no profit or cost data for franchised locations, no attainment figure. Anything below the sales line has to come from the franchisor or from owners you call.
Square feet
5,500 square feet to 18,100, inside the same quarter.
Square footage across the top quarter of clubs runs wider than the model tables suggest. 5,500 at the smallest, 18,100 at the largest, median 8,400 and average 8,862. Revenue per square foot inside that same group runs from $61.92 to $157.69.
| Measure | Highest | Median | Average | Lowest | Top to bottom * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | $1,299,012 | $857,287 | $868,297 | $655,692 | 1.98× |
| Active members | 3,848 | 2,382 | 2,375 | 1,485 | 2.59× |
| Square feet | 18,100 | 8,400 | 8,862 | 5,500 | 3.29× |
| Revenue a member | $550.93 | $395.83 | $389.46 | $243.14 | 2.27× |
| Revenue a square foot | $157.69 | $108.85 | $106.91 | $61.92 | 2.55× |
Every figure here is as the brand reported it and the last column is marked *.
Members per square foot run 3.73 at the average top-quarter club. 2,375 across 8,862 square feet *, a club at the 18,100 square foot end needs 4,851 members to hold that density.
Space varies 3.29 times where revenue varies 1.98 times. So inside the top quarter, floor space is the loosest variable of the three and the one an owner fixes on day one *.
The lowest-selling revenue per square foot in the top quarter is $61.92. Against $157.69 at the top quarter, $95.77 a square foot, which on a 12,000 square foot Core club is $1,149,240 of annual revenue between the two *.
Three models and the brand’s cut
Three boxes, $1.09m to $2.31m.
Three models are priced. Core runs 8,000 to 12,000 square feet, Plus 12,000 to 16,000 and XL 16,000 to 20,000. The build and the equipment package move together.
| Line | Core low | Core high | Plus low | Plus high | XL low | XL high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real estate improvements and build-out | $524,000 | $657,000 | $676,000 | $909,000 | $1,110,000 | $1,313,000 |
| Initial equipment package | $393,500 | $450,000 | $513,000 | $566,000 | $606,000 | $660,000 |
| Additional funds | $40,000 | $80,000 | $40,000 | $80,000 | $40,000 | $80,000 |
| Initial franchise fee | $35,000 | $35,000 | $35,000 | $35,000 | $35,000 | $35,000 |
| Low-voltage audio-visual and door access | $20,000 | $40,500 | $35,000 | $48,000 | $45,000 | $52,000 |
| Signage | $20,000 | $40,000 | $20,000 | $40,000 | $20,000 | $40,000 |
| Rent and security deposit | $16,000 | $24,000 | $24,000 | $32,000 | $32,000 | $40,000 |
| Advertising and start strong | $16,000 | $24,000 | $16,000 | $24,000 | $16,000 | $24,000 |
| Architect fees | $9,000 | $18,000 | $9,000 | $18,000 | $9,000 | $18,000 |
| Furniture, office equipment and supplies | $9,000 | $18,000 | $9,000 | $18,000 | $9,000 | $18,000 |
| Insurance | $6,000 | $18,000 | $6,000 | $18,000 | $6,000 | $18,000 |
| Deposits and permits | $2,000 | $5,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 |
| Travel and living while training | $1,200 | $2,400 | $1,200 | $2,400 | $1,200 | $2,400 |
| Total | $1,091,700 | $1,411,900 | $1,386,200 | $1,795,400 | $1,931,200 | $2,305,400 |
| Per square foot * | $90.97 | $176.49 | $86.64 | $149.62 | $96.56 | $144.09 |
Every amount is as the brand reported it and the per-square-foot row is marked *; all six columns add to their stated totals exactly.
Build and equipment are 84.0% of a Core club’s low estimate. $917,500 of $1,091,700 *, and the XL model adds $798,500 of the two together against Core.
The XL box costs 1.77 times the Core one. $1,931,200 against $1,091,700 *, for 2.0 to 2.5 times the minimum area. So the cost per square foot falls as the box grows while the revenue per square foot has to be earned.
13.00% of revenue above $480,000, and more below it.
Royalty is 6% of gross revenues and the brand development fee is 2%. Local advertising is $4,000 a month for the first year and then the greater of $2,000 a month or 5% of gross revenues. So the minimum applies any club below $480,000, and the system median is $448,160.
| Sales | Royalty at 6% | Brand development at 2% | Local advertising | Together | Share | Members it costs * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,299,012, the highest club | $77,941 | $25,980 | $64,951 | $168,872 | 13.00% | 434 |
| $868,297, the top quarter | $52,098 | $17,366 | $43,415 | $112,879 | 13.00% | 290 |
| $516,823, the system average | $31,009 | $10,336 | $25,841 | $67,187 | 13.00% | 173 |
| $448,160, the system median | $26,890 | $8,963 | $24,000 | $59,853 | 13.36% | 154 |
| $275,824, the bottom quarter | $16,549 | $5,516 | $24,000 | $46,066 | 16.70% | 118 |
| $135,597, the lowest club | $8,136 | $2,712 | $24,000 | $34,848 | 25.70% | 89 |
Rates, minimums and revenue figures are as the brand reported it. Every dollar figure, share and member count is marked. Taking the greater of 5% and the $2,000 monthly minimum on the advertising line and dividing the total by the $389.46 a member the top quarter produces.
The minimum advertising charge costs the lowest-selling club 17.70% of its revenue. $24,000 on $135,597 *, 62 members carried for a full year just to fund it.
A club at the system median pays the minimum by $1,592. 5% of $448,160 is $22,408 against the $24,000 minimum *, so half the system sits on the fixed side of that line.
Launch marketing is $108,000 across six months. $30,000 before opening, $30,000 after, and $48,000 over the first twelve months *, which is 277 members at $389.46 before a single one has paid for the year.
The network of locations
189 clubs, and 17 changed hands last year.
| Year | At start | Opened | Terminated | Ceased for other reasons | At end | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 179 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 10 |
| 2024 | 185 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 190 | 8 |
| 2025 | 190 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 189 | 17 |
Every figure is as the brand reported it, and start plus openings less departures reconciles to the year-end count in all three years.
Departures overtook openings for the first time in three years. 11 against 10 in 2025, after 7 against 12 and 2 against 8 *.
One club in nine changed hands in 2025. 17 transfers against 189 clubs *, more than double the eight of the previous year, so buying an existing club is a live route into this system.
Questions we get asked
Questions owners ask.
What does a Workout Anytime club bill?
The 181 clubs open the whole of 2025 averaged $516,823 of sales with a median of $448,160, ranging from $135,597 to $1,299,012. The top quarter averaged $868,297, the middle half $462,167 and the bottom quarter $275,824.
What is a member worth?
$389.46 a year, or $32.46 a month, across the top quarter of clubs. The only group with member counts. Inside it the figure runs from $243.14 to $550.93. At that rate the system average of $516,823 implies about 1,327 members and the bottom quarter about 708.
How big is a club?
Three models: Core at 8,000 to 12,000 square feet, Plus at 12,000 to 16,000 and XL at 16,000 to 20,000. Among the top quarter of clubs the actual range runs 5,500 to 18,100 square feet, with a median of 8,400. Revenue per square foot in that group averages $106.91 and runs from $61.92 to $157.69.
What does the brand take?
A 6% royalty and a 2% brand development fee on gross revenues, both starting at membership pre-sales. Local advertising at $4,000 a month for the first year and then the greater of $2,000 a month or 5% of gross revenues. At any club above $480,000 that is 13.00% of revenue; below it the minimum advertising charge lifts the share, reaching 25.70% at the lowest-selling club on file.
What does it cost to open?
$1,091,700 to $1,411,900 for a Core club, $1,386,200 to $1,795,400 for Plus and $1,931,200 to $2,305,400 for XL. Build-out and the equipment package take 84.0% of the Core low estimate. The franchise fee is $35,000, halved to $17,500 for a verified veteran.
How is the system moving?
179 clubs at the start of 2023, 185, 190 and 189 at the end of 2025. Openings ran 8, 12 and 10 and departures 2, 7 and 11, so 2025 was the first of the three years where departures exceeded openings. Transfers ran 10, 8 and 17.
- No profit figure. The filing reports sales and not earnings, so what an owner keeps is not disclosed.
- No cost lines. Wages, rent and cost of goods are not broken out, so margin cannot be rebuilt from the document.
- No attainment figure. The filing does not say how many locations reached the average it publishes.
Questions worth putting to Workout Anytime
The filing answers what it answers. These are the gaps an owner or a buyer should close directly.
- What do locations at the median spend on wages and rent as a share of sales? The filing reports sales only.
- What separates the highest-selling locations from the lowest: trade area, years open, size, or the owner?
- How long does a new location take to reach the average you publish, and what does the build-up look like month by month?
- At what level of sales do the minimum charges stop applying and the percentage take over?
- How many Workout Anytime locations closed, were sold, or changed hands last year, and why?
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Questions owners ask next
The figures above raise these, and each one is answered on its own page.
- At what level of sales does a minimum fee stop costing me more than the percentage?How royalty, ad fund and minimums actually work on a monthly statement.
- How much cash do I fund before a new location covers its own costs?A 13-week forecast for the months before break-even.
- My payroll percentage keeps climbing. Is that a payroll problem?Usually it is a revenue problem wearing a payroll costume.
- What does this location earn on the money I put into it?Payback period and cash-on-cash return for one unit.
- How much of Item 19 can I rely on?What a financial performance representation does and does not tell you.