Health & Fitness · registry year 2024 · HQ NH
Planet Fitness Franchise
A Planet Fitness Inc brand operating in the health & fitness sector, franchising since 2003. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Planet Fitness, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $970K – $4.2M
- Initial investment · Higher entry cost
- 7.0%
- Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
- 2,600
- Total locations · Large network
- $2.0M
- Avg unit revenue · Above-average unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry planet-fitness Planet Fitness
Planet Fitness needs $970K–$4.2M to open and charges a 7.0% royalty - an entry cost above the typical health & fitness franchise.
- LO $970K
- HI $4.2M
- FEE $20K
- ROY 7.0%
- UNT 2,600
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #35/223
- UNT# #48/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: UFC GYM ($748K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Planet Fitness (registry year 2024). Listed lows only - not a profit, cost-of-living, or suitability claim. Verify the current FDD before relying on these figures. How we place brands →
Franchise Opportunity Health Score
How healthy and transparent Planet Fitness's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 4.6% net unit growth (YoY) 72/100 · C
- Financial disclosure Item 19 disclosed 100/100 · A
Benchmarked against the 223-brand tracked corpus (p10-p90 range per dimension); a higher score means a growing unit count and a disclosed Item 19. See how we place brands.
Where Planet Fitness's investment ranks nationally
Planet Fitness's listed Item 7 low of $970K against every one of the 218 tracked franchise brands with a disclosed initial investment. Listed figures only, verify in the current FDD before relying on them.
Planet Fitness vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$970,000 Higher than most higher than 84% of 218 franchise brands
Franchise brands, banded by listed Item 7 low
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Source PlainFranchise editorial comparison registry · 2024-12-31
Investment Overview
- Franchise Fee
- $20K
- Ad Fund Rate
- 9.0%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $2.0M
- gross revenue per location
* Revenue figures are gross revenue (sales), not profit. This registry does not report operating costs or profit.
Network Size & Growth
Net Growth Rate
Year-over-year unit change
30 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Health & Fitness
- Subsector
- gym
- Founded
- 1992
- Franchising Since
- 2003
- Headquarters
- NH
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · Planet Fitness
This Planet Fitness page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Planet Fitness.
Large-network capital outlay for Planet Fitness
Signature read: 2,600 locations · Item 7 low $970K
Planet Fitness, a Planet Fitness Inc franchise, has been franchising since 2003 - 11 years after the concept was founded in 1992 , currently with 2,600 total locations (2,400 franchised, 200 company-owned; 92% of the recorded total is franchised) in the health & fitness sector, headquartered in NH. This editorial registry lists a total initial investment from $970K to $4.2M, with separate listed low and high values. The registry separately records a franchise-fee field of $20K; its summary does not reproduce every Item 7 line item.
Ongoing royalties run 7.0% of gross sales, plus a 9.0% national ad-fund field; the listed percentages sum to 16.0%. Planet Fitness has a recorded Item 19 financial-performance field; Item 19 disclosure is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $2.0M; applying the listed royalty rate to that reported average yields $140K as a simple arithmetic illustration, not a cost or profit estimate. Revenue is not profit; this registry does not contain a complete operating-cost or profit record.
Network momentum is currently positive: Planet Fitness added units at a 4.6% net rate year-over-year (150 openings, 30 closures). The count describes the latest reported period only; the underlying Item 20 tables provide the fuller disclosure context.
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Related reading for Planet Fitness: Understanding FDDs , Planet Fitness lists Item 19 revenue here, how Item 19 fits the 23-item FDD.
Snapshot uses the registry's listed Item 7 initial-investment low and Item 20 location-count fields. It is a descriptive comparison, not a ranking or investment recommendation.
How Planet Fitness's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for Planet Fitness , both outside HQ state NH : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($970K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (2,600 here).
What to do with this
Planet Fitness at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- Planet Fitness scores 86/100 (B) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $970K – $4.2M entry cost runs above the typical health & fitness franchise.
- Ranks #35 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- UFC GYM sits at a comparable investment level ($748K) in the same sector. Compare
Editorial comparison registry, not a source-linked FDD record. Verify the current FDD before relying on any figure.
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