Fly Dance Fitness Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Fly Dance Fitness is a boutique fitness franchise offering dance-based cardio group classes like hip-hop and Latin. Franchisees run the studios, managing instructors, class scheduling, and memberships.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Fly Dance Fitness franchise requires a total initial investment of $178K – $441K, including a $35K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. The 2026 FDD does not disclose unit-level revenue (no Item 19). FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2026 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $178K – $441K
- 30th pct Health & Fitn…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 10th pct Health & Fitn…
- Units
- 10
- 35th pct Health & Fitn…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Health & Fitness · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Health & Fitness avg · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $178K – $441K including a $35K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage across the four franchisee studios the 2026 filing discloses with a full twelve months of trading in the April 2025 - March 2026 period ($298,564 / $150,324 / $112,489 / $106,776). The franchisor prints each studio but no franchised average, so this is the mean of the complete disclosed cohort. Four of nine franchised outlets qualified; the rest had not been open long enough. All four opened in March or April 2025, so these are first-year figures against a disclosed ramp-up of twelve to thirty-six months. The metric is booking-platform total sales and excludes taxes, tips and third-party passes.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 51/100 (higher is better).
- DATAItem 19 reports individual actual location results (not statistical average) - Part 1: corporate-location adjusted P&L; Part 2: MindBody platform top-line sales/membership data for 1 corporate + 4 franchisee locations rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Fly Dance Fitness Franchising, LLC
- Ultimate parent
- You So Fly, LLC
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Stacey Iltis
- Incorporated in
- Florida
- HQ
- 999 Cattlemen Rd, F, Sarasota, FL 34232
- Auditor
- Kezos & Dunlavy
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $0
- vs $0 prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Stacey Iltis
- Headquarters
- Florida
- Founded
- 2022
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 7
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 46% below the typical health & fitness franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2026 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $35K | $35K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $10K | $14K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $133K | $392K |
| Total initial investment | $178K | $441K |
Source: Fly Dance Fitness 2026 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $178K – $441K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $10K – $14K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $35K – $35K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- percentage · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 3.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 9.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $100 |
| Transfer fee | $5K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Inventory (initial) | $3K – $4K |
| Total fee load | 9.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Fly Dance Fitness did not disclose financial performance in FDD Item 19. The ROIC and return models require Item 19 revenue. Without it all inputs are estimates. You can still run the calculator with your own assumptions by entering an expected revenue figure.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Fly Dance Fitness unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
68%
Above the 30–60% band. Verify revenue is per-unit average
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
Average across the four franchisee studios the 2026 filing discloses with a full twelve months of trading in the April 2025 - March 2026 period ($298,564 / $150,324 / $112,489 / $106,776). The franchisor prints each studio but no franchised average, so this is the mean of the complete disclosed cohort. Four of nine franchised outlets qualified; the rest had not been open long enough. All four opened in March or April 2025, so these are first-year figures against a disclosed ramp-up of twelve to thirty-six months. The metric is booking-platform total sales and excludes taxes, tips and third-party passes.
- Item 19 type
- individual actual location results (not statistical average) - Part 1: corporate-location adjusted P&L; Part 2: MindBody platform top-line sales/membership data for 1 corporate + 4 franchisee locations
- Sample size
- 4 outlets
- vs category median 12 · small
- Range (low → high)
- $107K→$299K
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2026
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- The FDD edition these figures were read from
- Transparency
- 6 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 173 Health & Fitness brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 9.0% (near the Health & Fitness average).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports individual actual location results (not statistical average) - Part 1: corporate-location adjusted P&L; Part 2: MindBody platform top-line sales/membership data for 1 corporate + 4 franchisee locations rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Operator retention
Net unit growth of +900.0% over 3 years (9 opened, 0 closed).
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Health & Fitness averages
How Fly Dance Fitness Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 10
- Opened
- 9
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 90%
- vs corporate-owned
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 9
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 16
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 12 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator. Not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Fast growth in a small system. Newer franchisors expanding quickly may not yet have the support infrastructure of larger systems.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Single-unit franchise with unverified financial claims, no comparable franchisee data, and unproven system scalability creates material due diligence risk.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation is required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Kezos & Dunlavy
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 51 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDOnly 1 disclosed unit makes validation impossible — no system track record or comparable performance data
- 02MINORHigh investment-to-net-income ratio (1.68x–3.47x payback period) with unproven scalability across multiple locations
- 03MEDRoyalty structure (6% + operating costs) leaves limited margin for error in a discretionary fitness market with high churn
- 04MINORUnknown growth trajectory — single unit provides no evidence of system expansion, franchisee recruitment success, or retention
- 05MINORFitness franchise category has historically high failure rates; dance/boutique fitness segment saw consolidation 2020–2023
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 9.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | exclusive |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory population | 50,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Granted |
| Franchisor can compete | No |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 1 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Florida (city/state where Franchisor's headquarters is located) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Florida |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation is required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 24 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 21 hrs
- Training location
- Franchisor's affiliate-owned headquarters in Sarasota, FL and/or affiliate-owned Franchised Business in Florida
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 12 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee (subject to franchisor approval)
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- MindBody (computer/POS system: iMac Apple computer + related hardware; MindBody CRM/Payments software)
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: MindBody (computer/POS system: iMac Apple computer + related hardware; MindBody CRM/Payments software)
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
24 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Fly Dance Fitness · FDD (2026) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Fly Dance Fitness franchise?
The total investment to open a Fly Dance Fitness franchise ranges from $178K – $441K, with an initial franchise fee of $35K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Fly Dance Fitness franchise owners earn?
Fly Dance Fitness does not disclose average franchise owner earnings in their FDD Item 19. Not all franchisors are required to make financial performance representations. We recommend asking existing franchisees directly about their financial experience.
What is Item 19 in the Fly Dance Fitness FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Fly Dance Fitness FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Fly Dance Fitness's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Fly Dance Fitness (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Fly Dance Fitness franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Fly Dance Fitness has 10 total units in the United States, including 9 franchised units and 1 company-owned units. 9 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Fly Dance Fitness a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Fly Dance Fitness as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 51 out of 100 (higher is better), based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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