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TA Tracy Anderson

Formerly known as Tracy Anderson Method

Health & FitnessFranchising since 2023Website
Investment
$1.3M – $2.6M
98th pct Health & Fitn…
Avg revenue
58th pct Health & Fitn…
Royalty
7.0%
27th pct Health & Fitn…
Units
5
25th pct Health & Fitn…
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $1.3M – $2.6M including a $50K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100.
  • Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
TA Franchise, LLC
Parent company
Tracy Anderson Mind and Body, LLC
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
241 E. 59th Street, New York, New York 10022
Auditor
Fasten Halberstam LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
vs $100K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2025
Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.

Yale framework · single-unit ROIC

Returns Analysis

Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.

The model · Yale framework

What would one TA Tracy Anderson unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: fitness
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $1.3M–$2.6M
Working capital
$
FDD reports $100K–$200K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

10%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$210K
EBITDA margin
28.0%
Total invested
$2.1M
Payback
121 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate boutique fitness studios offering proprietary Tracy Anderson method classes (mat-based and megaformer workouts) plus potentially personal training. Day-to-day operations include studio scheduling, instructor hiring/training, member retention, retail product sales, and digital class offerings.

CEO
Tracy Anderson
Founded
2023
FDD year
2025
States available
2

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$1.3M – $2.6M
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$100K – $200K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
7.0%
Percentage of Gross Revenue · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
3.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
10.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
5
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
5
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
0%
vs corporate-owned
2023
0±0
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 15 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).

AK
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Registered · 15 states
Not registered

States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.

Government records

SBA Loan Data

Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.

No SBA loan data available for this brand.

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

65
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE65 / 100

TA Tracy Anderson presents significant profitability opacity and unproven franchise scalability with a capital-intensive model and only 5 operating units.

Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo Item 19 financial performance representations disclosed — cannot validate if $1.3M-$2.6M investment generates positive ROI
  2. 02MINOROnly 5 franchised units with unknown growth trajectory suggests minimal system traction or contraction risk
  3. 03MEDHigh capital requirement ($1.3M-$2.6M) paired with undisclosed average revenue creates severe ROI uncertainty
  4. 04MED7% royalty on gross revenue is standard but with no disclosed profitability metrics, cannot assess viability at break-even
  5. 05MINORFranchise fee ($50K) is low relative to total investment, suggesting most capital is buildout — high sunk cost risk

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
exclusive territory
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
3 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
New York

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
95 hrs
On-the-job training
220 hrs
POS system
Mindbody
Operating tech stack

Item 20

Franchisee Contacts

Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.

Franchisee contacts

17 numbers

Locked
(608) 266-••••
WI
(362) 902-••••
WA
(517) 335-••••
MI

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

TA Tracy Anderson · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above