Yoga Joint Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $1.1M – $1.7M
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Yoga Joint is a boutique fitness franchise offering hot yoga, flow, and HIIT-style classes in a community setting. Franchisees run the studios, managing instructors, class scheduling, and membership growth.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Yoga Joint franchise requires a total initial investment of $1.1M – $1.7M, including a $50K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.0% royalty[2]. The 2025 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored6 of 6 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $1.1M – $1.7M
- 95th pct Health & Fitn…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned only
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- 72nd pct Health & Fitn…
- Units
- 10
- 34th pct Health & Fitn…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Health & Fitness · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Health & Fitness median · 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 $1.1M – $1.7M including a $50K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 figures derived from 9 Company-Owned Yoga Joint studios' unaudited P&L statements for 2023 and 2024 (Coral Springs only 6 months); presented per-location and in categorical sales-mix percentages, not as consolidated average/median/quartile dollar figures in extractable text (underlying tables are image-based).
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 38/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +1 franchised outlets in the latest year (1 opened, 0 closed); 4 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- DATAItem 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Yoga Joint Franchising, LLC
- Parent company
- Yoga Joint Holdings, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 10 of the 2025 FDD
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Bernie Zarco
- Incorporated in
- FL
- HQ
- 698 W. Yamato Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
- Auditor
- Arie A. Taykan & Company, CPA’s
- Audited financials
Overview
About
- CEO
- Bernie Zarco
- Headquarters
- FL
- Founded
- 2010
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 261% above the typical health & fitness franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $50K | $50K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $75K | $100K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $991K | $1.6M |
| Total initial investment | $1.1M | $1.7M |
Source: Yoga Joint 2025 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
- $1.1M – $1.7M
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $75K – $100K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $50K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 10.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $999 |
| Transfer fee | $25K |
| Renewal fee | $25K |
| Inventory (initial) | $20K – $35K |
| Total fee load | 10.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for Yoga Joint is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Yoga Joint unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for annual revenue, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
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: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 figures derived from 9 Company-Owned Yoga Joint studios' unaudited P&L statements for 2023 and 2024 (Coral Springs only 6 months); presented per-location and in categorical sales-mix percentages, not as consolidated average/median/quartile dollar figures in extractable text (underlying tables are image-based).
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
- Item 19 type
- Company-Owned Outlets
- Sample size
- 8 outlets
- vs category median 11
- Range (low → high)
- $724K→$2.3MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 85 of the 2025 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2023
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2023
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 10.0% (near the Health & Fitness median).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands.
Multi-unit rate
Only 1% of franchisees own multiple units. Could indicate challenging economics or a young system where operators haven't had time to expand.
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 medians
How Yoga Joint Compares
Category median of published Health & Fitness brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 10
- Opened
- 1
- 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
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 9
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 10%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 1.0%
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 4
- 0.40 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 4
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
1 current owner across 1 state.
- FL 1
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
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
Small yoga franchisor (10 units, only 1 franchised, 9 company-owned) with thin parent-level net worth of $24,418 and a small net loss of $7,483. Two Item-3 matters are settled regulatory actions against an officer's unrelated prior company, not against Yoga Joint. Thin financials and minimal franchised base warrant a minor flag.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
Two settled state regulatory enforcement actions (Virginia 2019, Washington 2021) against officer David Lopez and his former company Dental Fix Rx, LLC for FDD/disclosure violations unrelated to Yoga Joint; no litigation against Yoga Joint Franchising, LLC itself disclosed.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Arie A. Taykan & Company, CPA’s
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- 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 38 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORThin net worth $24,418, net loss $7,483 (parent-level)
- 02MINOROnly 1 franchised unit vs 9 company-owned
- 03HIGH2 litigation matters against officer's unrelated prior company (settled)
- 04MEDNo bankruptcy, no going-concern, audited, Item 19 disclosed
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 10.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · 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 territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | No |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 3 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 15 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Miami, Florida |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Florida |
| Litigation count | 2 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
Two settled state regulatory enforcement actions (Virginia 2019, Washington 2021) against officer David Lopez and his former company Dental Fix Rx, LLC for FDD/disclosure violations unrelated to Yoga Joint; no litigation against Yoga Joint Franchising, LLC itself disclosed.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 125 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 14 hrs
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- Franchisee selects within approved Site Selection Area, subject to franchisor approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Mariana Tek
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Mariana Tek
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
1 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Yoga Joint franchise?
The total investment to open a Yoga Joint franchise ranges from $1.1M – $1.7M, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Yoga Joint franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Yoga Joint FDD discloses outlet figures from $724K to $2.3M but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Yoga Joint?
Yoga Joint is franchised by Yoga Joint Franchising, LLC. Its parent company is Yoga Joint Holdings, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Yoga Joint 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 Yoga Joint FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Yoga Joint's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Yoga Joint (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 Yoga Joint franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Yoga Joint has 10 total units in the United States, including 1 franchised units and 9 company-owned units. 1 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Yoga Joint a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Yoga Joint as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 38 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. 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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