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indicates the clear winner per row. Ties and missing data are not highlighted.

How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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These figures come from FDDs of different years (2022, 2026). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

Focus by buyer type

Brand
Soccer Stars logoAStrongest tier
Soccer Stars
Health & Fitness
2026 FDD
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Curves logoFWeakest tier
Curves
Health & Fitness
2022 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
2026 FDD
FDD issued May 12, 2022
Investment range
$70K – $102K
$72K – $101K
Liquid capital
$10K – $20K
$2K – $5K
Franchise fee
$50K
$50K
Royalty rate
8.0%
7.5%
Ad fund rate
1.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$220KPer franchisee, not per outletOutlet subset
No Item 19 representation
Median gross sales
$162KPer franchisee, not per outletOutlet subset
Not disclosed
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Earnings metric
Net Income
Not classified
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
FWeakest tier
Verdict score
80 / 100
25 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Limited · 13 loans
19.0% (n=499)
SBA loans on record
13
499
Scale
Total units
170
154
Net change (latest yr)
+17
-40
Signed, not yet open
Not extracted
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
3.0%
76.9%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
5
Initial training (hrs)
58
40
Contacts
Franchisee phones
0
88

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