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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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Brand	CAverage Sweatheory Health & Fitness 2022 FDD Remove	CAverage Premier Martial Arts Health & Fitness 2022 FDD Remove
Vitals
FDD filing	FDD issued Apr 18, 2022	FDD issued May 18, 2022
Investment range	$193K – $408K	$184K – $422K
Liquid capital	$16K – $36K	$8K – $15K
Franchise fee	$35K	$50K
Royalty rate	5.0%	7.0%
Ad fund rate	2.0%	0.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales	No Item 19 representation	$316K
Median gross sales	Not disclosed	$286K
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	Not disclosed	$76K
Earnings metric	Not classified	EBITDA8 $75,95011
Risk
Rating	CAverage	CAverage
Verdict score	44 / 100	55 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	Not SBA-matched	16.7% (n=103)
SBA loans on record	N/A	103
Scale
Total units	2	175
Net change (latest yr)	0	+72
Signed, not yet open	1 (0.50 per open outlet)	201 (1.15 per open outlet)
Turnover rate	0.0%	0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)	10	10
Renewal term (years)	10	5
Initial training (hrs)	64	58
Contacts
Franchisee phones	3	154

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