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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 (2023, 2025, 2026). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

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Brand
The Gravity Vault logoBAbove average
The Gravity Vault
Health & Fitness
2025 FDD
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Fitness 19 logoBAbove average
Fitness 19
Health & Fitness
2025 FDD
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Retrofitness logoBAbove average
Retrofitness
Health & Fitness
2026 FDD
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UFC GYM logoFWeakest tier
UFC GYM
Health & Fitness
2023 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Apr 7, 2025
FDD issued Mar 28, 2025
FDD issued Apr 30, 2026
FDD issued Apr 28, 2023
Investment range
$1.7M – $3.3M
$1.4M – $3.0M
$832K – $3.2M
$1.1M – $5.0M
Liquid capital
$106K – $162K
$80K – $100K
$100K – $350K
$275K – $700K
Franchise fee
$80K
$15K
$29K
$50K
Royalty rate
6.5%
7.0%
5.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
1.0%
Not extracted
2.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.1M
No Item 19 representation
$1.2M
$3.7M
Median gross sales
$922K
Not disclosed
$1.0M
Not extracted
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
P&L Bottom Line
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
BAbove average
BAbove average
FWeakest tier
Verdict score
51 / 100
53 / 100
48 / 100
25 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Limited · 14 loans
Not SBA-matched
7.0% (n=128)
38.1% (n=31)
SBA loans on record
14
N/A
128
31
Scale
Total units
14
6
77
81
Net change (latest yr)
+2
+1
-5
-4
Signed, not yet open
5 (0.36 per open outlet)
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
25 (0.32 per open outlet)
64 (0.79 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
0.0%
0.0%
7.8%
21.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
5
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
80
24
118
93
Contacts
Franchisee phones
11
78
107
79

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