Ultimate Guide: Opening A Gym
Dreaming of opening your own gym business? Get set for success with the complete guide to starting out – including insights from owners and subject matter experts.
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Turn your dreams into a reality
Time to turn your passion for fitness into a successful business? Considering a gym as a business investment? Want to take your fitness career to the next level through gym ownership?
You’re exactly where you need to be!
Gym ownership can be seriously rewarding. But it’s not without its challenges. So, we’ve partnered with Independent Gyms to create this guide to help you work out if opening a gym is the right move for you.
In the Ultimate Guide To Opening A Gym, you’ll find:
- Everything you need to know when starting out
- Honest insights from gym owners who’ve done it before
- Advice from subject matter experts in the fitness industry for new owners
For many fitness professionals climbing the ranks of the industry, opening their own gym is an aspirational goal. It can be the natural progression, the pinnacle of many careers and perhaps the path to financial and/or time freedom.
But is gym ownership for everyone?
As a former gym owner, I’ve been there and done it – I’ve experienced the many highs of gym ownership. But also, the lows that can come with it. I’ve made the good and the bad decisions along the way and came out the other side with a huge admiration for those willing to give it a go. After spending the last two years at Independent Gyms, it’s made me appreciate just how difficult, but also just how rewarding gym ownership can be, which is why we are hugely excited to partner with Xplor Gym to create the Ultimate Guide To Opening A Gym.
This step-by-step guide will assist your gym opening journey, from developing your model and finding the right location, to choosing your equipment and hiring your team. We’ve reached out to the 2,500 gym owners in the Independent Gyms community, asked about their experiences and sought their advice, to help shape this guide and give you a real understanding of what to expect as you make the transition to gym owner!
So, enjoy the read, soak up the advice, and then join the community at Independent Gyms so your journey is not a lonely one.
Amy Ritson, Partnership Manager & Former Gym Owner, Independent Gyms
The realities & practicalities of opening a gym
To The Ultimate Guide To Opening A Gym covers all of these key areas that new gym owners need to think about:
- Is it a good idea?
- Deciding which type of gym to open
- Choosing between being independent or part of a franchise
- Writing a business plan
- Conducting market research
- Choosing the right location
- Calculating the cost of opening
- Accessing financing and loans
- Navigating the legal requirements
- Understanding the qualifications needed
- Equipping your new gym
- Designing membership packages & pricing
- Insuring your business
- Hiring staff for your new gym
- Choosing gym management software
- Building your brand & running a pre-sales campaign
- Creating a community from the get-go
- Expanding your network
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