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Planet Fitness, Inc. is an American franchisor and operator of fitness centers based in Hampton, New Hampshire. [4] The company has around 2,600 clubs, [5] making it one of the largest fitness club franchises by number of members and locations. The franchise has locations in the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico, and ...
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Anytime Fitness Franchisor, LLC, doing business as Anytime Fitness, is an American franchise of 24 hour health and fitness clubs that is based in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States. The company operates over 5,000 franchised locations in 50 countries. [3] In 2014, Anytime Fitness was named the top franchise of 2014 by Entrepreneur magazine. [4]
24 Hour Fitness was created in 1983 by Mark Mastrov.With the merger of the #2 and #3 largest fitness chains in the United States. Mastrov had been using a local gym for rehab after a knee injury, and turned the gym into a 24-hour nautilus facility after buying out the owner. [1]
On April 23, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing its Parkway Plaza location as part of a plan to close 42 stores nationwide. The store closed in July 2018. [3] On May 13, 2019, it was announced that portions of the former Sears would become Ashley HomeStore, Bob's Discount Furniture, Burlington, and Extra Space Storage. [4]
The company was founded by chairman and chief executive officer, Bahram Akradi. [1] The company was incorporated in 1990 as FCA, Ltd., a Minnesota corporation, and registered the name Life Time Fitness in March of 1992. [2] In 2017, the word "Fitness" was officially dropped from the brand name, and the company became simply Life Time, Inc.
In 2007, Snap Fitness opened its first international location, expanding into Canada with a location in Winnipeg, Manitoba. By 2008, Snap Fitness had 910 clubs with 400,000 members in 46 states in the U.S., [3] and continued its global expansion with its first club in India, as well as adding locations in Australia and New Zealand. [4]
Like nearly all businesses, Gold's Gym was required to temporarily close its US locations in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In April of the same year, Gold's said that it would permanently close 30 of its locations. They said their filing for bankruptcy would only affect company-owned locations and set a reemergence goal for August 2020.