Curves vs SuperSlow Zone Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Curves vs SuperSlow Zone including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Curves Franchise
SuperSlow Zone Franchise
Investment $115,600 - $243,200$133,290 - $319,860
Franchise Fee $39,900$39,900
Royalty Fee 5%-
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 1992-
Year Franchised 1995-
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Curves Franchise
SuperSlow Zone Franchise
Experience
  • Financially stable
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    Financing Options
     
    Curves Franchise
    SuperSlow Zone Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/No-/-
    Start-up Costs No/No-/-
    Equipment No/No-/-
    Inventory No/No-/-
    Receivables No/No-/-
    Payroll No/No-/-

    Training & Support
     
    Curves Franchise
    SuperSlow Zone Franchise
    Training At regional meetings (full day), convention (3 days), local events (1 day)-
    Support Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations-
    Marketing Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising-
    Operations 50% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (70% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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    Expansion Plans
     
    Curves Franchise
    SuperSlow Zone Franchise
    US Expansion -Yes
    Canada Expansion No-
    International Expansion Yes-

    Company Overviews

    About Curves

    At the age of 20, pre-med student Gary Heavin had taken over a failing fitness center in Houston, turning the business around and, within five years, opened six more centers. After 10 years and 17 centers, Heavin's business went under. Not wanting to give up, Heavin took lessons from the strengths and weaknesses of his first chain and decided to open a second. In 1992, Heavin opened Curves for Women, a women-only fitness center, in Harlingen, Texas. The company began franchising in 1995.

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    About SuperSlow Zone

    Based on the SuperSlow Zone System, Franchisees can enter with a low investment and can operate a business they feel passionate about by making a significant contribution to clients, produce exceptional client retention through sustainable client results, generate a solid annual income, retain good earnings, is scalable for growth and have a good lifestyle having 1 to 3 weeks paid vacation. Flexibility in ownership; owner operated, owner manager, GM for multiple locations or GM for a third party owner, etc. Our exercise method has its roots with a distinguished 29-year history as it grew out of a $3.2 million osteoporosis study in 1982 at the University of Florida School of Medicine. The SuperSlow Zone System refined and made contemporary how to run a successful professional exercise service intent on capturing, and keeping, clients for the long term. Our science is solid. Our IACET accredited training and systems enable franchisees the most stable, time-tested foundation for success.SuperSlow Zone is accredited by the prestigious IACET; visit www.iacet.org. IACET also accredits the American Physical Therapy Association, National Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Duke University Medical Center, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Corporate University, GE Healthcare and many others. SuperSlow Zone achieved and maintains this accreditation to ensure the highest standards of service and care for its clients.SuperSlow Zone personal professional strength training is the original, accredited, and systemized 20 minute workout, 1 - 2 times per week! For busy people, moms, aging population 45+ at all levels of health and fitness who want to get fit fast, look and feel great, and perform better, by achieving maximum fitness results in a minimum amount of time. SUPER SLOW ZONE QUICK FACTS *Tremendous Satisfaction of Helping Others Help Themselves *Good Lifestyle - Reasonable Hours & Paid Vacations *Good Margins *High Consumer Retention *Only Mild Impact by the Economy *Located Where Clients Can Afford and Believe In Their Health & Fitness *Ten IACET Accredited National Certifying Centers For Front Line Staff To Keep Standards High and Control Costs. *Premier US And International Media, Interviews and Feature Articles Blended With An Unstoppable Grassroots Buildup *Target Market Clients Have 'Crazy Busy Lives' and Receive a Total Body Workout In 20 Minutes, 1 - 2 Times A Week. Makes Sens- Maximum Results In Minimum Time!