Contours Express vs Fit Body Boot Camp Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Contours Express vs Fit Body Boot Camp including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Contours Express Franchise
Fit Body Boot Camp Franchise
Investment $35,000 - $50,000$151,100 - $213,100
Franchise Fee $12,500$49,600
Royalty Fee $395/mo.$997/mo.
Advertising Fee -$500/mo.
Year Founded 19982009
Year Franchised 19982011
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Contours Express Franchise
Fit Body Boot Camp Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Contours Express Franchise
Fit Body Boot Camp Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/No-/-
Start-up Costs No/No-/-
Equipment No/Yes-/-
Inventory No/No-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support
 
Contours Express Franchise
Fit Body Boot Camp Franchise
Training - On-The-Job Training: 5 hours Classroom Training: 15 hours Additional Training: Online training; optional periodic training at headquarters and live events
Support Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet

# Protected Territory # 5 days of Training at Contours Express University # 3-Day Training at your gym # Adjustable Weight Stack Equipment # 16 Stations - 4 extra stations optional # Butt-n-Gut cd # Preferred Vendor Discounts # Unlimited Ongoing Training # Advertising and Marketing Advice # 24/7 Online Marketing Materials Library # Personal Gym Website # Prepared PowerPoint Marketing Presentations # Nutritional Counseling Program - C.O.R.E. # Site Selection Assistance

Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform
Marketing Ad slicksAd Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing Loyalty program/app
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. (50% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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Expansion Plans
 
Contours Express Franchise
Fit Body Boot Camp Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion YesYes

Company Overviews

About Contours Express

After operating coed clubs, working as consultants and working in other areas of the fitness industry, Daren Carter, Mike Widener and Charlie Woodward joined forces to create a fitness center just for women. In 1998, the partners founded Contours Express, a women-only center catering to towns with populations too small to support a full-scale, coed gym.

Contours Express members follow a 29-minute cue tape that keeps them moving through aerobic stations and strength training machines. A fitness trainer (the franchisee or an employee) works with the members during their workouts, providing motivation and other services.

Clubs, which are usually located in strip centers, are about 1,200 square feet in size and can accommodate up to 20 members at a time.

About Fit Body Boot Camp

The Most Affordable, Profitable and Game-Changing Fitness Franchise That's Amazingly Easy to Own and Operate.

We’ve engineered an online marketing behemoth that makes it easy to rapidly fill your Fit Body Boot Camp facility with clients.
With a website you won’t have to build, ads we’ll write for you, and marketing campaigns we manage, demand for our boot camps is always through the roof.
Veteran Incentives  25% off franchise fee

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