Contours Express vs *YogaSix Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Contours Express Franchise
*YogaSix Franchise
Investment $35,000 - $50,000$279,997 - $571,681
Franchise Fee $12,500$60,000
Royalty Fee $395/mo.7%
Advertising Fee -2%
Year Founded 19982012
Year Franchised 19982018
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Contours Express Franchise
*YogaSix Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Contours Express Franchise
*YogaSix 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
*YogaSix Franchise
Training --
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

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Marketing Ad slicks-
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
*YogaSix 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 *YogaSix

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Yoga Six Franchise, LLC offers for sale a franchise to establish and operate a fitness studio that offers and provides indoor yoga classes/instruction and other related exercise classes under the franchisor’s then-current proprietary marks, which currently includes our principal mark Yoga Six

The total investment necessary to begin operations of a Studio franchise ranges from $279,997 to $496,681. This amount includes $121,558 and $130,258 must be paid to the franchisor or its affiliate prior to opening.
The total investment necessary to develop multiple Studios under the franchisor’s form of area development agreement depends on the number of franchises the franchisor grants you the right to open, which in all cases will be three or more under this Disclosure Document. The total investment necessary to enter into an area development agreement for the right to develop three Studios is $354,997 and $571,681 which includes
a development fee of $135,000 that is paid to the franchisor or their affiliates prior to opening, and the total estimated initial investment to begin operation of your initial Studio.


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