Max Muscle vs Playtri Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Max Muscle Franchise
Playtri Franchise
Investment $114,600 - $281,300$203,000 - $399,667
Franchise Fee $75,000$29,500
Royalty Fee 3%5%
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 1988-
Year Franchised 2001-
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Renewal Fee $1.5K-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Max Muscle Franchise
Playtri Franchise
Experience
  • General business experience
  • Marketing skills
    		• Playtri is looking for franchisees that have a passion for helping people get healthy and are willing to work hard while following the system we have set forth.

    Financing Options
     
    Max Muscle Franchise
    Playtri Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/Yes-/-
    Start-up Costs No/Yes-/-
    Equipment No/Yes-/-
    Inventory No/Yes-/-
    Receivables No/Yes-/-
    Payroll No/Yes-/-

    Training & Support
     
    Max Muscle Franchise
    Playtri Franchise
    Training -Playtri offers a comprehensive classroom and in-store training that covers all aspects of what you need to know as a Playtri franchisee. • 2 Full Weeks of Training �" national office and in-store • Ongoing Phone & Email Support • Online System to Access Training Materials, Franchise Manual, Marketing Tools • Best Practices for Buying, Selling, Inventory and Cash Management • Trusted Corporate Vendor Partners • Site selection support • Pre �" designed local marketing support • Store Opening Assistance
    Support Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives-
    Marketing Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising-
    Operations 15% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 - 5

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (80% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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    Expansion Plans
     
    Max Muscle Franchise
    Playtri Franchise
    US Expansion YesYes
    Canada Expansion No-
    International Expansion No-

    Company Overviews

    About Max Muscle

    Joe Wells founded Max Muscle in 1991. Joe's success stems from his college degree in business and marketing combined with his long-standing passion for weight training and nutrition. After being introduced to amino acids for muscle recovery by the late Lyle Alzado, Joe's teammate on the L.A. Raiders, Joe was inspired to formulate one of the first low molecular amino acid formulas for athletes. His formula quickly became the #1 selling sports nutrition amino acid in the country. Today, Joe stands at the helm of the rapidly growing
    Max Muscle empire, a leader in the production of high quality sports nutrition products and the country's fastest growing sport nutrition retail chain. JOE WELLS AND SEAN GREENE - ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR, 1998 as VOTED BY THE ACADEMY OF BODYBUILDING FITNESS AND SPORTS FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE IN THE FITNESS INDUSTRY Sean Greene joined forces with Joe Wells as President of Max Muscle in 1994. Sean earned his bachelor's degree in exercise physiology with an emphasis in human nutrition and a minor in business management from the University of Florida. Also fueled by a passion for fitness and nutrition, Sean won numerous amateur bodybuilding titles and assisted top professors in exercise testing and cutting-edge research in exercise performance. Sean has also developed and implemented corporate wellness programs for many of San Diego's largest companies, including General Dynamics, and has trained with many top professional bodybuilders and athletes. A leader in the sports nutrition industry since 1991, Max Muscle produces and distributes its own line of popular high-quality sports nutrition supplements as well as a complete line of workout and casual wear for today's active consumer.
    Max Muscle products are marketed through the company's national network of stores, as well as through a broader distribution base world-wide. The Max Muscle brand has earned a reputation for producing and selling superior and reliable quality products within the sports nutrition industry.

    About Playtri

      In 1999, Ahmed Zaher, founder of Playtri, attended his first triathlon as a spectator - Rivercities Triathlon in Shreverport, LA.  He was so inspired that the next day, he quit smoking and started training for triathlon. He had a ton of questions and wanted to jump in right away.  As an athlete who had been coached all his life, he immediately hired a coach.  He would hire numerous coaches until he decided to become a coach with Troy Jacobson’s Triathlon Academy and would attend one of the first USATriathlon Coaching Certification courses. 
    He fell in love with the sport, the knowledge, the learning and the racing and that is where Playtri was born.  His passion for the sport and for coaching would lead him to meet his now wife and the President of our company, Staci Brode in 2002 at the Rivercities Triathlon in Shreveport, LA.  Staci wanted a new coach and rumor had it Ahmed was one of the best in town.  They would begin dating and working together in coaching and event production in 2004. 
    In 2011, they would open their first Playtri store.  Over the next 5 years, they would work to perfect the model that would enable them to help more and more people reach their health and fitness goals.
    Ahmed will tell you after his 5 beautiful boys, his biggest accomplishment is Playtri and the opportunity it has given him to help people live a healthy lifestyle.
    Staci was a high school swimmer, with a Marketing and Business Honors degree from the University of Texas at Austin.  She found triathlon in 2001 while looking for a way to get back in shape after she left college.  She was working in sales for Johnson & Johnson when she decided to leave her job and follow her passion of triathlon and event production in 2004.  Staci would join Ahmed and turn the passion they had into a business empire that’s success is built on hard work and dedication by both Ahmed and Staci. Setting an example for her two boys of living a healthy lifestyle, enjoying sports as an adult and working hard for something you believe in is what drives her everyday.

    **Qualified Veterans and Minorities:  Receive a $10,000 discount on the franchise fee and a reduced royalty fee for the first two years of business.·     
    **Current Bike/Run Shop Owners: Receive a $10,000 discount on the franchise fee and a reduced royalty fee for the first two years of business.