Curves vs Live 2 B Healthy Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Curves vs Live 2 B Healthy including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Curves Franchise
Live 2 B Healthy Franchise
Investment $115,600 - $243,200$20,000 - $30,000
Franchise Fee $39,900N/A
Royalty Fee 5%-
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19920
Year Franchised 19950
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Curves Franchise
Live 2 B Healthy Franchise
Experience
  • Financially stable
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    Financing Options
     
    Curves Franchise
    Live 2 B Healthy 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
    Live 2 B Healthy 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
    Live 2 B Healthy Franchise
    US Expansion --
    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 Live 2 B Healthy

    Build your successful business with Live 2 B HealthyTM Senior Fitness: the nation's only franchise offering a proven fitness program to senior residential communities. Live 2 B HealthyTM Senior Fitness franchisees are at the forefront of a growing, recession-proof industry, helping today's seniors remain fit. We offer on-site fitness to senior residents. But more than that, we offer seniors the freedom, independence and dignity that accompany reclaimed health. And being a Live 2 B HealthyTM Senior Fitness franchisee is not only personally satisfying; it also makes good business sense. What makes Live 2 B HealthyTM Senior Fitness different (and better!) than other franchises? A truly unique business. There's no one else like us, offering fitness to residential communities. A proven business system. We've been around for years, and we're here to stay. An affordable franchise, without the huge overhead of a facility lease with heavy fitness equipment. Strong operational support, both during start-up training and once you're up and running. Our franchisees get: Team and one-on-one classroom and field training in business operations, fitness training, sales and marketing An exclusive geographic region, which means less competition and more teamwork among our franchisees A directory of all senior residential communities within their exclusive franchise territory Marketing and sales materials including presentation templates, video, brochures, press releases, ads and an entire database of testimonies from seniors and residential community owners Certified personal trainer lesson plan development tool, sample exercise plans, and an entire web site with hundreds of exercises from which to download custom fitness plans A business system for keeping franchise operations organized and efficient Ongoing support, including an online franchisee community, training webinars, team conference calls and "ride-along" assistance as franchisees build sales-call confidence Applying our proven, step-by-step system, each franchisee's income is limited only by their own time and energy.