Contours Express vs Pritikin Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Contours Express Franchise
Pritikin Franchise
Investment $35,000 - $50,000$26,069 - $70,713
Franchise Fee $12,500N/A
Royalty Fee $395/mo.17.5%
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19982013
Year Franchised 19982013
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Contours Express Franchise
Pritikin Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Contours Express Franchise
Pritikin 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
Pritikin 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
Pritikin Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion Yes-

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 Pritikin

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Pritikin offers licenses under which health care providers such as hospitals and cardiology practices can become certified to operate a portion of their existing health care business as a “Pritikin-certified” provider. “Pritikin-certified” programs offer and teach intensive cardiac rehabilitation programs to their patients using Pritikin’s proprietary “Pritikin” intensive cardiac rehabilitation program. These health care providers will conduct the Pritikin-certified Program for patients at their existing health care facilities.
The Pritikin Program is proven to prevent, control, or reverse risk factors for a multiplicity of diseases, ailments, and conditions including:
-Heart Disease, Angina Pain, Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Excess Weight/Obesity, Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer,
Colon Cancer, High Cholesterol, High Triglycerides, Peripheral Artery Disease, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Chronic Inflammation.