Contours Express vs Eat the Frog Fitness Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Contours Express Franchise
Eat the Frog Fitness Franchise
Investment $35,000 - $50,000$522,000 - $706,500
Franchise Fee $12,500$39,000
Royalty Fee $395/mo.7%
Advertising Fee -1%
Year Founded 19982015
Year Franchised 19982016
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Contours Express Franchise
Eat the Frog Fitness Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Contours Express Franchise
Eat the Frog Fitness Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/No-/Yes
Start-up Costs No/No-/Yes
Equipment No/Yes-/Yes
Inventory No/No-/Yes
Receivables No/No-/Yes
Payroll No/No-/Yes

Training & Support

 
Contours Express Franchise
Eat the Frog Fitness Franchise
Training - On-The-Job Training: 68 hours Classroom Training: 20 hours Additional Training: As needed
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 slicks Co-op Advertising Ad 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)

Number of Employees Required to Run: 6

Expansion Plans

 
Contours Express Franchise
Eat the Frog Fitness Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion NoYes
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 Eat the Frog Fitness


What does it mean to Eat the Frog? Simple. It means overcoming the fear that stops you from trying something new, tearing down the barriers to success, and achieving results that you didn't think were possible. Eat the Frog Fitness takes an innovative, technology-driven approach to workouts unlike anything else on the market.
Through personalized, low-impact, and variable intensity performance training, Eat the Frog Fitness combines the motivation and energy of group workouts with the tailored, customized experience of a personal trainer. Today, we're rapidly expanding into new markets across North America.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, take the first step toward opening an Eat the Frog Fitness franchise in your community.

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