Shape Up Sisters vs PickUp USA Fitness Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Shape Up Sisters vs PickUp USA Fitness including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Shape Up Sisters Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
Investment	$40,000 - $51,000	$533,266 - $1,150,054
Franchise Fee	$24,900	$45,000
Royalty Fee	$375/mo.	6%
Advertising Fee	-	1% - 2%
Year Founded	2002	2011
Year Franchised	2002	2016
Term Of Agreement	10 years	-
Term Of Agreement	10 years	-
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Shape Up Sisters Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
Experience	Must enjoy working with & helping people	While not required, a passion for fitness and basketball is a huge plus! Owning a fitness club is a tremendous opportunity to build a business doing something you love. To get started, franchise candidates, either individually or cumulatively amongst a group of investors, should have a minimum of $150,000 in liquid capital and $300,000 in net worth. This gives a new franchisee the base financials to attempt to obtain necessary bank financing to be properly capitalized to launch a PickUp USA.
Financing Options
	Shape Up Sisters Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-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
	Shape Up Sisters Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
Training	-	* Comprehensive 8 day training at our headquarters in Irwindale, CA for you and your two managers
Support	Newsletter, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations	PickUp USA provides comprehensive support from the day you sign your franchise agreement. * Pre-Open Support * Grand Opening Support * Ongoing Support o Assistance with site-selection, club layout, design & construction o Comprehensive 8 day training o On-site guidance for 5 days from our corporate team o Support with marketing, sales and operations o Continuous, on-site, telephone and email support will be with you during your entire journey o Your success is our success!
Marketing	Ad slicks, Regional advertising	-
Operations	Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed.	We require an owner/operator Approximately 10 staff are needed to run a PickUp USA Fitness club.
Expansion Plans
	Shape Up Sisters Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
US Expansion	-	Yes
Canada Expansion	No	-
International Expansion	No	-

Company Overviews

About Shape Up Sisters

NOT  FRANCHISING  YET

Claim an Affordable and Fun Women's Fitness Franchise.

Have any kind of effect in the Lives of Women while Owning a Fabulous, In-Demand Business.

Shape up Sisters, is another style well-being club that is composed particularly for ladies who wouldn't feel good in a customary "hard-body" rec center environment. With the Center for Disease Control reporting that 61% of Americans are either overweight or clinically stout, Shape Up Sisters is putting forth a genuinely necessary administration. Get down to business Sisters is the ideal environment for ladies hoping to get in shape and acquire fearless. Notwithstanding an open to setting, clients of the circuit hardware get an incredible 32-45 minute workout, blazing calories, fat and including muscle tone- - all at a rate that is suited to their wellness level. Since their framework permits ladies to push to her own most extreme limit, anybody required in their program is ensured to lose inches. What's more, Shape Up Sisters staff offers extraordinary inspiration, addresses concerns and guarantees bunches of fun.

Throughout the next decade ladies around the globe will progressively rely upon strategically placed express workout clubs. For genuine business visionaries, our establishment speaks to an extraordinary and reasonable chance to work a business that will advance sound ways of life for ladies all over the place. When you qualify and are granted your domain, you too will turn out to be a piece of the developing group of Shape Up Sisters® establishments. No past wellness industry or business possession experience is essential. Together, we can be "Emphatically Reshaping Women."

About PickUp USA Fitness

Basketball-Focused Fitness Clubs!

PickUp USA Fitness clubs are full-service, basketball-focused gyms. Our clubs offer: group & private basketball training, officiated games of pickup basketball, full weight & cardio rooms, retail merchandise, lounges, and much more! We started our unique fitness concept in 2011, and spent 5 years refining our product, processes, and brand before franchising in 2016.

Limitless Opportunity

* In 2014, total US health club revenues increased 7.4% to $24.2 billion with 54.1 million Americans belonging to at least one health club nationwide (IHRSA data)
* Over 23 million people/year participate in basketball activities in the US (Statista data)
* PickUp USA Fitness is the only basketball-focused fitness club operating in the US, and generates revenue from 4 diverse channels:

     o Membership Dues
     o Private Training Packages
     o Merchandise Sales
     o Private Court Rental Fees


Streamlined Operating Model