Snap Fitness vs PickUp USA Fitness Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Snap Fitness Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
Investment	$144,798 - $478,762	$533,266 - $1,150,054
Franchise Fee	$29,500	$45,000
Royalty Fee	$580/mo.	6%
Advertising Fee	$275/mo.	1% - 2%
Year Founded	2003	2011
Year Franchised	2004	2016
Term Of Agreement	5 years	-
Term Of Agreement	5 years	-
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Snap Fitness Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
Experience	"What I want is somebody who is a fitness nut: a personal trainer, somebody who comes from running a health club themselves. The economics of it are second to me." - Joey Aunan, franchise development director	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
	Snap Fitness Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	No/Yes	-/-
Start-up Costs	No/Yes	-/-
Equipment	Yes/Yes	-/-
Inventory	No/Yes	-/-
Receivables	No/No	-/-
Payroll	No/No	-/-
Training & Support
	Snap Fitness Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
Training	On-The-Job Training: Ongoing Classroom Training: 30 hours	* Comprehensive 8 day training at our headquarters in Irwindale, CA for you and your two managers
Support	Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform	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	Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing	-
Operations	Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 1	We require an owner/operator Approximately 10 staff are needed to run a PickUp USA Fitness club.
Expansion Plans
	Snap Fitness Franchise	PickUp USA Fitness Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	Yes
Canada Expansion	No	-
International Expansion	Yes	-

Company Overviews

About Snap Fitness

Thanks for your interest in owning a Snap Fitness franchise. If you are looking for a proven, affordable and trail-blazing concept in a growing industry, you've come to the right place! Today more than ever, people know it's important to be fit. Their challenge is squeezing exercise into busy lives. With Snap Fitness, you provide the solution, bringing fast, convenient and affordable workouts into their neighborhoods - minutes from their doorsteps - with your own compact, 24/7 state-of-the-art fitness center. The Industry's Fastest-Growing Fitness Franchisor Our first club opened in 2004. Today, with more than 1,500 sold in the United States and Canada, we rank #1 on Franchise Market Magazine's Top 100 New Franchises* and #3 among Entrepreneur Magazine's Top New Franchises**. A Snap Fitness franchise is easy to afford, easy to manage - 70% of our franchisees are absentee owners - and easy to market. As important, you'll find us to be trustworthy partners. Our success is driven by a single-minded focus to make YOU successful and Christian principles that guide us to treat everyone with dignity, respect and fairness. Take Your First Step Towards Freedom and Fulfillment We invite you to take a close look at us as an opportunity to turn wellness into wealth and to live your dream with a degree of freedom and flexibility not possible in the traditional work world. We stand ready to help you determine if a Snap Fitness franchise is right for you. You can contact a sales consultant right now. Thanks again for stopping by, and - be well.

Veteran Incentives  $5,000 off franchise fee

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