Anytime Fitness franchise: what it costs
Opening an Anytime Fitness franchise gym runs $539,329 to $905,482, its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) says. That FDD is the set of papers a brand must hand you before you buy.
Anytime Fitness franchise cost, item by item
- Full opening cost
- $539,329 to $905,482 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $42,500 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- $842 monthly Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- $900 monthly Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $446,814 a year on average across 1,683 locations it counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Number of locations as 2025 ended
- Franchise owners run 2,271; the company runs 11 Item 20, 2026 FDD
The source for each figure above is the 2026 Anytime Fitness Franchise Disclosure Document. Anytime Fitness Franchisor LLC submitted it to the Minnesota Department of Commerce; it is dated March 31, 2026 and amended September 14, 2026. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Anytime Fitness FDD: sales and earnings
In Item 19, the FDD section where a brand may report the sales or earnings of its locations, Anytime Fitness gives its figures. Its headline number is average yearly revenue of $446,814 across 1,683 franchised gyms that were open the full year through February 28, 2026 and use its coaching program. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Before you lean on any figure in an Item 19, our guide shows how to read one.
Anytime Fitness beside other gym franchises
Most gym franchises on this site cost more to open than Anytime Fitness; $765K is where the middle one starts.
| Brand | Total cost to opentotal, lowest to highest | Upfront feeone-time fee | Royaltyongoing, usually a % of sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| F45 Training | $362K to $858K | $60,000 | 7% (at least $2,500 a month) |
| Anytime Fitness | $539K to $905K | $42,500 | $842 a month |
| Orangetheory Fitness | $765K to $1.1M | $59,950 | 8% |
| Planet Fitness | $1.28M to $5.39M | $40,000 | 7% of dues |
| Crunch Fitness | $2.15M to $5.37M | $35,000 | 5% |
Before you buy, a brand has to hand over its Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD); the brand's latest one is where every figure comes from. After you open, you keep paying the brand a royalty: either a share of sales or a set amount. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. Each of the 5 brands reports sales or earnings figures in its FDD (pick a brand to see the numbers). All of these FDD filings went to the Minnesota Department of Commerce in 2026.
All gym franchises, side by side
The number of Anytime Fitness locations
The United States had 2,282 Anytime Fitness locations at the end of 2025 (Item 20), and 100% were run by franchise owners. In that same part of the FDD, you get phone numbers for owners still running stores and ones who left. Your best way to learn how these costs play out in real life is to call a few of them.
Get the Anytime Fitness FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Anytime Fitness FDD and franchise agreement with you.