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Crunch vs Club Pilates — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Crunch	Club Pilates
Disclosure honesty	B	C
Investment from	$2,147,500	$385,048
Total fees	7%	10%
Outlets	486	1,029
Lawsuits	2	13

Crunch: what their numbers say

Crunch Fitness only: 331 qualified domestic locations (94% reporting). Provides gross revenue ranges, EBITDA by age cohorts (12-59 months), active member counts. Crunch Select: no financial performance representations disclosed.

Club Pilates: what their numbers say

Discloses gross revenue, active members, and new memberships by quartile for 849 qualified studios (avg ~$984K) and new studio ramp data. No net income, expenses, or owner profit disclosed; cherry-picks mature studios only.

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