UFC Gym Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a UFC Gym franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2026), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
UFC Gym discloses earnings (Item 19) — but the grade is how honestly. We graded it D.
What their own earnings claim actually says
Discloses only revenue and member counts for 25 company-managed Signature/UFC FIT gyms in 2024-2025. Excludes all expenses, profit, owner income, and omits Jiu Jitsu, Class, and Core models entirely.
What a UFC Gym franchise actually costs to run
| Fee | Disclosed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $30,000 | Item 5 — paid up front, before you open |
| Royalty | 6% of gross sales | Item 6 — charged on revenue, not profit |
| Advertising fund | 2% of gross sales | Item 6 — brand marketing, spent at the franchisor's discretion |
| Total recurring fees | 8% of gross sales | Before rent, labor, food or debt service |
| Total initial investment | $155,388 – $6,211,970 | Item 7 — franchisor's own low/high estimate |
Royalty varies by model: 4-6%; equipment purchased exclusively from franchisor; numerous compliance penalty fees apply.
Royalty and ad-fund percentages are charged on gross sales — an owner pays them whether or not the location is profitable.
UFC Gym system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 59 |
| Ceased operations | 1 |
| Terminated by franchisor | 7 |
| Transferred to new owners | 0 |
| Closure rate | 1.7% of outlets |
System shrank from 74 to 59 total outlets over two years; 20 franchised terminations in 2023-2025 combined.
From Item 20 of the FDD 2026. Terminations and ceased operations are the franchisor's own count of owners who stopped — the number the sales pitch leaves out.
Is UFC Gym worth it? — how it compares to 71 similar franchises
| Ongoing fees | 8% of sales | lower than most (median 9%) |
| Startup cost | from $155,388 | cheaper than most (median $295,540) |
| Disclosure honesty | Grade D | less honest than most of the category |
| Closure rate | 1.7% of outlets | about average |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 3 | more litigious than 85% of peers |
Benchmarked against every fitness & gyms franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.
Owner take-home for a UFC Gym
The franchisor's framing: Discloses only revenue and member counts for 25 company-managed Signature/UFC FIT gyms in … We reconstruct what an owner actually keeps, from their own FDD.
- Reconstructed owner P&L — net take-home after royalty, ad fund, rent, labor & debt
- Break-even timeline + cash-on-cash ROI
- Full fee stack + required-purchase markups
- Decoded real failure / closure rate
- How it ranks vs comparable franchises
- Validation-call playbook — the exact questions to ask
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UFC Gym franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a UFC Gym franchise cost?
- The FDD lists a total initial investment of about $155,388–$6,211,970, including a $30,000 initial franchise fee.
- How much do UFC Gym franchise owners make?
- Discloses only revenue and member counts for 25 company-managed Signature/UFC FIT gyms in 2024-2025. Excludes all expenses, profit, owner income, and omits Jiu Jitsu, Class, and Core models entirely. We grade this disclosure D for honesty.
- What are the UFC Gym franchise fees?
- UFC Gym's FDD discloses a $30,000 initial franchise fee, a 6% royalty on gross sales, a 2% advertising-fund contribution, for roughly 8% of gross sales in recurring fees before rent, labor, or debt service. Royalty varies by model: 4-6%; equipment purchased exclusively from franchisor; numerous compliance penalty fees apply.
- What is the UFC Gym franchise profit margin?
- UFC Gym does not publish a franchisee net-profit margin — almost no franchisor does. What Item 19 actually shows: Discloses only revenue and member counts for 25 company-managed Signature/UFC FIT gyms in 2024-2025. Excludes all expenses, profit, owner income, and omits Jiu Jitsu, Class, and Core models entirely. Recurring fees alone take about 8% of gross sales, before rent, labor, food or debt service. Margin has to be reconstructed from the disclosure, not read off it.
- What is the UFC Gym franchise failure rate?
- System shrank from 74 to 59 total outlets over two years; 20 franchised terminations in 2023-2025 combined.
- How many UFC Gym locations are there?
- UFC Gym's FDD reports 59 total outlets, with 1 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year and 0 transferred to new owners. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
- Does UFC Gym have complaints or lawsuits?
- UFC Gym discloses 3 legal matters in Item 3 of its FDD. Item 3 covers the franchisor's litigation history, which is the closest thing to a public record of how it treats franchisees — read the case descriptions, not just the count.
- Is a UFC Gym franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. UFC Gym scores D on disclosure honesty, carries about 8% of sales in ongoing fees, and discloses 3 legal matters. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: MN CARDS 36392-202604-11 (Clean FDD 2026). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with UFC Gym or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.