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British Swim School

Partial FDD data
fitness
Moderate confidence · 0.80Unclaimed profile
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Total to open · Item 7
$123K–$176K
Franchise fee · Item 5
$59,500
Included in the total above
Owner turnover
4.1%/yr
3-yr average from Item 20 — lower is better
Factbook Score
Solid
computed, never sold
Bankruptcy disclosed · Item 4✓ No litigation disclosed✓ Shares earnings data · Item 19Why these flags?

Beyond the filing

Everything else on this page is quoted from British Swim School's franchise disclosure document. This is not — it is measured off the open web, it is not verified by the franchisor, and it never affects the Factbook Score.

Customer rating
4.8 / 5
1,707 Google reviews across 20 locations
Best to worst location
4.3 – 5.0
Where this brand's locations sit on the same scale — the gap is what varies between franchisees
Website health
7 / 10
Basic checks. Issues here: redirects before it loads, missing title or description
Store locator
Not detected
The site renders its navigation in JavaScript, so we can't tell
Android app
None found
No Play Store link on their site — an app they don't link from their homepage would read the same way
Google returns at most twenty locations for a search, so the rating is a sample of British Swim School's outlets rather than all of them. The App Store lookup for British Swim School was inconclusive, so no iPhone result is shown either way. Measured Sep 11, 2026.

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Opening a British Swim School: $123K–$176K
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Find Swim Lessons Near You | British Swim School

A fitness franchise included in Franchise Factbook's data-driven Top 20 boards. The profile is distinguished here by its repeated or high-ranked appearances across the selected category metrics.

From British Swim School's official site, condensed by an independent research pass on August 10, 2026marketing description, not a filed fact. Source.

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Figures below were extracted with limited confidence (0.80 of 1.00)

They have not cleared our 0.85 QA bar, usually because no primary regulator-hosted filing was reachable and the figures come from a secondary source. Treat them as indicative and check the linked source before relying on them. We publish the score rather than hiding it — see the methodology.

Royalty
Franchised units
578
As of 2025
3-yr unit growth
+44.7%/yr
CAGR from Item 20

What it really costs

Every cost figure this brand's filing discloses — not just the headline range

Total initial investment · Item 7$123K–$176K
$0$250K
ExpenseLowHigh
Initial franchise fee$59,500$59,500
Total initial investment$122,700$176,050

Item 7 reports a total range, not a full line-item breakdown, in this brand's filing excerpt — the franchise fee is the only cost we can show separately today.

Costs more to open than 24% of fitness franchises on this site with a disclosed Item 7 range (130 compared). Computed from total investment, not a figure from the filing itself.

Earnings disclosure

Does the franchisor share performance data? Yes

Average revenue
Median revenue
Sample size

Legal history

DISCLOSED
Bankruptcy disclosed for the franchisor or its officers — see Item 4.
CLEAR
No litigation disclosed under Item 3.
NOT DISCLOSED
Non-compete term/radius wasn't separately quantified in the filing excerpt we have on file.

Openings, closures & reacquisitions

The numbers ranking sites don't show — straight from the brand's filings

OpenedClosed / terminated / not renewedReacquired
1164020231401202024943202025

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Common questions

Answered from this brand's own FDD filing. Where the filing is silent, the question is left out rather than answered with a guess.

How much does a British Swim School franchise cost?

British Swim School's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document puts the total estimated initial investment at $123K–$176K. That is Item 7, which covers everything needed to open — the franchise fee, build-out, equipment, opening inventory and initial working capital. The initial franchise fee itself is $59,500, and is included in that range.

Does British Swim School disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes. British Swim School makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is optional under the FTC Franchise Rule, and gross revenue is not profit — it is stated before royalties, rent, staff and every other cost.

How many British Swim School locations closed?

In its most recent reported year (2025), British Swim School opened 94, closed 2, terminated 28 franchised outlets, ending the year with 578. Averaged over three years, 4.1% of the system turned over annually — outlets closed, terminated, not renewed or reacquired. These counts come from Item 20, which every franchisor must file.

Facts on this page are sourced from British Swim School's Franchise Disclosure Document.