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Jazzercise

Jazzercise

Full FDD data
Fitness/Wellness · Carlsbad, California · Founded 1979 · Franchising since 1982
Moderate confidence · 0.75Unclaimed profile
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Total to open · Item 7
$2K–$3K
Franchise fee, build-out, equipment and working capital
Franchise fee · Item 5
$625
Included in the total above
Owner turnover
8.2%/yr
3-yr average from Item 20 — lower is better
Factbook Score
Weak
computed, never sold
✓ No bankruptcy disclosures2 litigation disclosures · Item 3No Item 19 earnings dataWhy these flags?

Beyond the filing

Everything else on this page is quoted from Jazzercise'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
5.0 / 5
432 Google reviews across 20 locations
Best to worst location
4.0 – 5.0
Where this brand's locations sit on the same scale — the gap is what varies between franchisees
Website health
10 / 10
Basic checks: HTTPS, mobile viewport, speed, metadata. Most sites clear them
Store locator
No
No finder on their site, so customers can't look up a nearby branch from it
iPhone app
3.4 / 5
59 App Store ratings · Jazzercise
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 Jazzercise's outlets rather than all of them. Measured Sep 11, 2026.

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Every figure on this page comes from Jazzercise's own disclosure filings, source linked. Compare it against its category before any discovery call — and read the FDD with an attorney before signing anything.

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Opening a Jazzercise: $2K–$3K
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Figures below were extracted with limited confidence (0.75 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
20%
20% of gross member enrollment (10% for certain programs), min $250/month for Class Owner franchises (up to $1,000/month) or $500/month for Business Owner franchises (up to $1,500/month)
Franchised units
4954
As of 2025
3-yr unit growth
+-3.6%/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$2K–$3K
$0$250K
ExpenseLowHigh
Initial franchise fee$625$625
Total initial investment$2,170$2,965

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.

One of the cheapest to open among 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? No

This brand's filing does not include an Item 19 financial performance representation. That's common — a large share of franchisors disclose nothing here — but it means you should ask for unit-level economics directly during discovery calls. Compare against fitness brands that do disclose one.

Legal history

CLEAR
No bankruptcy disclosures for the franchisor or its officers.
2 CASES
Two older disclosed matters: State of New York v. Jazzercise (1987) settlement re: franchise registration/prospectus delivery compliance; State of Wisconsin v. Jazzercise (1985) stipulation re: franchise registration and location-committee practices.
NOT EXCLUSIVE
Item 12 does not grant an exclusive territory.
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
252518020233863880202423438502025

Tell me when Jazzercise files something new

Franchisors refile every year, and fees, investment ranges and closure counts move between filings. We'll email you when this brand's figures change — nothing else, and never a sales sequence.

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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 Jazzercise franchise cost?

Jazzercise's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document puts the total estimated initial investment at $2K–$3K. 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 $625, and is included in that range.

What royalty does Jazzercise charge?

Jazzercise charges a continuing royalty of 20% of gross sales, disclosed in Item 6. Royalties are charged on revenue, not profit, so they are owed whether or not the outlet is profitable.

Does Jazzercise disclose earnings (Item 19)?

No. Jazzercise makes no financial performance representation in its FDD. Item 19 is the only optional item under the FTC Franchise Rule, so omitting it is lawful and common — but it means the franchisor publishes no revenue or profit figures for its outlets, and any figure quoted elsewhere is not from the filing.

How many Jazzercise locations closed?

In its most recent reported year (2025), Jazzercise opened 234, closed 332, terminated 53 franchised outlets, ending the year with 4954. Averaged over three years, 8.2% of the system turned over annually — outlets closed, terminated, not renewed or reacquired. These counts come from Item 20, which every franchisor must file.

Does Jazzercise give a protected territory?

No. Jazzercise's Item 12 does not grant an exclusive or protected territory, which means the franchisor may place another outlet nearby.

Facts on this page are sourced from Jazzercise's Franchise Disclosure Document.

Jazzercise franchises are low-cost instructor-led licenses rather than brick-and-mortar gyms, hence the small Item 5 fee ($1,250 standard; $625 for returning franchisees or tenured employee 'class owners'). Item 7 total investment figures shown are for Class Owner/Business Owner franchises ($4,730-$64,105); a separate, lower Associate franchise tier runs $2,170-$2,965 (not merged into the primary range). Item 6 royalty and brand-fund figures are structured as percentages with dollar-minimums rather than flat percentages, so they are recorded as descriptive strings per the no-invented-numbers rule. Item 12: territory is explicitly non-exclusive ('You will not receive an exclusive territory'), so marked not protected. Item 19: the excerpt only contains generic Item 19 boilerplate language and a secondary marketing-summary source (sharpsheets.io) explicitly listed 'Revenue per year: Undisclosed,' so item19_provided is marked false. Item 17 and Item 20 numeric detail were not present in the fetched excerpt and left null/empty rather than guessed.