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The Little Gym

The Little Gym

Partial FDD data
Pet/Kids Entertainment · Bedford, Texas · Founded 1992 · Franchising since 1992
Limited confidence · 0.50Unclaimed profile
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Total to open · Item 7
$519K–$757K
Franchise fee · Item 5
Structured
$59,500 (frandb.com) vs $113,050 (vettedbiz.com) -- conflicting third-party figu
Owner turnover
Awaiting Item 20 extraction
Factbook Score
Pending
Only 2 year(s) of Item 20 outlet history on file
✓ No bankruptcy disclosures1 litigation disclosure · Item 3✓ Shares earnings data · Item 19Why these flags?

Beyond the filing

Everything else on this page is quoted from The Little Gym'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
1,554 Google reviews across 20 locations
Best to worst location
4.2 – 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
Yes
Their site has a finder that sends customers to their nearest branch — how walk-in trade reaches a franchisee
iPhone app
1.5 / 5
11 App Store ratings · The Little Gym
Android app
Yes
Play Store link published on their own site. Google offers no free ratings API, so there is no score to show
Google returns at most twenty locations for a search, so the rating is a sample of The Little Gym's outlets rather than all of them. Measured Sep 11, 2026.

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Opening The Little Gym: $519K–$757K
From its official FDD · franchisefactbook.com
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Figures below were extracted with limited confidence (0.50 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
8%
+ 1% brand fund
Franchised units
218
As of 2024
3-yr unit growth
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$519K–$757K
$0$1.0M
ExpenseLowHigh
Initial franchise fee
Total initial investment$519,265$756,995

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 74% 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$699,057
Median revenue$686,625
Sample size140

Legal history

CLEAR
No bankruptcy disclosures for the franchisor or its officers.
1 CASE
Breach of franchise agreement, post-term non-compete enforcement, and unfair competition against a former franchisee (frandb.com, 2025 FDD summary).
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
000202304502024

Tell me when The Little Gym files something new

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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 The Little Gym franchise cost?

The Little Gym's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document puts the total estimated initial investment at $519K–$757K. 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 is not a single figure: $59,500 (frandb.com) vs $113,050 (vettedbiz.com) -- conflicting third-party figures, not verified against a primary FDD; the vettedbiz figure may bundle additional upfront costs beyond the franchise fee

What royalty does The Little Gym charge?

The Little Gym charges a continuing royalty of 8% of gross sales, disclosed in Item 6. A separate brand or advertising fund contribution of 1% applies on top. Royalties are charged on revenue, not profit, so they are owed whether or not the outlet is profitable.

Does The Little Gym disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes. The Little Gym makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. The filing reports average annual gross revenue of $699,057 and a median of $686,625. That figure covers 140 outlets. 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.

Facts on this page are sourced from a third-party archive's copy of The Little Gym's Franchise Disclosure Document, not filed with us directly — treat figures here as one step further from the original filing.

Brand is owned by Unleashed Brands, LLC per frandb.com. Item 19 sample: 140 franchised outlets open the full year as of 2024-12-31; average gross revenue $699,057, median $686,624.50, EBITDA margin ~20% (average EBITDA $198,532.50). 2024 Item 20 shows notably high churn (30 terminations, 15 non-renewals) alongside strong net growth (185 to 218 units), worth flagging for reconciliation against the primary FDD. Item 12/17 not found within budget; minimum royalty floor of $2,500/month noted alongside the 8% rate.