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Snap Fitness vs The Yard gym

Side-by-side figures from each brand's latest FDD Item 20 as we extracted them; verdicts are our opinion under the published methodology, and the source filing and year are on each brand's profile. Green marks the more favorable metric (lower for distress), not a recommendation to buy.

Snap Fitness
Weaker disclosed record
The Yard gym
Too new to judge
Verdict
Units · latest run
-10.0% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
2 → 2 units (2023–2024)
Fair
Exit quality
Too little history
Fair
Transfer / churn
Too little history
0.8× expected (27 of 233)
SBA losses vs same-year loans
Too few seasoned loans
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Distress
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$39,500
Franchise fee
$50,000
$555K–$828K
Investment range
$399K–$954K
Not disclosed
Royalty
7%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Not disclosed

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