SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · MISSOURI
Exercise Coach franchise in Missouri: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Exercise Coach in Missouri have taken 8 SBA loans since 1991 (average $132,862)— too few resolved loans in-state to publish a local failure rate (we require a resolved cohort, never extrapolate), so the brand's national rate of 12.5% is the better guide.
Loans in MO
8
Resolved
4
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
12.5%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = MO. Charge-off rate = charged-off ÷ (charged-off + paid-in-full); open loans excluded. A local rate is published only when the resolved cohort clears our floor of 30 loans.
Businesses in this industry
631
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
10.1
national 11.9
Versus the country
-15%
thinner
Every business in Exercise Coach's industry operating in Missouri — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across 198 brand-state cells in our loan data, the densest quartile charges off at 5.6% versus 18.1% in the thinnest. A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$390
Missouri, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$438
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-11%
cheaper to staff
What Exercise Coach's industry actually pays workers in Missouri, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This is a real cost signal independent of the FDD — a market can look demand-rich above and still carry a margin headwind here if local wages run hot for the sector.
| System | Loans in MO | Local charge-off | Units in MO |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANYTIME FITNESS | 40 | 3.0% | — |
| Curves for Women | 17 | 11.8% | — |
| F45 Training | 10 | thin | — |
| Snap Fitness | 10 | thin | 6 |
| I LOVE KICKBOXING | 8 | thin | — |
| Orangetheory | 8 | thin | — |
| THE LITTLE GYM | 7 | thin | — |
| CycleBar | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Exercise Coach compares to the systems a buyer in Missouri would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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