SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · FLORIDA
F45 Training franchise in Florida: what the public record shows
Franchisees of F45 Training in Florida have taken 17 SBA loans in the FY1991–present FOIA files (average $305,770). Fewer than 30 of them were approved through FY2020 and have resolved, so no local loss ratio is published. F45 Training's national ratio is 1.3× (not clearly different from 1.0×).
Loans in FL
17
Charged off (all years)
3 of 11
Loss ratio in FL
—
Loss ratio nationally (not clear)
1.3×
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = FL. Loss ratio = charge-offs among loans approved through FY2020 ÷ the charge-offs expected if each had defaulted at the national rate for franchise loans approved the same year; 1.0× is the same. Only charged-off and paid-in-full loans count. A ratio is shown at 30+ such loans; “not clear” marks a ratio chance alone could produce. The all-years count mixes every era and is evidence, not a rate to compare. Borrowers are matched to the brand by name and SBA franchise code; some matches may be wrong or missing.
Businesses in this industry
2,767
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
11.8
national 11.9
Versus the country
-1%
thinner
Every business in F45 Training's industry operating in Florida — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across the brand-state cells in the loan data, denser markets have historically charged off less often than the thinnest (see the research page). A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$468
Florida, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$438
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+7%
costlier to staff
What F45 Training's industry actually pays workers in Florida, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This cost signal is 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 FL | Charged off (all years) | Loss ratio in FL | Units in FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANYTIME FITNESS | 78 | 13 of 48 | 2.5× | — |
| HOTWORX | 46 | 0 of 8 | — | 62 |
| Orangetheory | 26 | 0 of 18 | — | — |
| Club Pilates | 21 | 0 of 12 | — | — |
| GOLD'S GYM | 21 | 4 of 17 | — | 7 |
| BODYBAR | 19 | 0 of 3 | — | 13 |
| Curves for Women | 19 | 7 of 17 | — | — |
| CycleBar | 15 | 2 of 7 | — | — |
| Burn Boot Camp Fitness | 13 | 0 of 1 | — | — |
| Yoga Six | 12 | 1 of 5 | — | — |
| Retrofitness | 10 | 1 of 7 | — | — |
| D-Bat | 9 | 0 of 3 | — | 9 |
Other systems in F45 Training's sector whose franchisees borrowed in Florida. A loss ratio appears only where at least 30 loans approved through FY2020 have resolved; “—” means too few.
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