SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · COLORADO
Planet Fitness franchise in Colorado: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Planet Fitness in Colorado have taken 6 SBA loans since 1991 (average $1,297,900)— 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 0.0% is the better guide. Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 42 franchised outlets in Colorado (fiscal 2025) — about 0.71 per 100k residents.
Loans in CO
6
Resolved
6
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
0.0%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = CO. 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
954
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
16
national 11.9
Versus the country
+34%
denser
Every business in Planet Fitness's industry operating in Colorado — 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.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37 | 0 |
| 2023 | 37 | 0 |
| 2024 | 39 | 0 |
| 2024 | 39 | 0 |
| 2025 | 42 | 0 |
| 2025 | 42 | 0 |
| System | Loans in CO | Local charge-off | Units in CO |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANYTIME FITNESS; ANYTIME FITNESS EXPRESS | 26 | 4.5% | — |
| Orangetheory | 18 | 0.0% | — |
| F45 Training | 11 | thin | — |
| I LOVE KICKBOXING | 11 | 18.2% | — |
| THE LITTLE GYM | 10 | thin | — |
| CycleBar | 8 | thin | — |
| Snap Fitness Club | 8 | thin | 5 |
| Stretch Lab | 8 | thin | — |
| Yoga Six | 8 | thin | — |
| Burn Boot Camp Fitness | 7 | thin | — |
| Club Pilates | 5 | thin | — |
| Curves for Women | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Planet Fitness compares to the systems a buyer in Colorado would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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