SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · OHIO
Pure Barre franchise in Ohio: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Pure Barre in Ohio have taken 11 SBA loans since 1991 (average $146,409)— 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 3.0% is the better guide.
Loans in OH
11
Resolved
4
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
3.0%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = OH. 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
1,270
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
10.7
national 11.9
Versus the country
-10%
thinner
Every business in Pure Barre's industry operating in Ohio — 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.
| System | Loans in OH | Local charge-off | Units in OH |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orangetheory | 29 | 0.0% | — |
| ANYTIME FITNESS; ANYTIME FITNESS EXPRESS | 26 | 26.7% | — |
| Curves for Women | 19 | 37.5% | — |
| Club Pilates | 17 | thin | — |
| CycleBar | 15 | 0.0% | — |
| Stretch Lab | 12 | thin | — |
| Snap Fitness Club | 11 | thin | 29 |
| THE LITTLE GYM | 11 | thin | — |
| Planet Fitness | 10 | thin | 117 |
| Fitness Together | 8 | thin | 10 |
| Burn Boot Camp Fitness | 6 | thin | — |
| Exercise Coach | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Pure Barre compares to the systems a buyer in Ohio would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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