September 2026

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How Much Does a Personal Training Studio Make?

How much does a personal training studio make? The answer depends much less on square footage than most people assume. A large flagship studio can gross more than $1 million a year. A 3,000-square-foot suburban studio can produce more than $500,000. A much smaller 1,500-square-foot studio can produce strong revenue at a fraction of the

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Two personal trainers comparing five career and business models, from employee trainer to studio owner

How Much Do Personal Trainers Make? 5 Models Compared

How much a personal trainer can make depends on something more fundamental than the session rate. It depends on the business model. Two trainers can be equally skilled, work equally hard, and charge similar rates while ending up with completely different incomes, control, risks, and long-term opportunities. One works for a gym. Another rents space.

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Prospective personal training studio owner reviewing a franchise agreement and ongoing fees that reduce owner profit

Personal Training Franchise Fees And Your Profit

A personal training franchise fee can look small when it is presented as a percentage. Seven percent. Eight percent. Ten percent. On the surface, that may not sound particularly dramatic. But there is a problem with looking at the percentage by itself. The fee is calculated on gross revenue. It is paid out of what

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What It Actually Costs to Open a Personal Training Studio

Most people considering a personal training studio have seen plenty of big numbers. Franchise investment ranges. Equipment packages. Build-out estimates. Working capital requirements. But those numbers are often bundled together, which makes it difficult to understand what opening an independent personal training studio actually requires. So here is the build line by line. For the

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