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Gracie Barra franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Growing network
Gracie Barra is a fitness franchise with a moderate initial investment range of $70,500 to $223,500.
Everything below is free, read straight off Gracie Barra's registered filing, with where the numbers land against fitness peers. Weighing Gracie Barra against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Gracie Barra's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-30930 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.
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Gracie Barra franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Gracie Barra does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Gracie Barra — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (60% of fitness franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Gracie Barra's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Gym & fitness franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Gracie Barra lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Gracie Barra's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
Gracie Barra closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Gracie Barra will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Gracie Barra's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a fitness of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Gracie Barra's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 1.1%, against a fitness median of 5.4% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +32 to 305 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Gracie Barra?
Gracie Barra's franchise is offered by Gracie Barra Franchise Systems Inc. — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Compare Gracie Barra head-to-head
Fitness franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Gracie Barra is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
Gracie Barra franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Gracie Barra — who is the franchisor?
Gracie Barra's most recently filed FDD (2024) names Gracie Barra Franchise Systems Inc. as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Gracie Barra franchise cost?
Gracie Barra's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $70,500 – $223,500, with an initial franchise fee of $10,000 and a 8% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against fitness peers it sits in the top quartile (median $490,037).
How much profit does a Gracie Barra franchise make?
Gracie Barra makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Gracie Barra at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Gracie Barra disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Gracie Barra's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 60% of fitness franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Gracie Barra?
No — Gracie Barra's most recently filed FDD (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is Gracie Barra a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Gracie Barra's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against fitness peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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