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Vertica Fitness franchise — is it worth it?

Low risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

Vertica Fitness is a growing fitness franchise with an investment range of $198,000 to $348,775.

Everything below is free, read straight off Vertica Fitness's registered filing, with where the numbers land against fitness peers. Weighing Vertica Fitness against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Vertica Fitness's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641436 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.

How much does a Vertica Fitness franchise make?

Vertica Fitness is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The headline figure is $583,195 in average unit revenue — read it alongside what Item 19 says about which units it covers (often only mature or top-performing locations). See every fitness brand that discloses earnings in the Gym & fitness franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Vertica Fitness franchise profit vs. revenue

Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Vertica Fitness's 8.25% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Vertica Fitness franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Vertica Fitness franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $583,195 of revenue, a 8.25% royalty alone is about $48,114 a year before any other cost.

Vertica Fitness lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Vertica Fitness's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) 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.

Vertica Fitness closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Vertica Fitness 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 Vertica Fitness'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. Vertica Fitness's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 0%, against a fitness median of 5.4% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +4 to 9 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Vertica Fitness?

Vertica Fitness's franchise is offered by Vertica Fitness Franchising, Inc. — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at WI DFI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.

Fitness franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Vertica Fitness 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.

Vertica Fitness franchise — frequently asked