Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641247
The Little Gym franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a The Little Gym cost $420,324 to $722,773 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 11.6% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: TLGI, LLC. FDD issued 2026-04-24. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
first Gym under a Franchise Agreement; a development-agreement table totals $476,874 to $828,923 (page 20).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $59,500 | Item 5, p. 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty Fee 8% of Gross Sales or $2,500 a month, whichever is greater, monthly | Item 6, p. 9 |
| Advertising fund | National Advertising Fund contribution up to 2.5% of Gross Sales, currently 1% | Item 6, p. 9 |
one Gym.
What a unit sells
Item 19 is optional and is the franchisor's own representation. It is shown here as filed, with the franchisor's measure, sample and period, and nothing is estimated where it is missing.
Item 19 present, no single unit figure. fiscal 2025 Gross Sales and expense lines for 166 reporting franchised Gyms in four quartiles of 41 to 42 Gyms (quartile medians $980,161, $758,371, $525,883 and $334,756); no all-gym figure (Item 19, p. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61).
Sample: 166 franchised Gyms open at least a full year in fiscal 2025 that reported; 89 outlets excluded, including 39 not open the full year; expense columns are self-reported. Period: 2025 fiscal year.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 gives quartiles with no all-gym figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 173 | 185 | 218 |
| Opened | 18 | 39 | 43 |
| Terminated | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| End of year | 185 | 218 | 255 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 63; Table 3 totals p. 67.
Closures are the franchisor's Item 20 counts of units terminated, not renewed, or ceased for other reasons, summed over 2023–2025 and divided by franchised units at the start of 2023. Units the franchisor reacquired are not closures. This is an Item 20 count, not a failure rate.
As filed: the 2023 and 2024 rows each fall one short of the printed year-end (173 + 18 - 1 - 6 = 184, printed 185; 185 + 39 - 2 - 1 - 4 = 217, printed 218).
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the The Little Gym Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-24, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641247, registry record). The PDF is the franchisor's and is not hosted here; the item and page beside each figure is where to check it. Item 7 and Item 20 tables were read cell by cell; Item 19 was read by hand; each Item 20 year was checked to sum (start + opened − exits = end) before it was recorded.
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