There can be no doubt that the Spanish economy, as well as the employment market, will benefit from the Anytime Fitness project to open 200 clubs by 2020.In the UK, Anytime Fitness is the second largest private gym operator and the biggest fitness franchise, with over 170 clubs across the UK and Ireland. We have also created work for local builders and the companies that have outfitted the club.
Each club has between 4 and 8 personal trainers, activity monitors for our classes, 1 assistant club manager, 1 club manager, cleaning staff, accountants, etc. Investment in our Sardenya 69 club stood at around half a million euros. What investment is required and how many jobs will your company bring to Spain? Our clubs, however, are a bit smaller and more focused on customer care, making the service we offer very different to that offered by other models. In many clubs you are just another customer, a number and you get very little or nothing from the gym staff and administration. This size ensures our gyms have a “local”, family feel to them. Our gym model give us an advantage, as we do not need thousands of members to make a profit, as the large gyms do. In general, and not only in Spain, there is a need to “connect” more with ones members, offering greater customer care and personal motivation to ensure our members reach their personal targets. People in Spain exercise a lot as they are aware that regular physical activity is an important part of a healthy life.
What is your opinion of the Spanish market and its professionals? Anytime Fitness plans to open 200 new clubs throughout Spain by 2020.Īssessment of the sector in Spain. Our group plans to open four Anytime Fitness clubs in Barcelona over the coming year, with several more planned, given that our first club, Anytime Fitness Ciutadella, has been very well received. Throughout this process, we have been advised by our team of lawyers from Roca Junyent. We have been given the opportunity to administer this initial phase first hand, allowing us to open a club with excellent results. The Entrepreneur's Visa provided for in the new Entrepreneurs Act has allowed us to remain here and organise the whole start-up and launch process, which would have been much more difficult if we were not on the ground in the country.
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How have you carried out your introduction into the Spanish market? How has the new Entrepreneurs Act, especially the new residency authorisations for investors, helped you?Īnytime Fitness have built three corporate clubs in Barcelona to test the waters and as a way of demonstrating the cultural changes that affect the current gym model. The company is currently in the process of expanding through a series of franchises. The Spanish way of life fits in well with our model of proximity, where members like to have all services available to them near close to home, especially in large cities. The fitness industry is still fragmented, with few gym chains and numerous independent centres. Around 17% of the population uses a gym or sports centre, one of the highest percentages for any country. Why Spain as the location for this new model of gym? 200 new clubs are planned for Spain by 2020.
Anytime Fitness is a US gym franchise which currently has some 2,300 fitness centres around the world, of which 1,600 are in the United States.
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