Fitness, Beauty and Wellness Franchises in Canada

There are 302 listings in this section of the directory. 249 of them state a starting investment, ranging from $255 to $2,218,250, with a median of $140,000. Figures are franchisor-supplied and should be confirmed before you rely on them.

This category splits cleanly by how the money arrives. Gyms and boutique studios sell memberships, which means recurring revenue, a high fixed cost base and a business whose health is measured in member retention rather than daily sales. Salons, barbershops and spas sell appointments, so revenue tracks chair utilisation and the fixed costs are lower but the ceiling is set by how many stylists or technicians you can keep. Reading a membership model with a salon mindset, or the reverse, is the most common mistake people make looking at these listings.

For membership concepts, ask for real retention numbers rather than joins, and ask what the model assumes for member churn each month. A studio can look healthy on sign-ups while losing members faster than it adds them. Also check the equipment position: whether it is bought, leased or financed through the franchisor, what the replacement cycle is, and who pays for the refresh the brand will eventually require.

For appointment-based concepts, staffing is the whole business. Stylists and technicians are mobile and often take clients with them, so ask what the franchisor provides for recruitment and retention and whether the agreement contains anything about client lists. Non-surgical aesthetic concepts are worth separating out, because several of them need a medical director or a regulated practitioner depending on the province and the treatment.

What these cost to open

Under $50,000: 31 of the listings on this page
$50,000 to $100,000: 45 of the listings on this page
$100,000 to $250,000: 108 of the listings on this page
$250,000 to $500,000: 52 of the listings on this page
Over $500,000: 13 of the listings on this page

Based on the 249 listings here that state a starting investment. The other 53 give no figure, or give one that cannot be read as a number.

Where the franchisors are based

Head office locations for the listings on this page: Ontario (4), British Columbia (3), Alberta (2), Manitoba (1). Head office is not the same as where territory is available, so ask the franchisor which provinces they are currently granting.

The listings

--30 Minute Hit

--30 Minute Hit Gym

--30 Minute Hit USA, LLC

--4Ever Young Service

--9ROUND Gym

--9Round Fitness Franchise

--9Round Franchising of Canada, Inc.

--A Perfect 10 Nail & Beauty Bar Salon

--Action Karate Franchise

--AFYA Skin and Body Clinic

--AKT Franchise, LLC

--Amazing Lash Studio Franchise

--American Gladiators Fitness

--Anytime Fitness Gym

--Anytime Fitness Franchise

--Armor-Deck International

--Armstrong McCall Store

--Athletic Republic, Inc.

--Baby Boot Camp Health care

--Barre Code Franchisor, LLC

--Beaners Fun Cuts for Kids

--BirthdayPak

--Blitz 45

--Blo Blow Dry Bar Salon

--Blo Blow Dry Bar Inc.

--Bodystreet Gym

--Burn Boot Camp Gym

--Chillrx Cryotherapy Salon

--Chiquicuts Kids Hair Salon

--CKO Kickboxing Gym

--Club Pilates Gym

--Conserva Irigation Franchising ,LLC,

--Contours Express

--COOKIE CUTTERS FRANCHISING INC

--Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids Salon

--Crunch Fitness Gym

--cult.fit Gym

--CycleBar Gym

--D1 SPORTS FRANCHISE, LLC

--Deka Lash

--DermaEnvy Skincare

--Diesel Barbershop Franchise

--DJ Got Me Fit Gym

--Drybar Franchise

--Drybar Salon

--Elements Massage Franchise

--ELEMENTS THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE, LLC

--Encore Salon Suites Franchise

--Enlighten Laser & Skin Care Clinic

--Epic Health Franchise

--Exercise Coach USA, LLC

--F45 Training Gym

--Fantastic Sams Salon

--Fire Fit Gym

--FIRE Fitness Camp Franchise

--First Choice Haircutters

--First Choice Haircutters Salon

--First Cut 4 Kids

--Fit Body Boot Camp Franchise

--Fit Body Boot Camp Gym

--Fit4Mom Gym

--Fitness 1440 Franchise

--Fitness Machine Technicians

--Fitness Together Gym

--Fitspace Gym

--Fitwize 4 Kids

--Foxy Box Headquarters, Inc

--Free Form Fitness Inc.

--Fun Bus Fitness Fun on Wheels Gym

--FUNchise

--Fuzz Franchising, Inc.

--Fuzz Wax Bar

--FYZICAL Health care

--Galmour Secrets Franchising Corporation

--GIRLKIN Lashes Franchise

--GLAM-N-GLOW INC.

--Glamour Secrets Beauty Bar

--GOFIT Gym

--Gold's Gym Gym

--Great Clips Salon

--Great Clips, Inc.

--Green Leaf Massage and Sports Recovery Service

--GYMGUYZ Gym

--GYMGUYZ Franchising LLC

--Hair Cuttery

--Haircolorxperts

--Hand & Stone Health care

--Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa

--Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa Canada Health

--HAND AND STONE FRANCHISE CORP.

--Hardcore Fitness Boot Camp

--HealthSource

--HealthSource Service

--HIT Sports Training

--HONOR YOGA MANAGEMENT, LLC

--HOTWORX Gym

--HQ Fit Studio Franchise

--iCRYO Salon

--Ideal Image Salon

--Idolize Franchising LLC

--iLoveKickboxing Gym

--IM=X Pilates and Fitness Franchise

--Image Studios 360 Salon

--Inaara MedSpa

--Infinity MedSpa Franchise

--Iron BodyFit Franchise

--It Figures

--J'adore Salon

--Jade Clinics

--Jazzercise Company

--Journey Fitness 333 Gym

--Kennedy's All American Barber Club

--Kinderdance International Franchise

--L.A. Tan

--Lady of America

--Liberty Weight Loss

--Lighten Up Weight Loss Franchise

--LighterLife Service

--Little Land Play Gym Education center

--Live Hydration Spa Franchise

--LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic

--LunchboxWax Salon

--LunchboxWax Franchise, LLC

--MaiLash & Brows Franchise

--Massage Addict

--Massage Addict Health care

--Massage Experts Franchising Ltd.

--Massage Green Spa Service

--Massage Heights Health care

--Massage Heights Franchising LLC

--MassageLuXe Salon

--Max Muscle Store

--MAXIMAGIC Salon

--MaxStrength Fitness Franchise

--Mayweather Boxing + Fitness Gym

--Medi-Weightloss Health care

--Merle Norman Company

--Mile High Karate

--MJ MK Enterprises LLC

--My Gym Gym

--My Salon Suite Salon

--Nikita Hair Franchise

--Nikita Hair Salon

--Nitro Fitness

--Nu Image MedSpa

--Oasis Face Bar Franchise

--Orangetheory Fitness Gym

--Orangetheory Fitness

--OTF Canada, Inc.

--Oxygen Yoga & Fitness

--Palm Beach Tan

--PHENIX SALON SUITES FRANCHISING, LLC

--Physique57

--PickUp USA Fitness Franchise

--Pigtails & Crewcuts Salon

--Pinch A Penny Service

--Planet Fitness

--Planet Fitness Gym

--Play It Again Sports Store

--PREMIER FRANCHISING GROUP, LLC

--Premier Martial Arts Franchise

--Primp and Blow Salon

--Proexco, LLC

--Pure Barre Gym

--Radiance MedSpa

--Radiant Waxing Franchise

--RedLine Athletics Gym

--Renovation Sells Franchising, LLC

--Retro Fitness Franchise

--Revive Fitness

--Romp n' Roll Education center

--Roosters Men's Grooming Center Salon

--Row House Franchise

--Row House Franchise, LLC

--Rumble Boxing Franchise

--Rumble Franchise, LLC

--Saber

--Scissors & Scotch Salon

--Send Me A Trainer Franchise

--Shear Madness Haircuts for Kids Franchise

--Slim and Tone

--SmartStyle Salon

--Snap Fitness Gym

--Snap Fitness

--Sola Salon Studios Salon

--Solare Med Spa

--Sona MedSpa

--spa810 Franchising, LLC

--Spavia Salon

--Spenga Holdings LLC

--Sport Clips Salon

--Stretch Lab Franchise, LLC

--Stretch Zone Service

--Stride Franchise, LLC

--SUBSTANCE Fitness

--Sugarmoon Salon

--Supercuts Salon

--SUPERSLOWzone Fitness

--TACTIC Franchising, LLC

--Tan on the Run

--The Bar Method Franchise

--The Birthday Suit Franchise

--The Exercise Coach Gym

--THE GROUNDS GUYS, LLC

--THE LASH LOUNGE FRANCHISE, LLC

--The Little Gym Gym

--The NOW Franchise, LLC

--The Ten Spot LTD

--The Vitamin Shoppe Store

--The Zoo Health Club

--Tint Man

--Title Boxing Club Gym

--TITLE Boxing Club Franchise

--Tommy Gun's Original Barbershop

--TONUS-CLUB Gym

--UFC GYM Franchise

--UFC Gym Gym

--Uni K Wax Salon

--United Martial Arts Centers

--V's Barbershop Barbershop

--VERT Peak Fitness Centers

--Vixen Nails & Spa

--Volofit Franchise

--Waxing the City Franchise

--WAXON Laser + Waxbar

--Whip Salon

--Workout Anytime 24/7 Gym

--Workout Anytime Franchising Systems, LLC.

--World Gym

--YogaSix Franchise

--55PLUS.fitness

--Achieve Wellness Spa

--Almond Nail Bar Beauty and Fitness

--Amazing Lash Studio - NY / NJ

--Amazing Lash Studio Franchise LLC

--Arbonne Beauty and Fitness

--AtmosEffect Fitness Health

--Avanti Body Beauty and Fitness

--AWAT Fitness

--Barbers of the Lowcountry Beauty and Fitness

--Beauty First Franchise

--Beauty First Franchise Inc. Retail

--BeBalanced Hormone Weight Loss Centers Health

--Belfort Fitness Lifestyle Beauty and Fitness

--Cap 10 Gym Health

--Chop Barbershop Beauty and Fitness

--Crew Fitness

--Delta Life Fitness

--Dermani Medspa Franchising Health

--Eat The Frog Fitness Health

--Eat the Frog Fitness (ETF Fitness) Beauty and Fitness

--Essentials Massage and Facials Health

--Ewyn Weight Loss Studios

--Facial Mania Med Spa Retail

--FBY YOGA

--Fitness 1440 Franchise

--Fitness 1440 Canada

--Flurry FItness

--Foxy Box Wax Bar Beauty and Fitness

--FREE FRANCHISE Nutrition.Coaching.Fitness Retail

--Great Clips Inc. Beauty and Fitness

--Greco Fitness Beauty and Fitness

--Greenlight Personal Training Beauty and Fitness

--Hammer & Nails - MA

--Hammer & Nails - PA

--Hammer & Nails Grooming For Guys

--Hammer + Nails, Grooming Shop For Guys Beauty and Fitness

--Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa Retail

--Happy Cat Hotel & Spa Franchising

--Health Factor Weight Loss Health

--Healthy Car International

--INFINITY, beyond fitness

--Invincible Fitness Franchise Opportunity Beauty and Fitness

--Jabz Boxing, Fitness For Women

--Keppner Boxing

--Kinder Karate Mobile

--Lume Lash Brow Beauty

--Mary Kay Cosmetics Beauty and Fitness

--Massage Addict Franchise

--Massage Addict Inc. Retail

--MassageLuXe Spa Health

--Massotherapie Massage Addict

--Moxie Salon and Beauty Bar Beauty and Fitness

--MVP Modern Barbers Franchising Retail

--Oxygen Yoga South Western ON

--Premier Age Reversal Beauty and Fitness

--Punch Boxing Fitness Studios Health

--Rodan + Fields, Vicki Iacovazzi - Independant Consultant Beauty and Fitness

--Solerenity Spa

--Southpaw Gym

--Stay Polished Beauty & Martini Bar

--Sugar Sugar Beauty and Fitness

--The Pampered Peach Wax Bar LLC Beauty and Fitness

--Trade Secrets Beauty and Fitness

--Visage Cosmetics Limited

Questions worth asking in this sector

Is a gym franchise or a salon franchise the safer business?

They fail in different ways. A gym has recurring membership revenue and a high fixed cost base, so it is stable when full and painful when not. A salon has lower fixed costs and no recurring revenue, so it is more forgiving month to month but capped by how many chairs you can keep staffed. Neither is inherently safer.

What numbers should I ask a fitness franchisor for?

Member retention and monthly churn, not just sign-ups. A studio can report strong joins while shrinking. Also ask how the equipment is paid for, what the replacement cycle is, and who funds the refresh when the brand updates its standards.

Do aesthetic and medspa concepts need a medical practitioner?

Often yes, and it varies by province and by treatment. Several non-surgical aesthetic models require a medical director or a regulated practitioner to deliver or supervise certain services. Ask the franchisor which treatments require what, in your province specifically.

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