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Anytime Fitness
Anytime Fitness Franchisor, LLC, doing business as Anytime Fitness, is an American franchise of 24 hour health and fitness clubs that is based in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States. The company operates over 5,000 franchised locations in 50 countries. In 2014, Anytime Fitness was named the top franchise of 2014 by Entrepreneur magazine.
The parent company of Anytime Fitness merged with Orangetheory Fitness in 2024.
The founders, Chuck Runyon, Dave Mortensen, and Jeff Klinger initially met in the early 1990s while employed at a fitness club in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their collaboration began in 1995 when they jointly acquired and operated the Southview Athletic Club for seven years. Under their ownership, the club grew in membership, growing from 500 to 4,000 members. It was sold in 2001. During their ownership of Southview Athletic Club, they developed the idea for Anytime Fitness after surveying the expectations that long-term members of large gyms had for their fitness clubs.
Runyon, Mortensen, and Klinger founded Anytime Fitness in 2002. Eric Keller, a former employee of Southview Athletic Club, was interested in their business concept and agreed to become the first franchise owner of Anytime Fitness.
The debut franchise location opened its doors in Cambridge, Minnesota, later that year. The selection of this site was influenced by the absence of competing fitness clubs in a sufficiently large population. Soon after, two more locations were opened by former Southview Athletic Club employees in Duluth and Albert Lea, Minnesota. Runyon, Mortensen and Klinger sold 29 franchises before they opened a corporate-owned location in Bemidji, Minnesota.
In February 2005, Anytime Fitness opened its first club outside of the United States in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. By 2008, the company had almost 700 franchisees in 45 U.S. states and Canada, including 12 locations that they wholly owned themselves. In January 2009, they opened their 1,000th club in Wake Village, Texas. By October 2009, the company had more than 1,200 clubs with around 800,000 members.
In December 2009, Jeff Klinger, who had been the company's CEO since inception, sold his shares in Anytime Fitness and stepped down from his role as CEO. Chuck Runyon took over the role as CEO upon his departure.
In 2010, the company announced plans to open clubs in Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. By 2010, it had already expanded into Mexico and India.
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Anytime Fitness
Anytime Fitness Franchisor, LLC, doing business as Anytime Fitness, is an American franchise of 24 hour health and fitness clubs that is based in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States. The company operates over 5,000 franchised locations in 50 countries. In 2014, Anytime Fitness was named the top franchise of 2014 by Entrepreneur magazine.
The parent company of Anytime Fitness merged with Orangetheory Fitness in 2024.
The founders, Chuck Runyon, Dave Mortensen, and Jeff Klinger initially met in the early 1990s while employed at a fitness club in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their collaboration began in 1995 when they jointly acquired and operated the Southview Athletic Club for seven years. Under their ownership, the club grew in membership, growing from 500 to 4,000 members. It was sold in 2001. During their ownership of Southview Athletic Club, they developed the idea for Anytime Fitness after surveying the expectations that long-term members of large gyms had for their fitness clubs.
Runyon, Mortensen, and Klinger founded Anytime Fitness in 2002. Eric Keller, a former employee of Southview Athletic Club, was interested in their business concept and agreed to become the first franchise owner of Anytime Fitness.
The debut franchise location opened its doors in Cambridge, Minnesota, later that year. The selection of this site was influenced by the absence of competing fitness clubs in a sufficiently large population. Soon after, two more locations were opened by former Southview Athletic Club employees in Duluth and Albert Lea, Minnesota. Runyon, Mortensen and Klinger sold 29 franchises before they opened a corporate-owned location in Bemidji, Minnesota.
In February 2005, Anytime Fitness opened its first club outside of the United States in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. By 2008, the company had almost 700 franchisees in 45 U.S. states and Canada, including 12 locations that they wholly owned themselves. In January 2009, they opened their 1,000th club in Wake Village, Texas. By October 2009, the company had more than 1,200 clubs with around 800,000 members.
In December 2009, Jeff Klinger, who had been the company's CEO since inception, sold his shares in Anytime Fitness and stepped down from his role as CEO. Chuck Runyon took over the role as CEO upon his departure.
In 2010, the company announced plans to open clubs in Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. By 2010, it had already expanded into Mexico and India.