Business for Sale: Oklahoma Fitness Center

An overview of a business offering including price, price rationale, outlook, and pros and cons.

The Business After stretching his capital to rejuvenate this 15-year-old health club, the owner is financially overextended. Located on the main street of its tiny town (population 5,000), the facility offers free weights and Nautilus equipment, aerobics, a sauna, a whirlpool, and indoor swimming. There's no other fitness center within 20 miles to muscle in on the club's territory, and some 500 clients currently pay $114 to $336 for 3-, 6-, or 12-month contracts. The ideal buyers? A couple of health enthusiasts with the stamina to handle physical labor and extended hours -- nearly 80 a week.

Financial Summary 1992 1993 1994Gross revenues $0 $49,499 $48,433Recast earnings before $0 $15,409 $1,071 depreciation, interest, taxes, and owner compensation

Price $185,000

OutlookReports of the $7.8-billion health-club industry's death have been greatly exaggerated. After bulking up back in the 1980s, club memberships went on a crash diet in the early 1990s. But last year industry watchers saw nationwide membership in 11,655 fitness centers climb no less than 10%, to 20 million. The size of this club and its 40% attrition rate match industry standards, but its revenues and membership are weaklings compared with the 1994 national averages of $725,000 and 1,585. A previous owner declared bankruptcy in the late '80s, and the FDIC closed the club until mid-1993. With additional capital, new management could pump up revenues by invigorating the center's advertising, expanding hours of operation, and responding to a robust market for massage services and health-care products.

Price Rationale With a building and real estate worth $100,000; $85,000 in equipment, fixtures, and furnishings; customer contracts worth $20,000; and anemic inventory; this price is asset-based but flabby. Even in the Sooner State's metropolitan areas, similar clubs aren't worth more than $125,000. Experts trim this price to roughly $75,000.

Pros No competition in the neighborhood and an up-to-date, fully equipped health club -- all yours, 24 hours a day.

Cons Not much else in the neighborhood. And you'll be too busy to use the facilities. -- Robina A. Gangemi

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