Become a Clark Powell franchisee

A fast-growing market that is not suffering from the crisis and is set to double in size over the next 5 years. It’s a market that’s keeping up with the times, taking advantage of the new expectations of consumers looking for gyms, motivated by the cult of the body with social networks and the obesity rate currently exploding in France.

The FL Finance Group, developer of the Clark Powell franchise, has over 40 years’ experience in franchising, creating more than 15 brands and 700 franchisees in France and abroad. We know exactly how to support our new and experienced franchisees throughout the duration of their contract with an award-winning brand, helping them to achieve success and potential thanks to our team.

Clark Powell is a revolutionary brand of gym accessible to as many people as possible, with memberships starting at 34€95, with no commitment and no registration fees. But also, for greater accessibility, sports clubs centered around several immersive universes enabling our core target to rub shoulders with other targets by bouncing together. Last but not least, Clark Powell is the 1st gym brand to set up a genuine customer pathway for beginners and gym enthusiasts alike.

Our clubs are distinguished by a simple, no-charge, no-commitment offer starting at 34€95, but with the latest high-tech, multi-brand connected machines, face-to-face group classes with a qualified coach, and personalized coaching sessions. A concept with a real response to consumer expectations.

Immersive settings and worlds are created in Clark Powell fitness clubs to tell incredible stories to our members, arousing emotions. Feelings that in turn lead to strong interaction with the brand, and even attachment. Our settings have been designed by experts to combine customer experience and design. The concept of services, products, customer paths, processes and the digital and physical environment all focus on an immersive customer experience to make sport a pleasure.

Clark Powell is the only gym brand in France to revolutionize the world of fitness by creating the 1st customer path designed to guide and support beginners thanks to cutting-edge technology and an educational system linked to our machines. We simplify the experience for new members, boosting their confidence and encouraging their long-term commitment, while enabling them to measure their progress.

A business model that has proven itself to be extremely profitable, with a rapid return on investment. On a mature club*, a gross operating Ebitda of over 40%, an average ticket of over €40 with over 3,000 members and an extremely low churn rate of less than 4%. *2 years of existence.

Very low payroll costs, with just 4 employees for over a million euros in sales (excl. VAT), in a specialized core business with very low staff turnover. Digital management tools for easy remote control of one or more sites, and access to our franchisee platform for centralized management of all information.

Assistance in finding or proposing premises, thanks to a guide of preference criteria and our internal rating system for each proposed premises that passes our validation committee.

We’ll give you the benefit of 3 weeks’ initial theoretical and operational training to launch and run our Clark Powell fitness club.

Together, we draw up preliminary designs and layout plans. We provide rigorous specifications to ensure compliance with the Clark Powell concept. For our franchisees, we also manage the furnishings and decorations created by our Clark Powell imagineers.

You benefit from the selection and innovation of all our bodybuilding, cardio and small equipment machines at preferential rates; we also support our franchisees in the purchase and renewal of machines.

Our operations advisors are there to support you from the pre-opening phase right through to the day-to-day running of your Clark Powell fitness club. They share the network’s best practices by visiting your premises and providing ongoing remote monitoring. They’re there to help you ensure your fitness club’s success and brand image.

We’ll help you promote your Clark Powell gym in the local community, boost sales and build member loyalty by creating marketing campaigns and events, and monitoring their implementation.

Investing in a franchise offers a number of important advantages to ensure the success of your investment:
– Make sure you invest in a duplicable and financially proven business model; From marketing to product to supplier selection, everything is already in place, eliminating the potential mistakes you could face doing it alone.

– Belonging to a franchise means benefiting from the franchisor’s day-to-day support, as well as help from other franchisees. The franchisor takes responsibility for brand image, marketing, communication, supplier management and the benefits that flow from the purchasing power of an entire network.

– Franchising means opening a business with a brand that consumers already know and trust. For consumers, a brand is often a question of reputation. So joining a franchise with a strong reputation means opening your business with a good brand image from the outset, boosting your chances of success.

– Becoming a franchisee means being trained in a profession you have no knowledge of, and being prepared to succeed and run your business effectively on a turnkey basis, avoiding management errors. It also means linking the sale of your products and services to a strong, reputable brand, enabling you to concentrate on the commercial development of your business, giving you a head start over your competitors.

– Opening a business can be frightening, but with a franchise you’re constantly supported by the franchisor, by local operations advisors or by the experience of other franchisees, so you can take it step by step safely, fearlessly and successfully.- Opening a franchise also makes it easier to obtain a bank loan or lease at better rates. It’s far less risky for any financial organization to lend funds to an already-proven business model.

– Last but not least, having a franchise means you can be sure that your branded goodwill will be much more highly valued than that of an independent business, thanks to higher sales and the confidence that a buyer brings to a brand; but it also means that it will be easier to find candidates willing to take over your goodwill.

We’ll give you the benefit of 3 weeks’ initial theoretical and operational training to launch and run our Clark Powell fitness club.

Together, we draw up preliminary designs and layout plans. We provide rigorous specifications to ensure compliance with the Clark Powell concept. For our franchisees, we also manage the furnishings and decorations created by our Clark Powell imagineers.

You benefit from the selection and innovation of all our bodybuilding, cardio and small equipment machines at preferential rates; we also support our franchisees in the purchase and renewal of machines.

Our operations advisors are there to support you from the pre-opening phase right through to the day-to-day running of your Clark Powell fitness club. They share the network’s best practices by visiting your premises and providing ongoing remote monitoring. They’re there to help you ensure your fitness club’s success and brand image.

We’ll help you promote your Clark Powell gym in the local community, boost sales and build member loyalty by creating marketing campaigns and events, and monitoring their implementation.

We’ll help you promote your Clark Powell gym in the local community, boost sales and build member loyalty by creating marketing campaigns and events, and monitoring their implementation.

Generally speaking, the average time between the 1st contact with the franchisor and the opening of your Clark Powell gym is between 6 and 12 months. However, we can also indicate that after validation by your local sales representative, there is an average delay of 4 months.