How to write a business plan for a gym
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In this tutorial, I explain how to write a business plan for a gym or a fitness club. As it turns out, the most difficult part of creating a business plan for a gym is that no matter how you spin it, you will need to raise a lot of money to open the actual gym or a fitness center.
As you write the business plan for your gym, to understand how much money you need to raise, create a cash flow statement which is an itemized list of expenses. There will be two kinds of expenses. The first type of expense will be prior to opening your gym. And the other kind of expense will be ongoing expenses after you open your gym or fitness center. And you should plan to give yourself enough cash to last for about 12-18 months after you open your gym. So as you can see, the most difficult part of writing a business plan for a gym, and opening a fitness center is raising the money for it because you need serious capital to get started.
The next most important section of a business plan for a gym or a fitness center is to understand where to open the gym. The physical location of the fitness club dictates what the target market will be.
And, of course, the next most important section of a business plan for a gym is how you will market and promote the gym after you open the gym. You will need to get clients to bring in revenue and cover all the costs.
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How to write a business plan for a gym
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In general, there are a few key areas where a business plan for a gym differs from common business plans. One such area is the identification of the target market and the calculation of the overall market size. Those concepts are explained in the following two videos:
The other big difference when it comes to writing a business plan for a gym is the financials. It is very expensive to open a gym. When writing a business plan for a gym, try to itemize the costs it would take to open a gym. And itemize the costs for when the gym is actually open. Then combine the revenue streams to those costs and see how long it will take to break even. This is roughly equivalent to performing a cash flow analysis.
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