Company Profiles

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LATIN AMERICA

Special thanks to ACAD Brasil and Expo Sport Mexico for assistance in gathering survey submissions from club operators in Latin America. Data from key club operators was also provided by Mercado Fitness.

Academia Acqualife

academiaacqualife.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Cotia, SP, Brazil

Year Founded: 1998

Number of Facilities:

2025: 3 (2 owned, 1 franchised)

Number of Members:

2025: 5,000

Number of Employees:

2025: 53

Principal & CEO: Eder Carlos Martins Junior

Revenue: 2025: US$900,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Academia Biofisic

biofisic.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Itajubá, MG, Brazil

Year Founded: 2012

Number of Facilities:

2025: 13 (owned)

Number of Members:

2025: 16,200

Number of Employees:

2025: 143

Principal: Academia Biofisic

CEO: Marcelo Almeida

Revenue: 2025: US$3,600,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Action Black

actionblack.co

Corporate Headquarters:

Medellín, ANT, Colombia

Year Founded: 2015

Number of Facilities:

2025: 80 (owned)

CEO: Wilder Zapata

Markets Served: Latin America

BIGG

bigg.fit

Corporate Headquarters:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Year Founded: 2013

Number of Facilities:

2025: 65 (13 owned, 52 franchised)

Number of Members:

2025: 16,224

Number of Employees:

2025: 390

Principal: BIGG

CEO: Guillermo Mazzoni

Revenue: 2025: US$1,200,000

Markets Served: Latin America, Europe

Bodytech (Brazil)

bodytech.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Year Founded: 1994

Number of Facilities:

2024: 96 (57 owned, 3 managed, 36 franchised)

Number of Members:

2024: 171,000

Number of Employees:

2024: 3,252

Principal: Alexandre Accioly, Luiz Urquiza, Fabio Faria e Ana Gutierrez

CEO: Luiz Urquiza

Revenue:

2024: US$102,600,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Bodytech (Colombia)

bodytech.com.co

Corporate Headquarters:

Bogota, Colombia

Year Founded: 2008

Number of Facilities:

2025: 146 (116 owned, 4 managed, 26 franchised)

Number of Members:

2025: 323,000

Number of Employees:

2025: 2,890

Principal: L Catterton, Teka Capital, Nicolas Loaiza, Gigliola Aycardi

CEO: Nicolas Loaiza

Revenue: 2025: US$124,900,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Club Body Shop

bodyshop.do

Corporate Headquarters:

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Year Founded: 1986

Number of Facilities:

2025: 6 (owned)

Number of Members:

2025: 21,274

Number of Employees:

2025: 303

Principal: Anthony Bernal y Noris Rodríguez de Bernal

CEO: Ana Lucia Angulo

Markets Served: Latin America

Club C+ deportivo

cmasdeportivo.com

Corporate Headquarters:

Mexico City, Mexico

Year Founded: 2003

Number of Facilities:

2025: 5 (4 owned, 1 managed)

Number of Members:

2025: 6,920

Number of Employees:

2025: 186

Principal: Carmen Gomez Alcala y Arturo Trevinio Santos

CEO: Carmen Gomez Alcala

Markets Served: Latin America

Companhia Athletica

ciaathletica.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Year Founded: 1985

Number of Facilities:

2025: 18 (owned)

Number of Members:

2025: 50,000

Principal: Richard L T Bilton / Gary D Schulze

CEO: Richard L T Bilton

Revenue: 2025: US$33,700,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Empire Fitness

empirefitness.com.mx

Corporate Headquarters:

Puebla, PU, Mexico

Year Founded: 2017

Number of Facilities:

2025: 25

Markets Served: Latin America

GIMNASIOS AMERICANOS

vivo47.com

Corporate Headquarters:

Zapopan, JA, Mexico

Year Founded: 2004

Number of Facilities:

2025: 8 (owned)

Number of Members:

2025: 21,088

Number of Employees:

2025: 402

Principal: VT Family

CEO: Gerardo Villarreal

Revenue: 2025: US$13,500,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Go CrossFit

321gocf.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Salvador, BA, Brazil

Year Founded: 2017

Number of Facilities:

2025: 2 (owned)

Number of Employees:

2025: 4

Principal & CEO: Rafael Coelho

Markets Served: Latin America

Grupo Megatlon

megatlon.com

fiter.com

Corporate Headquarters:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Year Founded: 1999

Number of Facilities:

2025: 53

CEO: Fernando Storchi

Markets Served: Latin America

Grupo Sports World

sportsworld.com.mx

Corporate Headquarters:

Mexico City, Mexico

Year Founded: 1989

Number of Facilities:

2025: 48 (owned)

Number of Members:

2025: 102,255

Principal: Publicly Traded (BMV: SPORT) (BIVA: SPORT)

CEO: Fabián Bifaretti Zanetto

Revenue: 2025: US$114,000,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Impulso Fitness

impulsofitness.com

Corporate Headquarters:

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Year Founded: 2020

Number of Facilities:

2025: 25

Markets Served: Latin America

Panobianco Academia

panobiancoacademia.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, SP, Brazil

Year Founded: 2012

Number of Clubs:

2025: 400+ (partly franchised)

CEO: André Panobianco

Markets Served: Latin America

Pranadar Aqua & Fitness

pranadar.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil

Year Founded: 1980

Number of Facilities:

2025: 2 (owned)

Number of Members:

2025: 1,900

Number of Employees:

2025: 45

Principal: Raul Neukamp Jr

CEO: Raul Neukamp

Markets Served: Latin America

Pratique Fitness

pratiquefitness.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Year Founded: 2002

Number of Facilities:

2025: ~150

Markets Served: Latin America

Premier Fitness

premier.com.bo

Corporate Headquarters:

Cochabamba, Bolivia

Year Founded: 1999

Number of Facilities:

2025: 36

CEO: Ricardo Issa

Markets Served: Latin America

Selfit Academias

selfitacademias.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Recife, PE, Brazil

Year Founded: 2012

Number of Facilities:

2025: 183 (146 owned, 37 franchised)

Number of Members:

2025: 381,313

CEO: Fernando Duarte Menezes

Revenue: 2025: US$78,200,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Skyfit

skyfitacademia.com

Corporate Headquarters:

Americana, SP, Brazil

Year Founded: 2020

Number of Facilities:

2025: 310 (partly franchised)

CEO: Bruno Berardo

Markets Served: Latin America

Smart Fit

investor.smartfit.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Year Founded: 1996

Number of Facilities:

2025: 2,084 (1,683 owned, 401 franchised)

Number of Members:

2025: 5,210,000

Number of Employees:

2025: 22,608

Principal: Publicly Traded Company (B3: SMFT3)

CEO: Diogo Corona

Revenue: 2025: US$1,295,000,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Sport City

sportcity.com.mx

Corporate Headquarters:

Mexico City, Mexico

Year Founded: 1995

Number of Facilities:

2025: 25

CEO: Luis Miguel Rodríguez

Markets Served: Latin America

Sportclub Argentina

sportclub.com.ar

Corporate Headquarters:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Year Founded: 1990

Number of Facilities:

2025: ~170

Markets Served: Latin America

Sportium

sportium.com.mx/inicio

Corporate Headquarters:

Mexico City, Mexico

Year Founded: 2013

Number of Facilities:

2025: 11 (owned)

Number of Members:

2025: 36,869

Number of Employees:

2025: 370

Principal & CEO: Enrique Vera del Castillo

Revenue: 2025: US$31,200,000

Markets Served: Latin America

Station 24

station24.com.mx

Corporate Headquarters:

Guadalajara, JA, Mexico

Year Founded: 2018

Number of Facilities:

2025: ~75

Markets Served: Latin America

Trend Wellness Club

trendwellnessclub.com.br

Corporate Headquarters:

Santos, SP, Brazil

Year Founded: 2024

Number of Facilities:

2025: 1 (owned)

Number of Members:

2025: 315

Number of Employees:

2025: 30

Principal & CEO: Cleiton de Castro

Markets Served: Latin America

Upgrade

gimnasioupgrade.cl

Corporate Headquarters:

Santiago, Chile

Number of Facilities:

2025: 40

CEO: David Pezo

Markets Served: Latin America

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