American Gym Trader is made up of a group of professionals that have spent their lives in the health and fitness business. While we may be new to the web, we spent more than a quarter of a century owning and operating a successful gym in the Washington, DC area - where the competition was steep. We know what it takes to start a successful gym - and what it takes to make it stand apart from all of the big box gyms and fast-growing gym franchises.
We have taken all of our knowledge and turned it into an easy-to-navigate, one-of-a-kind web resource. Here at American Gym Trader, we pride ourselves on helping you become savvier about the business side of health and fitness.
After all, we've learned firsthand that it takes more than a love for fitness to run a successful gym business. Take a lesson from our experience…
After spending more than 25 years running our gym, we decided to sell it and retire. We figured it would be a breeze! After all, we had a fantastic location, great employees, top-notch equipment, and more than 1,000 members. It would sell like hot cakes, right?
Guess what? Even though we knew everything about running a gym, we knew nothing about selling a business. Two years later, we finally sold our gym to World Gym - and only because we had the help of a professional business broker.
Personally, owning and running a fitness center was the most exciting time of my life. Unlike a traditional retail store - where customers come and go - at a fitness business, you get to meet your members, watch them work towards their goals, and actually become their friend. When you own a fitness business, you get to play a role in your members' lives. You get to walk around town and know hundreds of people by their first name.
If you want to experience the thrills of owning a fitness business - while avoiding the pitfalls by learning from people who have "been there and done that" - you're in the right place! American Gym Trader is the perfect place for you to buy or sell a gym - or to simply learn more about the business.
Good luck, and thanks for supporting American Gym Trader!
Sincerely,
Dave Didion
Proudly Building American Muscle
