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sessions completed
Across our two Paris clubs. This real-world usage is what we used to calibrate the format, the schedules and the content.
Network expansion · France & international
Open a Spark Club
in your city.
A 160 m² club, five infrared cabins, open 24/7, with no permanent staff. Two pilot clubs run directly by us in Paris, five territories already reserved.
No promise of revenue or profitability. Financial information is set out in the pre-contractual disclosure document, provided 20 days before any commitment.
Moins de contraintes.Plus de liberté.Plus de potentiel.Spark Club réinvente le fitness avec un club compact, autonome et ouvert 24/7.Un modèle pensé pour créer une communauté, développer plusieurs clubs et faire rayonner la marque sur tout un territoire.
What the franchisee operates
Not a gym.
A standardised asset.
The format was designed to be replicated: a compact footprint, an identical layout from one club to the next, and operations that do not depend on a team being on site at all times.
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Model club floor area
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Infrared cabins
24/7
Opening hours
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Session length
Accès
Spark Connect
Access control, badges and QR codes. Members let themselves in, at any hour, with no staff needed.
Réservation
Sportigo
Bookings, memberships and payments. The entire purchase journey is digital.
Contenus
Spark Player
Guided sessions streamed in the cabins, produced and updated by the franchisor.
Pilotage
Spark Dashboard
Occupancy, attendance, cohorts. The same KPIs across the whole network.
The business model, rethought
Traditional gym vs Spark Club.
Costs, revenue, operations: everything has been rethought to deliver structurally higher profitability and faster replication.
Criterion
Traditional gym
Spark Club
Staff per club
Traditional gym8 to 15 people
Spark Club1 to 2 people
Payroll / revenue
Traditional gym30 to 40%
Spark Club13 to 14%
Coaches & schedules
Traditional gymYes
Spark ClubNo
Operations
Traditional gymStaff always on site
Spark ClubSelf-service 24/7
Revenue model
Traditional gymMultiple sources
Spark Club100% recurring
Multi-site replication
Traditional gymSlow and costly
Spark ClubBuilt in from day one
Indicative industry orders of magnitude, for illustrative comparison only. Spark Club figures come from the pilot model; traditional gym figures are market averages. These figures are neither a promise nor a guarantee of results.
Path to profitability
Break-even reached in a few months, not a few years.
At our company-owned pilot club in Paris, break-even was reached in under 3 months, whereas a high-performing gym typically gets there in 18 to 24 months.
€0 marketing budgetLow-footfall streetTucked away in an office building
Data observed at a pilot club owned and operated by the franchisor. It illustrates the model’s potential under deliberately unfavourable conditions; it does not predict the results of a future franchisee and is neither a promise nor a guarantee of profitability. The “traditional gym” curve is an illustrative industry benchmark. Each candidate prepares their own financial forecast, with the help of their accountant and under their sole responsibility, based on the information provided in the Pre-contractual Disclosure Document (DIP).
The territory register
Five territories are taken.
The rest are open.
Each Spark club operates an exclusive territory defined in the contract. We only work with one candidate at a time per territory, and we would rather wait for the right one than fill the map.
Paris
Bellini (16ᵉ) · Sentier (2ᵉ)
Lyon
City and metropolitan area
Orléans
Metropolitan area and regional priority
Lausanne
French-speaking Switzerland
Warsaw
Poland
Your city
France, Switzerland, Benelux, North Africa
Reserved territory ≠ open club. A reservation agreement gives a candidate six months’ priority to find premises, progress their financing and present a project. The fee paid is credited against the entry fee if the franchise agreement is signed.
What already exists
We run our own clubs
before we franchise them.
The concept isn’t sold off a floor plan. It has been running in Paris since March 2025, and the Bellini club serves as the training centre for future franchisees.
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company-owned clubs
Bellini (Paris 16th), opened in March 2025, and Sentier (Paris 2nd). The network’s operational lab and training centre.
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registered trademark
Spark Club®, INPI no. 24 5047833, class 41. The franchisee operates a protected brand, not an improvised sign.
As seen on “Qui veut être mon associé ?” (France’s Dragons’ Den) on M6
The episode aired in February 2026 and ended with Anthony Bourbon investing in the company. National visibility that directly helps recruit members when a club opens.
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What it costs to join the network
The figures we publish
are the ones you pay.
Entry costs are public: they tell you straight away whether the project is within reach. What we do not publish are earnings projections in your name. Those are set out in the pre-contractual disclosure document, with their assumptions. That is the legal framework, and the only honest way to present them.
Entry package · paid once
Entry fee€25,000 excl. VAT
Premises design assistance€16,000 excl. VAT
Launch marketing pack€10,000 excl. VAT
Initial training and support€7,500 excl. VAT
Total franchisor package€58,500 excl. VAT
On top of this come the cabins, building works, fit-out and the premises deposit. Total investment for a 160 m² model club: around €330,000, of which roughly one third is personal contribution, depending on the bank terms obtained.
Royalties · during operation
Franchise royalty6% of revenue excl. VAT
National marketing fund2% of revenue excl. VAT
Spark OS platform€1,000 / month
Recommended local advertising3 to 5% of revenue excl. VAT
A fixed minimum applies to the royalty in the first year, then changes over time. Local advertising is a fixed amount for the first six months of operation, while the club builds its member base. Full details are in the franchise agreement, provided with the DIP.
From first call to opening day
Six steps.
None are skipped.
01Semaine 1
First conversation
Thirty minutes by video call to understand your project, your territory and your financing capacity. We tell you frankly whether the plan makes sense.
02Semaines 2 à 4
Immersion in Paris
A day at the Bellini club: real operations, the cabins, the tools, the attendance figures. You meet the founders.
03Jour J
DIP handover
You receive the pre-contractual disclosure document and the draft agreement. They contain the full business model, the assumptions, the state of the network and the identified risks.
04J+20 minimum
Twenty days to reflect
A mandatory legal waiting period. We encourage you to spend it with your lawyer and your accountant, and we remain available to answer their questions.
053 à 6 mois
Premises, financing, signature
Finding and approving the premises, arranging bank financing, then signing the franchise agreement. A territory reservation can secure your area during this phase.
064 à 8 mois
Fit-out, training, opening
Fit-out to our specifications, initial training in Paris, a pre-opening campaign, then a supported launch.
We won’t sell you a profitability figure
We are happy to share what our own clubs have actually achieved: that is observed data, not a projection in your name. You will build your forecast with your accountant, based on the DIP and your market. We won’t sign it for you: a franchisor who guarantees a result is setting you up for a dispute.
The profile we are looking for
We are selective.
We support you for the long run.
This profile works
→An entrepreneur or multi-site operator, able to develop a territory over time rather than a single isolated outlet.
→A personal contribution of around €100,000 and the ability to put together a bank financing application.
→A real local presence: the club runs itself, but business development does not.
→High standards of execution down to the details: cleanliness, temperature, content, responsiveness. That is what keeps members coming back.
This profile does not work
×An investor looking for a purely passive placement, with no operational involvement.
×A project whose viability depends on financing that is still uncertain at signing.
×A wish to adapt the concept: the value of a network lies in every club being like the next.
×Looking for a guaranteed return: we give none, and nobody should promise you one.
Frequently asked questions
What candidates
ask us first.
Faut-il être du secteur du sport ou du fitness ?
No, and it is not the main criterion. The club runs without a coach on site: what we look at is the ability to manage a local asset, recruit members and maintain an operating standard. Several of our most advanced candidates come from hospitality, real estate or retail.
Quel est l'investissement global pour ouvrir un club ?
Around €330,000 for a 160 m² model club: franchisor package, cabins, building works and fit-out, premises deposit and start-up cash. The required personal contribution is around €100,000, with the balance usually financed by a bank loan. The line-by-line breakdown is in the DIP.
Combien rapporte un club Spark ?
We do not share any revenue or earnings projection outside the pre-contractual disclosure document. This is not commercial reticence: a franchisor who advertises earnings on its website exposes its franchisees to unmet expectations and itself to litigation. The DIP contains a complete business model, with its assumptions and limits — and you have twenty days to have it reviewed by your advisers.
Quelle exclusivité territoriale est accordée ?
Each agreement defines a precise exclusive territory, an administrative boundary or a set of districts, within which we commit not to open another club for the term of the agreement. Its size depends on the density of the city. A territory reservation lets you secure this area upfront, while you look for premises.
Le club fonctionne-t-il vraiment sans personnel ?
Without permanent on-site staff. Access, booking, payment and session streaming are automated. Cleaning, maintenance, member management and local business development remain, handled by the franchisee and, as the club grows, by one or two front-desk hosts at peak times.
Peut-on ouvrir plusieurs clubs ?
Yes, and it is the approach we favour. Several agreements in progress already include priority on a second and then a third club in the same metropolitan area, subject to the progress of the first. Multi-site is the natural path for the format: the second club shares most of the first one’s structure.
Peut-on ouvrir hors de France ?
Yes. An international pilot is under way in Casablanca, a territory is reserved in Warsaw and another in French-speaking Switzerland. The legal framework is adapted to each country and validated by local counsel before any signature. For an entire country, we consider master franchise agreements on a case-by-case basis.
Combien de temps entre le premier contact et l'ouverture ?
Allow twelve to eighteen months in a normal case: a few weeks for qualification and immersion, the twenty-day legal reflection period, three to six months for premises and financing, then four to eight months of works and pre-opening. Finding the premises is almost always the longest step.
Tell us which city
you have in mind.
We will call you back within 48 working hours. The first conversation is to check that the project stands up, on your side as well as ours. If it doesn’t, we will tell you straight away.
Spark Club SAS, 229 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris. RCS Paris 925 139 735. Spark Club® trademark registered with INPI under no. 24 5047833. The information on this page is indicative only and constitutes neither a contractual offer nor a promise of revenue, earnings or profitability. Every application gives rise to the provision of a pre-contractual disclosure document in accordance with articles L.330-3 and R.330-1 of the French Commercial Code, at least twenty days before the signing of any agreement or the payment of any sum. This English version is provided for information; in the event of any discrepancy, the French version prevails.