A staff-free gym: your own business from 80 m²

Members buy a subscription and open the door in the app. We build the gym turnkey; the income goes to you every month.

from 28.7M ₸
investment
~1.7M ₸
income per month
~1.5 years
to pay back

Based on 80 m²: bare walls, your own premises, run in-house

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A small staff-free gym: treadmills by the windows, a power rack, accent lighting

How the gym runs without staff

  1. A phone camera pointed at the QR code on the gym door

    Scanned the QR

    A sticker on the door leads to the app

  2. App sign-up by phone number

    Got the app

    Sign-up by phone number, no calls

  3. Buying a subscription and paying by card in the app

    Bought a pass

    Single visit or subscription, paid by card

  4. Schedule with time slots and free places

    Booked a slot

    Limit: 1 person per 10 m²

  5. App home screen with the “Enter the gym” button

    Opened the door

    The “Enter the gym” button in the app

How much to invest, what you earn and when it pays back

Enter the area or your budget. We have already factored in the subscription price, costs and member growth.

Where the money goes

The investment is the amount in your contract. For your gym (80 m², bare walls) it breaks down as follows:

Equipment
14.7M ₸
Renovation
11.7M ₸
Door and app
400,000 ₸
Launch: sign, advertising, our work
1.9M ₸
Total
28.7M ₸

What goes into the gym

A set for 120 m²; we tailor it to your area

  • Treadmill
  • Elliptical trainer
  • Recumbent exercise bike
  • Pec fly / rear delt
  • Hip thrust machine
  • Leg press / hack squat 2-in-1
  • Olympic flat bench press
  • Multi-press
  • Assisted chin / dip (gravitron)
  • Dual adjustable pulley
  • Seated row
  • 45-degree hyperextension
  • Adjustable ab bench
  • Leg extension / curl
  • Hip abduction / adduction
  • Lat pulldown / row
  • Adjustable bench
  • Accessoriesdumbbells, bars, plates, mats

What you do and what we do

We build, you run it

from 28.7M ₸
one-off, under contract

We do

  • Estimate, renovation and equipment
  • Door, app and member subscriptions
  • Sign, launch advertising and opening

Left to you

Cleaning, utilities, advertising and finding members

We build and run it

from 28.7M ₸
plus 12% of revenue, at least 226,000 ₸ a month

We do

  • Everything in the first package
  • Cleaning and equipment servicing
  • Advertising and member relations

Left to you

Read a monthly report and collect the money

What you risk

A third fewer members

122 members instead of 183: income is still ~949,000 ₸, payback 28 mo

The dollar rate

Equipment is priced in $, subscriptions in KZT. A weaker tenge makes the gym cost more.

Opening in ~4 months

Delivery takes ~90 days plus renovation; no income during that time

It already works

161
active members by month 4
52
subscriptions in 2 weeks, no ads
25%
from app install to subscription
96%
of the revenue forecast

Numbers from a live gym on FitBase. Run the numbers for yours in the calculator.

Get the numbers for my gym

Your calculator figures come to us with the request. We will call back during business hours to go through your gym.