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4. Anytime Fitness

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Anytime Fitness wants you. With 1,400 locations in 50 states and four continents, the company has found its niche in smaller, affordable clubs. The company has added 900 clubs in the past three years.

The Anytime Fitness franchise shows that consumers will still prioritize their well-being 鈥 even when times are tough 鈥 if it鈥檚 affordable. In the last three years the company has opened 900 new clubs, at a rate of almost one new location a day. Though exact membership fees vary by location, dues are generally around $1 a day.

鈥淲e鈥檝e identified what people truly want. We鈥檙e smaller neighborhood fitness clubs that are open 24 hours a day,鈥 says Mark Daly, the company鈥檚 national media director. Members of one Anytime club can use any of the franchise鈥檚 1,400 locations, in all 50 states and four continents. The company has jumped on the social network bandwagon as well. The clubs鈥 nearly 1 million members can use the Anytime website to connect with each other, ask questions of fitness experts, and set goals.

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