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+16.972% units YoYHQ-led decisions

The Little Gym

Fitness

The Little Gym requires every location to license its proprietary TLG Software — covering front-desk management, point of sale, online enrollment, and email marketing — and to buy that POS system and related hardware through the franchisor or its affiliate. Across 256 US locations (255 franchised, 1 company-owned) charging an 8% royalty, franchised outlets grew 17% year over year, and the brand sits inside Leviathan Intermediate Holdco alongside WW Franchise.

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Total units
256
255 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+16.972%
vs prior filing
AUV
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
8%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2.5%
national + local
Initial fee
$60K
per unit
Investment range
$420K–$723K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Franchisor controlled
from the filing
Item 19
Claims
from the filing

Ongoing fee load

What the operator pays every month

The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.

10.5%of gross sales (FY2026)

Ongoing fees: 10.5% of gross sales (FY2026)Royalty 8%, Ad fund 2.5%. Total 10.5% of gross sales. Drawn against a 15% reference scale.

15% reference

Royalty 8%Ad fund 2.5%

Mandated & recommended tech

The systems vendors compete with

Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.

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Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

27 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 5 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.

Accounting

Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?

Yes

Item 11

We may independently access from a remote location, at any time, all information input to, and compiled by, your computer system or an off-site server, including information concerning sales, purchase orders, inventory, and expenditures.

How the franchisor buys

Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?

Yes

Item 11

We reserve the right to develop and implement various technologies, software, or systems for the benefit of the System, in which case we may require you to adopt and use such technologies, software, or systems, and require you to pay our then-current Technology Fee as published in the Manual periodically.

How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?

91818

Item 8

During our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, we received revenues from franchisee purchases or leases by franchisees of $91,818, which was approximately 0.5% of our total revenues of $17,565,787.

Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

We and our affiliates may derive revenue from franchisee purchases and leases to the extent that franchisees purchase products or services from us or our affiliates, and we also may receive payments or material benefits from suppliers based on your purchases or leases from them.

Item 8 gives this proportion in one of two shapes: separate percentages for establishing the business and for operating it, or one figure covering "establishing and operating" together. Where they are separate, answer with the operating percentage; where the passage gives only the combined figure, answer with that. What percentage of the franchisee's purchases must come from designated or approved suppliers?

50

Item 8

We estimate that required purchases and leases of products and services from us and designated suppliers will constitute over 50% of your total costs in connection with the operation of the Franchised Business.

Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?

Yes

Item 6

Supplier Reimbursement of our Upon invoice Payable only if you request to Review Fee costs incurred in product purchase products from an testing and evaluating alternative supplier or request to use suppliers an alternative product.

Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?

Yes

Item 8

You may purchase from any supplier those items and services for which we have not designated approved suppliers or distributors, if the items and services meet our specifications, which may include brand requirements.

Communications

Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?

Yes

Item 17

transferring the renewal Franchised Business’ telephone number to us;

Franchise management

Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?

Yes

Franchise agreement

as evidenced by three or more failed quality assurance evaluations conducted by Franchisor or its designee pursuant to Section 18.B.(7)

Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?

Yes

Item 13

(Franchise Agreement, Section 15.G.) Our social media and networking policies will be provided to you in the Manual and may be modified, amended, or terminated by us at any time.

Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?

Yes

Item 11

No site may be used for the location of the Franchised Business unless we first approve it in writing.

Marketing

Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?

Yes

Item 13

We will create all social media accounts related to the Franchised Business and license such accounts to you for use in promoting the Franchised Business while the Franchise Agreement is in effect.

Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?

Yes

Item 11

You must spend between $20,000 and $40,000 in connection with your grand opening.

Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?

Yes

Item 6

Currently, the Local Marketing Expenditure is 5% of Gross Sales, of which 4% is collected by us and then provided to our Designated Supplier for use in local and regional marketing, promotional, and advertising campaigns for your Gym, and the remaining 1% is allocated to advertising and marketing that you purchase…

Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?

Yes

Item 16

You must participate in and offer to your customers all customer loyalty and reward programs and all contests, sweepstakes, and other prize promotions.

Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?

Yes

Item 11

If we form an Advertising Cooperative for the region in which your Franchised Business is located, your membership to the advertising cooperative is automatic, and you must participate in the Advertising Cooperative.

Operations

Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?

Yes

Item 8

You must purchase from suppliers or distributors we designate (each a “Designated Supplier”) all of your requirements for developing, constructing, and operating the Franchised Business

Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

You must purchase from suppliers or distributors we designate (each a “Designated Supplier”) all of your requirements for developing, constructing, and operating the Franchised Business including: (1) fixtures, furniture and other furnishings, equipment, supplies, signs (such as interior and exterior signage), items…

Payments

Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

(9) reputation management and customer service satisfaction evaluations, and other surveys, (10) real estate brokers, (11) architect services, (12) music providers, (3) some POS System equipment and merchant processing systems, and and (14) other products and services that we require.

Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?

Yes

Item 8

You must accept for payment gift card(s) presented as payment for purchases made in your School for products and services.

People

Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?

Yes

Item 15

The Franchised Business must be supervised at all times by a person who assumes the responsibilities of general management, and full-time responsibility for daily supervision and operation, of your Franchised Business (the “Designated Manager”).

Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

(2) uniforms, shirts, and all merchandise and items intended for retail sale (whether or not bearing our Proprietary Marks);

Point of sale

Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

we require all franchisees to acquire and use the POS System that we designate, including payment of the monthly licensing requirements related to the use of such POS System, which is included in the Technology Fee.

Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?

Yes

Item 11

We may independently access from a remote location, at any time, all information input to, and compiled by, your computer system or an off-site server, including information concerning sales, purchase orders, inventory, and expenditures.

Sales and CRM

Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

You must license our proprietary office management software that includes proprietary front desk management and point of sale system, online enrollment system, automated e-mail marketing tool, customer management system, and any other technology or software and respective updates that we may implement from time to…

Training

Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?

Yes

Item 6

Additional Then-current additional Upon invoice We can require your Designated Training training fee (currently, Manager and other personnel to $500 per day) plus complete additional and remedial reimbursement of our training as we reasonably deem actual costs necessary based on, for example, failure to comply with…

Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?

Yes

Item 11

We may conduct, and require you to attend, periodic conferences to discuss System developments, including operational efficiency, personnel training, bookkeeping, account, inventory control, performance standards, advertising programs, and merchandising procedures.

The filing answers no to 2 questions
  • Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
  • Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Item 11

Who buys here

The buyer at this brand

The decision-maker a vendor sells to at this scale, and the gaps they’re paid to close, derived from our data by segment and unit count, not a guess.

Sales LeaderRegional 100 499

HQ leadership: CEO/President + VP Ops/Franchise + a first dedicated IT/systems owner.

VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
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The vendor opportunity at The Little Gym

256 US locations — 255 franchised and 1 company-owned — already license the company's own TLG Software as their point-of-sale, front-desk and customer-management platform, and franchised outlets grew 17% year over year at an 8% royalty. The brand sits inside Leviathan Intermediate Holdco alongside WW Franchise, giving a vendor a related-brand angle beyond this one children's-fitness system.

Who controls software purchasing

The Little Gym reserves the right under Item 11 to prescribe every computer system component a franchisee may use, and bars any system or software application that does not conform to its standards or that it has not approved in writing. Franchisees must license the proprietary TLG Software — covering front-desk management, point of sale, online enrollment, email marketing and customer management — and execute the company's current point-of-sale license agreement, which places the purchasing decision for that core stack squarely at headquarters.

Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required

TLG Software is the mandated proprietary platform, doubling as the location's POS system; franchisees must also buy a desktop computer and printer and pay the monthly licensing fee bundled into the Technology Fee, and the required technology package includes the Microsoft Office suite. The filing separately names Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter/X and Yelp as social-media platforms. Franchisees must buy retail merchandise, POS-related hardware and software, and other technology solutions the company identifies through the franchisor or its affiliate.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

The Little Gym designates suppliers for nearly its full purchasing list — retail merchandise, POS licenses and hardware, certain digital marketing services, some signage, insurance policies if required and technology solutions it identifies must come through the franchisor or its affiliate, which is also the sole approved supplier of the Start-Up Equipment and Inventory Package. A franchisee who wants an alternate supplier must submit a written request with supporting information. Item 17 allows up to two additional 5-year successor terms if the franchisee is in good standing, renovates the premises to current image standards, meets training requirements, and signs the then-current franchise agreement, which may carry materially different royalty and advertising terms — that renovation requirement is where a technology-refresh conversation naturally opens.

How to read The Little Gym FDD

The embedded PDF viewer below carries the full 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Start with Item 11 for the TLG Software and POS mandate, Item 8 for the designated-supplier terms, and Item 2 for the officer roster. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked list of children's-fitness franchise systems like this one, sized and scored for software fit.

Questions vendors ask

The Little Gym, answered from the filing

The Little Gym designates suppliers for nearly every technology purchase: franchisees must acquire and use only the computer systems it prescribes, and must license its proprietary TLG Software, which also serves as the POS system, exclusively from the company. That routes the buying decision through headquarters, which sits inside Leviathan Intermediate Holdco.
TLG Software — the proprietary front-desk management, point-of-sale, online-enrollment and email-marketing platform — is mandated under Item 11, and franchisees must execute the current POS license agreement and buy a desktop computer and printer. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter/X and Yelp are all named in the filing.
The Little Gym operates 256 fitness locations for children in the US: 255 franchised and 1 company-owned, with franchised outlets growing 17% year over year.
The Little Gym designates suppliers for nearly every category: franchisees must buy retail merchandise, POS licenses and hardware, certain digital marketing services, some signage and technology solutions it identifies through the franchisor or its affiliate, which is also the sole approved supplier of the Start-Up Equipment and Inventory Package. Franchisees may request approval of an alternate supplier.
Item 17 allows up to two additional 5-year successor terms if the franchisee is in good standing, renovates the premises to current standards, meets training requirements, and signs the then-current franchise agreement, which may carry materially different royalty and advertising terms. That renovation cycle is a natural point to reopen a technology pitch.
The embedded PDF viewer below holds The Little Gym's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document in full. Read Item 11 for the TLG Software and POS mandate and Item 8 for the designated-supplier terms.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

241 operators run 556 mapped locations. 22 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit219
10–24 units14
2–9 units8

Top states by locations

CA24
AZ23
TX4
OH3
GA2

Ownership

The portfolio behind The Little Gym

unknown of Leviathan Intermediate Holdco.

Sibling brands

Related Fitness brands

Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.