What boundaries can further define the Designated Area for an Aira Fitness Business?
Aira_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Once you have acquired the site, we will assign a Designated Area ("Designated Area") for your Aira Fitness Business. The Designated Area will be a minimum radius of 1 mile and a maximumradius of 3 miles from the Authorized Location, depending on the nature of the area in which the Aira FitnessBusiness is located, andfurther defined byzip codes,man-made or naturalboundaries, politicalboundaries, ortraffic patterns. The following factors will be considered in defining a Designated Area, in our sole discretion as to the relevance, in addition to population density: cultural demographics, household composition and income, growth trends of population, the density of residential and business entities, and geographic boundaries.
You will not receive an exclusive territory. You may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that we own, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that we control. We are not required to pay you if we exercise any reserved rights within your Designated Area. However, as long as you are in compliance with the Franchise Agreement and meet the minimum membership requirements described below, we will not establish an Aira Fitness Business, nor license or franchise another party the right to establish an Aira Fitness Business within your Designated Area (except Special Sites, as defined below).
We and our affiliates also have the right to develop and operate, and grant others the right to develop and operate, businesses offering fitness services and other businesses under a different trademark within and outside the Designated Area, which may be similar to or competitive with Aira Fitness Businesses.
Source: Item 12 — **TERRITORY (FDD pages 43–45)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aira Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Designated Area is assigned after the franchisee acquires a site and Aira Fitness approves the location. The Designated Area for an Aira Fitness business will be a radius between 1 and 3 miles from the Authorized Location.
The document specifies that the Designated Area can be further defined by zip codes, man-made or natural boundaries, political boundaries, or traffic patterns. Aira Fitness will consider factors such as cultural demographics, household composition and income, population growth trends, the density of residential and business entities, and geographic boundaries when defining the Designated Area. The relevance of these factors is determined at Aira Fitness's discretion.
It is important to note that the Aira Fitness franchisee will not receive an exclusive territory. The franchisee may face competition from other franchisees, outlets that Aira Fitness owns, other distribution channels, or competitive brands that Aira Fitness controls. The FDD also states that Aira Fitness and its affiliates retain the right to operate businesses offering fitness services under different trademarks, even if they compete with Aira Fitness businesses, both inside and outside the Designated Area.