When did Basecamp Fitness begin offering franchises?
Basecamp_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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We are a Delaware limited liability company formed on October 25, 2021. Our principal business address is 111 Weir Drive, Woodbury, Minnesota 55125. We do business under our corporate name and as "Basecamp" and "Basecamp Fitness". We began offering Basecamp Fitness franchises in November 2021. We do not conduct business in any other line of business nor do we offer franchises in any other line of business.
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The Business
The Basecamp Fitness concept and brand was founded in March 2013, with the opening of the first Basecamp Fitness studio in Burlingame, California. On October 23, 2018 our predecessor, Basecamp Fitness, LLC, purchased the assets of the Basecamp Fitness brand, including the assets of 5 locations from Dethrone Basecamp, LLC, Dethrone LLC, Dethrone Corporate, LLC, Dethrone Pasadena, LLC, Dethrone San Francisco, LLC, Dethrone Santa Monica, LLC, Dethrone West Hollywood, LLC, and Dethrone Burlingame, LLC (collectively, the "Dethrone Entities").
After our predecessor's purchase of the Basecamp Fitness assets, it opened Basecamp Fitness studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May 2019 and in Edina, Minnesota in February 2020.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS, AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 7–12)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Basecamp Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company began offering franchises in November 2021. However, the Basecamp Fitness concept and brand was founded in March 2013, with the opening of the first Basecamp Fitness studio in Burlingame, California.
Prior to November 2021, Basecamp Fitness, LLC (BFLLC) offered franchises under the Basecamp Fitness name from the spring of 2020 to November 2021. BFLLC no longer offers franchises for this business. In November 2021, BFLLC transferred all existing U.S. franchise, area development and related agreements for Basecamp Fitness locations to Basecamp Fitness Franchisor LLC, who then became the franchisor of all existing and future franchise, area development and related agreements.
In practical terms, this means that while the current franchise entity, Basecamp Fitness Franchisor LLC, started franchising in November 2021, the Basecamp Fitness brand has been offering franchises since the spring of 2020 through its predecessor, BFLLC. This transition is important for prospective franchisees to understand, as it reflects a change in the legal entity responsible for the franchise system.