Anytime Fitness vs F45 Training: units, growth & AI adoption
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AI Adoption Score: FranchisePulse’s own editorial metric of how deeply a system has deployed AI (methodology). The Index publishes no link between that score and franchisee profitability.
Anytime Fitness leads on AI adoption (71/100 vs 63/100, Q3 2026), while Anytime Fitness is the larger system by unit count (5,800+ vs 1,357). F45 Training is growing faster year-over-year (+20.1% (2021→22)).
What this matchup actually shows
The 8-point headline gap is not evenly spread. The widest divergence is data infrastructure, where Anytime Fitness leads by 16; the two are closest on marketing AI, separated by just 4. Anytime Fitness leads on every pillar, not just on the total.
On scale, Anytime Fitness runs about 4.3× the units of F45 Training and also leads on AI. 14 tracked systems score between them, from Accor (70) down to Circle K (64).
| Pillar | Anytime Fitness | F45 Training | Gap | × weight | Leads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations AI | 74 | 66 | 8 | 2.8 | Anytime Fitness |
| Data infrastructure | 74 | 58 | 16 | 4.8 | Anytime Fitness |
| Marketing AI | 66 | 62 | 4 | 0.8 | Anytime Fitness |
| Training & Support AI | 68 | 64 | 4 | 0.6 | Anytime Fitness |
| Metric | Anytime Fitness | F45 Training |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Fitness / Wellness | Fitness / Wellness |
| Headquarters | USA | Australia |
| Units (approx.) | 5,800+ ◂ | 1,357 F45 Training Holdings Inc. — Form 10-K FY2022 (filed Oct 23, 2023), SEC EDGAR ↗Officialreviewed 2026-09-15Fiveonefour — "Fiveonefour Unveils Aurora AI Agents and Partners with F45 Training to Automate Data Engineering" (Apr 3, 2025), PR Newswire ↗Press · cross-checkreviewed 2026-09-15Entrepreneur — Franchise 500 2026, F45 Training franchise profile ↗Press · cross-checkreviewed 2026-09-15 |
| Unit growth YoY | +6.2% Source pending | +20.1% (2021→22) ◂ |
| AI Adoption Score | 71/100 ◂ | 63/100 |
| Operations AI | 74 ◂ | 66 |
| Marketing AI | 66 ◂ | 62 |
| Training AI | 68 ◂ | 64 |
| Data infrastructure | 74 ◂ | 58 |
| Region | North America | APAC |
| Index rank | #13 ◂ | #29 |
Anytime Fitness
#1 of 4 in its sector · +12 vs sector average · best operations AI 74, lowest marketing AI 66
Anytime Fitness had more than 5,800 clubs in 40 countries and territories by early 2026, open 24/7. Its documented AI sits in coaching: AF SmartCoaching uses member activity data and predictive analytics to build each member's plan, and franchisees describe a SmartEngagement feature that flags members likely to cancel. There is no published evidence yet of AI in franchisee benchmarking or club access data.
F45 Training
#2 of 4 in its sector · +4 vs sector average · best operations AI 66, lowest data infrastructure 58
Functional-fitness franchise whose workouts are programmed centrally and delivered to studios digitally. The network has contracted sharply — 2,100 studios at the end of 2022, about 1,500 in April 2025, and 1,357 in Entrepreneur's 2026 Franchise 500 — after F45 delisted from the NYSE in 2023 and moved under a new parent, FIT House of Brands, in 2025. The growth figure shown is the last year-over-year pair the company itself disclosed (2021 to 2022) and does not describe today.
What actually separates them
The 16-point edge Anytime Fitness holds on data infrastructure (30% of the score) is worth about 4.8 points, against 2.8 for Anytime Fitness on operations AI.
Sector context
In Fitness & Wellness (4 tracked, average 59/100 against 63 for the Index), Anytime Fitness ranks #1 and F45 Training #2 on AI, both above the sector average.
Franchise Intelligence Index
Anytime Fitness, F45 Training and 59 more systems, benchmarked in full.
Cite as: Anytime Fitness vs F45 Training, FranchisePulse Franchise Intelligence Index, Q3 2026