Glow Sauna Studios
Wellness & Personal Care · Recovery & Wellness Studios
- Active units
- 2
- Avg unit volume
- $532k
- Royalty
- 6.0%
Franchised, year-end 2024
of weekly Net Sales
About Glow Sauna Studios
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Key terms
- Franchise fee
$40k
- Qualified employee discount
Initial Franchise Fee discounted by $30,000 (75%) for the first Franchised Business to qualified employees of franchisees
- Brand fund
2.0% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
1.8% of Net Sales
- Footprint
1,000 – 2,000 sq ft
- Development Agreement – 2-pack
$70k
- Development Agreement – 3-pack
$95k
- Development Agreement – 5-pack
$145k
- Development Agreement – 10-pack
$270k
- Veteran discount
10000.0% off franchise fee — Qualified U.S. Military Veterans & First Responders receive $10,000 off the Initial Franchise Fee
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2025 filing); filings on file: 2024, 2025.
Growth
- Total locations—
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings—
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate—
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR—
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio—
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)$532k
Average annual revenue computed as mean of FY Gross Sales for 2022-2024: (504,671 + 533,075 + 556,754) / 3 = 531,500.
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate-0.3%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin38.2%
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$650k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open7 months
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
↓ Lower is better - Royalty rate5.5%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio0.8×
Median AUV / estimated initial investment midpoint
- Cash-on-cash returns2.6%
Median unit-level EBITDA / estimated initial investment midpoint. Steady-state estimate; year 1 returns will be lower as the unit ramps to median volumes.
Franchisee healthLocked
- Unit closure ratio
- Transfer vs. closure ratio
- Percent multi-unit franchisees
- Litigation rate
- EBITDA multiple on sales & transfers
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Sources
Financial and operating figures are sourced from the brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. Brand percentile rankings are based on comparisons to other brands that include the same metrics in their Franchise Disclosure Documents.