Gym owners call (979) 317-4412 or fill in the request form; the terms, if any, are the partner's.
A studio buying a full row of bikes and a gym adding a member-testing device face very different amounts. Both invented cases below show what each term costs.
At a glance
- Fitness and recreational sports centers, Brazoria County, TX
42 employer establishments (CBP 2023)
- Of those, with fewer than five employees
20, or 47.6% (CBP 2023)
- Paid employees at those centers
434 (CBP 2023)
- Annual payroll at those centers
$6.4 million (CBP 2023)
Gym business loans in Angleton, TX, sorted by what the gym is buying
- Equipment financing: indoor cycling bikes, a body composition analyzer, sleds or racks, with the gear as collateral.
- A business line of credit: smaller costs repaid in a few draws and paydowns.
- A term loan: a larger fixed cost over a set number of months.
Gyms and studios are grouped with salons, retail and child care on the industry list.
Gym gear wears out at different rates. Bikes ridden in every class are replaced sooner than an analyzer used a few times a day, so the two may suit different terms.
Fourteen indoor cycling bikes for a Brazoria County, TX studio: 36 or 48 months
An invented cycling studio replaces its row of 14 indoor cycling bikes at $1,670 each, $23,380 in all, and asks about an equipment loan at a 10.95% annual rate. The dealer quote lists each bike’s model, so the bikes can be recorded as collateral.
| Invented case | 36 months | 48 months |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly payment | $764.88 | $603.70 |
| All payments | $27,535.68 | $28,977.60 |
| Interest | $4,155.68 | $5,597.60 |
The invented 48-month version asks $161.18 less a month; its interest comes to $1,441.92 more than the 36-month version. The bikes are the collateral, so the request can start from the dealer quote.
A studio can set the 36- and 48-month payments against its class schedule, since the bikes earn only while classes run. Neither term changes the price of the bikes; the longer one changes how the cost is spread. A longer term also means paying for bikes in a final year when they may be near the end of their service life. If a machine breaks rather than wears out, the blog’s stair climber case weighs repairing it against replacing it.
A body composition analyzer on a 24-month equipment loan
An invented strength gym adds a body composition analyzer for member check-ins at $6,915, financed over 24 months at a 12.3% annual rate.
The invented payment is $326.48. Over the term the invented gym pays $7,835.52, which includes $920.52 of interest. The analyzer is small enough to move between rooms, which keeps it equipment rather than part of the building.
Some gyms charge members for each scan; others fold it into a membership tier. Either way the payment is the gym’s fixed cost, and the request does not depend on how the scans are priced.
Dealers also sell used analyzers; a quote for one should say so, and a partner may set a shorter term for it.
Gym and studio employers on the Brazoria County, TX Census list
Brazoria County's 2023 County Business Patterns list 42 fitness and recreational sports centers with paid staff; together they had 434 paid employees and $6.4 million in annual payroll. Of those 42, twenty (47.6%) had fewer than five employees. That share is below the 53.2% for all employer establishments in the county.
Trainers and studio owners without paid staff fall under a wider code in the 2024 Nonemployer Statistics: 194 establishments in other amusement and recreation industries in the county.
For figures on all trades around the office ZIP, see the Angleton, TX page.
These counts cover gyms and studios with paid employees; a studio run only by its owner sits in the nonemployer figure instead.
Commercial gym financing: member software and other costs that are not equipment
A member check-in and billing system is a subscription, not equipment, so it does not fit an equipment loan. Neither do instructor wages or a marketing push. Payroll for a new instructor is another cost of that kind.
Those costs can go on a credit line draw or a working capital loan. Rubber flooring glued down or mirrors fixed to a wall are property work, which this site does not arrange.
A gym that wants one call to cover bikes, software and a short cash need can describe all three, and a partner may split them across products.
Items that are equipment can still share that call: the bikes, the analyzer, a sled and a set of plates can each be listed with its own quote.
By Millreach Lending Group · Updated

