Overview
You don’t have to be an Instructor to own a Jazzercise Franchise!
Have you ever wanted to own a Jazzercise Franchise, but didn’t want to teach classes? Now you can! As a Business Franchisee, you don’t have to teach a single class. Instead, you will own and manage classes taught by your hired Jazzercise-certified Instructors.
Jazzercise offers the perfect opportunity to build and operate your business. Many tools are available to franchisees including the Business Center, class formats, marketing material and much much more!
Jazzercise has been the world’s dance-fitness leader for more than 37 years with classes in more than 30 countries. A Jazzercise Franchise is the perfect fit for you! As independent business people, Jazzercise franchisees can directly affect their own income levels while enhancing the lives of others through fitness and dance. Take it. Love it. Own it.
Products & Services
Judi Sheppard Missett, who turned her love of jazz dance into a worldwide dance exercise phenomenon, founded the Jazzercise dance fitness program in 1969. The workout program, which offers a fusion of jazz dance, resistance training, Pilates, yoga, and kickboxing movements, has positively affected millions of people worldwide. Benefits include increased cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility, as well as an overall “feel good” factor. The international franchise business hosts a network of 6,800 instructors teaching more than 30,000 classes weekly in 30 countries.
Our Mission: What We Do
We develop and market fun and effective fitness programs and products that enhance the well-being of people of all ages.
Our Philosophy: What We Believe
We believe fitness is an important aspect of well-being and enhances the overall quality of people's lives; therefore, Jazzercise is committed to helping people understand and value the importance of health and fitness.
Our Vision: We Strive To
Educate: Inform the public about the physical and emotional benefits of Jazzercise, worldwide.
Understand: Embrace customer information that will enable us to anticipate and deliver on customers' needs.
Innovate: Expand our product and service offerings with creative and effective fitness solutions.
Inspire: Draw upon our passion and enthusiasm to motivate others to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Affect: Make a difference in the lives of the people we touch on a daily basis.
Training & Support
The Best in the Business Has the Most to Offer!
Once franchised, instructors are far from alone in their Jazzercise business. Each instructor receives a wide variety of quality support services from Jazzercise, Inc.
- Choreography Every 10 weeks, instructors receive a DVD of approximately 28 new and innovative routines choreographed by program founder and professional dancer Judi Sheppard Missett. These routines are pre-approved by a health and fitness specialist to ensure the safest and most effective workout. Free from the time-consuming responsibility of creating choreography week after week, instructors can focus their attention on operating a fun and challenging business.
- Business Center Instructors can search choreography notes in the online Jazzercise Routines Database. This database features specially programmed elements to help franchisees put together class sets.
- Franchise Zone An online resource center, the Franchise Zone, houses business tools and information used by all franchisees to promote their businesses.
- District Managers Instructors receive business and instruction guidance from district managers, all of whom are instructors themselves, and from corporate staff.
- Class Formats Jazzercise offers a variety of class formats to appeal to customers of all ages and fitness levels, which allows instructors to target specific markets.
- Marketing Jazzercise Inc. provides marketing expertise and materials, including print advertisement templates, nationally coordinated cross-promotions, and TV and radio spots, to name a few.
- Public Relations Judi Sheppard Missett and Shanna Missett Nelson regularly travel throughout the U.S. and internationally to fitness conventions, speaking engagements, and media interviews to promote Jazzercise.
- Education A continuous flow of timely information on health/physiology, marketing, public relations, teaching techniques, and accounting methods is supplied through a franchisee hotline, newsletter, regional conventions, and local district meetings.
- Incentives The Further Instructor Training (FIT) program awards credits for selected readings, course work, and educational seminars. Jazzercise also recognizes franchisees for years of service.
- Community Service Instructors are encouraged to participate in community service opportunities, including Jazzercise's Kids Get Fit program for local schools and Jazzercise sponsored benefit classes to raise money for charities of choice.
- Conventions Jazzercise hosts exciting fitness conventions for instructors and their customers in U.S. and international locations.
Why Jazzercise?
Worldwide Brand Recognition - Jazzercise has been the world’s dance fitness leader for more than 37 years with classes in more than 30 countries.
Continued Growth – Year after year Jazzercise continues to grow in number of instructors and system-wide sales.
Top Franchise Ranking – Jazzercise consistently appears as one of the top 20 franchise investment opportunities in Entrepreneur magazine’s annual Franchise 500 ranking.
Fresh Moves, New Music, Pure Motivation – Jazzercise founder and fitness pioneer Judi Sheppard Missett choreographs new routines every 10 weeks to the latest hot music.
Varied Class Formats – Beyond our signature Jazzercise class, additional formats are available such as Jazzercise Body Sculpting for concentrated muscle toning and Jazzercise Express for those short on time. Jazzercise Lite features low impact movements and Junior Jazzercise keeps kids moving.
Corporate Support – Jazzercise provides resources to help you launch and grow your business including the Franchise Zone, where you can download business tools and information.
Solid Network – More than 6,800 certified instructors teach Jazzercise in more than 30 countries.
Strategic Alliances – Corporate alliances provide added value for customers and enhance brand recognition. The Jazzercise fitness apparel line, Jazzertogs, debuts nine catalogs per year.
Are You a Good Fit for Jazzercise?
Business Franchise Costs
- Initial franchise fee of $1,000 in the U.S. and $500 in other countries.
- Monthly Continuing Franchise Fee is 20 percent of gross revenues.
- Yearly liability insurance premium available through Jazzercise, Inc. Approximate cost is $180 to $220.
- Computer system: a PC, printer, access to e-mail and the Internet, and the Jazzercise JFAS software (Windows-based).
- Telephone with voice mail or an answering machine
- Jazzercise-certified Instructors (contact your Jazzercise District Manager).
- Facility rental.
- Promotional and marketing costs.
As a new franchisee, you can begin scheduling class for an investment as low as $2,980 using public facilities rented by the hour, or approximately $7,980 to $33,130 if you lease a commercial site and open a Jazzercise Fitness Center.
