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Gym prices

7 chains · checked August 2026

The gym membership is $9.99–$121

Gym pricing is deliberately hard to compare: the advertised monthly rate usually excludes joining and annual fees, and assumes a contract length that is not stated up front.

Read from 294 location price lists. Every price shows how many places it was seen at.
Gym membership $9.99–$121 6 chains · n=294

Price list

3 services, priced across every chain that publishes them. Ranges are low to high across locations.

Across 7 chains the gym membership is $9.99–$121. Beyond that: day pass $23–$300, gear rental $2–$8. Each range runs from the lowest to the highest price seen at any checked location; the side-by-side bars below show where each chain's typical price sits.

Who we priced

24 Hour Fitness logo 24 Hour Fitness $20.99–$45.49 KeepFit (annual commitment) · 178 locations · 6 services · August 2026 Chuze Fitness $29.99 Premium Membership (Monthly) · 17 locations · 5 services · August 2026 EoS Fitness logo EoS Fitness $9.99 Will Do Membership · national price list · 7 services · August 2026 Movement Climbing + Fitness logo Movement Climbing + Fitness $106–$121 Monthly Membership · national price list · 12 services · August 2026 Orangetheory Fitness logo Orangetheory Fitness $35 casual visit · national price list · 1 service · August 2026 Touchstone Climbing logo Touchstone Climbing $99–$112 Individual Membership · 17 locations · 10 services · August 2026 VASA Fitness logo VASA Fitness $19.99–$24.99 Fitness Membership · 82 locations · 3 services · August 2026

Gym membership, side by side

Chains sell on the monthly dues figure, but the real annual cost includes a joining fee and an annual maintenance charge, and normally assumes a twelve-month commitment. Day passes are the only genuinely comparable number between brands, because nothing sits behind them.

24 Hour FitnessKeepFit (annual commitment) · n=178
$20.99typical $28$45.49
Chuze FitnessPremium Membership (Monthly) · n=17
$29.99typical $30$29.99
EoS FitnessWill Do Membership
$9.99$9.99
Movement Climbing + FitnessMonthly Membership
$106$121
Touchstone ClimbingIndividual Membership · n=17
$99typical $111$112
VASA FitnessFitness Membership · n=82
$19.99typical $25$24.99

Near you

1,881 checked locations across 50 states. State pages show that state's own spread rather than a national average.

California397 locations Texas211 locations Florida144 locations New York91 locations Arizona88 locations Colorado79 locations Illinois71 locations Utah56 locations Georgia55 locations Virginia52 locations Ohio48 locations Find prices near me→

What you're paying for

Gym membership 27 priced services tracked

Recurring gym access. Tier names vary; what changes between them is usually guest privileges and multi-club access, not the equipment.

Contract length is the real variable: the advertised low rate normally assumes a twelve-month commitment.

  • Joining and annual fees sit outside the monthly rate
  • Contract length
  • Single-club vs multi-club access
Day pass 9 priced services tracked

Single-visit or multi-visit access without joining.

Day passes are the only gym price that is genuinely comparable between chains, since no contract or fee structure sits behind them.

  • Peak vs off-peak timing
  • Whether gear rental is included
Gear rental 5 priced services tracked

Equipment hire, almost entirely a climbing-gym line: shoes, harness and chalk.

Rental is bundled into intro packages at most climbing gyms but priced separately for returning visitors.

  • Bundled packages cost less than individual items

What's included

Every membership in this category covers access to the gym floor (cardio and strength equipment) during the club's open hours.
A joining or enrollment fee is charged at signup at most chains, and an annual maintenance fee is billed separately once or twice a year on top of the monthly dues.
Group classes, personal training, tanning, massage chairs and recovery rooms are tier extras or paid separately at most chains, not part of the base rate.
Towels, lockers, drinks and, at climbing gyms, gear rental are usually extra.
A day pass covers the floor for that day only; some chains limit which hours a discounted pass can be used.

Choosing a chain

Budget chains price on dues and sell equipment access. Full-service chains fold classes, pools and recovery facilities into higher tiers. Boutique and class-based studios price the class, not the floor.
Compare a no-commitment rate against an annual-commitment rate for the same tier: the commitment discount is the price of being locked in for the year.
Buy the tier for the extras you will actually use. At most chains the equipment on the floor is the same across tiers; the tier buys guest privileges, multi-club access and amenities.
If more than one person is joining, check family or couple plans and, at climbing and boutique gyms, punch passes: they price differently from single memberships.
Visit at the hour you would actually train. Floor space, not the price list, is what makes a membership usable.

What moves the price

Commitment length: the same tier is cheaper with an annual commitment than month-to-month at most chains.
Tier, which normally buys amenities and guest rights rather than different equipment.
One-time fees: enrollment at signup and an annual maintenance charge.
How many people are on the plan, where family and couple rates exist.
Access scope: home club only against all-club access.
Time of day, where a chain sells a cheaper off-peak pass.
Age category: student, senior and child rates exist at some chains.

Ways to pay less

Join during a promotion. Chains run enrollment-fee waivers often enough that paying full signup is usually avoidable.
Try before committing: a day pass, a visit pack or a one-month membership costs less than exiting a year-long contract you regret.
Freeze rather than cancel if you are away for a season, and check whether the hold carries a monthly fee.
Drop to the lowest tier that covers what you use, then upgrade later: most chains allow the move up more easily than the move down.
Note the annual fee's billing month when you join, so it does not arrive as a surprise charge.
If you train fewer times a month than a day pass ratio would justify, pay per visit instead of holding dues.

Menu terms

What the words on a gym price list mean.

Dues
The recurring monthly membership charge. The number chains advertise.
Enrollment or initiation fee
A one-time charge at signup. Frequently discounted or waived during promotions.
Annual fee
A separate yearly charge, often described as maintenance or facility improvement, billed on top of dues.
Annual commitment
A membership that runs for twelve months at a lower rate. Leaving early usually means paying out the balance.
No commitment
A month-to-month membership at a higher rate, cancellable on notice.
Freeze or hold
Pausing a membership for a set number of months. Some chains charge a reduced monthly fee while it is held.
Home club
The single location a membership is tied to, unless the tier includes multi-club access.
Guest privileges
The right to bring someone in, usually attached to a higher tier and often capped per visit.
Day pass
Single-day access with no contract and no fees behind it.
Visit pack
A prepaid block of visits, common at climbing and boutique gyms. Check whether the visits expire.

When an independent beats a chain

An independent gym is worth the look when the equipment is the point: serious lifting setups, a specialist coaching room, or a small floor where you are not queuing for a rack at six in the evening. Independents also tend to sell simpler terms (month to month, no enrollment fee, no annual charge), which can beat a chain's headline rate once the fees are added, and they will usually deal with you directly over a pause or a cancellation instead of routing it through a contract process. The chains win on hours, on the number of locations a single membership opens, and on the price of the entry tier, which an independent rarely matches.

Before you pay

Add the joining fee and the annual maintenance fee before comparing monthly rates.
Check the contract length the advertised rate assumes.
Higher tiers usually buy guest privileges and multi-club access, not different equipment.
Why is the advertised monthly price not what I pay?

Most chains quote dues only. A joining fee at signup and an annual maintenance fee are charged separately, and together they often add more than an extra month's dues across a year.

What is the cheapest way to try a gym?

A day pass. It carries no contract, no joining fee, and it is the one price that compares cleanly between chains.

What is the annual fee actually for?

Chains describe it as facility maintenance or equipment replacement. Whatever the label, treat it as a fixed part of the yearly cost and add it to twelve months of dues before comparing brands.

Can I cancel whenever I want?

Only on a month-to-month membership, and even then most chains require notice. An annual commitment normally runs its term unless you qualify for an exception such as a move or a medical reason. Several chains still require cancellation in writing, so ask how it must be submitted and keep proof that you sent it.

Other price lists

Every figure on this page was read from the chain's own published pages. Prices at franchised locations change without notice; confirm with the location before relying on a figure. How we collect it.

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