CrossFit™ Affiliate
Trend Report

Today, there are close to 14,000 CrossFit™ affiliates around the world. This report was compiled to help gym owners, managers, coaches, and curious athletes see global patterns and draw insights that may help them with their own gym.

By using data from an anonymous sample of approximately 3,000 affiliates that use Wodify, this report provides the most in-depth look at the trends and benchmarks in the CrossFit™ industry.

Top 10 most
popular classes

This display showcases the top classes based on day of the week & time. We measured popularity by the total number of athletes that check-in to each class (standardized by local time zone).


Questions to consider:

1. Do you offer classes on these days & times?

2. Could you increase your attendance by shifting a class time 30 minutes?

1st
Monday 5:30 PM
2nd
Tuesday 5:30 PM
3rd
Wednesday 5:30 PM
4th
Monday 4:30 PM
5th
Saturday 9:00 AM
6th
Tuesday 4:30 PM
7th
Wednesday 4:30 PM
8th
Thursday 5:30 PM
9th
Monday 6:30 PM
10th
Wednesday 6:00 AM

Busiest times
of the year

This graph illustrates how frequently members are coming into the gym each month, as a percentage of the total attendance for the year.


Questions to consider:

1. What can you do during slow months to increase attendance & member engagement? (pro tip: try running a challenge or hosting a competition)

2. How can you plan & staff appropriately for different times of year?

Percentage of total annual attendance
Q1
January
8.3%
February
7.7%
March
8.2%
Q2
April
7.8%
May
8.9%
June
8.5%
Q3
July
8.2%
August
9.0%
September
8.2%
Q4
October
9.0%
November
8.7%
December
7.5%
Average number of classes offered per week
42
Classes
This includes all types of programming during the entire week (incl. weekends)
Average length of
engagement
18
Months
How long the average athlete in a gym has had their membership for (this measures how good a gym is at retention)
Average monthly
revenue per member
84
USD
Including membership fees, retail, and speciality programming (converted to USD for simplicity)
Average membership
growth per year
12
%
The increase in the average number of members for a gym, over the course of a year.

Revenue by
month

This graph illustrates the amount of revenue collected each month, as a percentage of the total revenue for the year.


Questions to consider:

1. How can you plan your budget to account for seasonality?

2. How do discounts, payment plans, and membership types impact your revenue?

Percentage of total annual revenue
Q1
January
8.1%
February
7.8%
March
8.3%
Q2
April
8.0%
May
8.4%
June
8.4%
Q3
July
8.4%
August
8.5%
September
8.5%
Q4
October
8.7%
November
8.7%
December
8.3%

¹Data is from an anonymous sample of approximately 3,000 gyms that use Wodify.
²All annual data is taken from 2017.
³Length of engagement is measured as of September, 2018; only gyms that have been using Wodify for over a year are included in this measurement.
⁴Average membership growth is measured on a rolling 12 month basis, starting August, 2017.

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