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Snap Fitness is a privately owned and operated fitness chain founded in 2003 by Peter Taunton. Headquarters are located in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The company operates smaller locations than its big box competitors, such as Bally Total Fitness, with a "no frills" business model that does not include pools, tennis courts, or locker rooms.

Snap Fitness operates through franchising. Most of its at least 1,200 locations are open 24 hours. The chain operates in 48 of the United States, plus Canada, Mexico, India, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. As a comparison, Bally Total Fitness has around 60 locations.

In 2008, the company was ranked in Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500. In 2010, Peter Taunton was named Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year,” for demonstrating extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to his business and community.