Gyms in El Paso

National figures set the range for El Paso quotes. Forbes Health, citing Statista, put the average U.S. membership at $28.58 a month in 2021, with prices from about $10 to $300. Fixr's January 2025 figures put a basic gym at $15 to $40 a month and gyms with more advanced equipment at $50 to $100.

Ask for the contract to take home before you sign, and read the cancellation and renewal terms. Compare the total cost of the contract, including any initiation or annual fee, over the full term. A Texas membership contract can't run longer than three years, and a financed one can't require payments for more than five. Our Texas gyms guide covers contract terms in more depth.

The health spa registration

A gym that sells memberships for exercise instruction or facilities counts as a health spa under Occupations Code Chapter 702. Unless it falls under an exclusion, such as a tax-exempt nonprofit, a member-owned private club or a dance-only studio, it can't sell memberships without a $100, one-year registration from the Secretary of State. The certificate must be posted at each location.

Search the gym on the Secretary of State's online health spa search, which also shows whether it has posted security. The SOS also posts a list of registered locations, updated every Wednesday. A contract signed with an unregistered gym is void.

The security that protects prepaid members

Unless exempt, a gym must post $20,000 to $50,000 of security per location, as a bond or certificate of deposit, scaled to its prepaid memberships. Gyms that never require contracts or prepayment over 31 days, financing, bank drafts or initiation fees can be exempt. A gym may not advertise that it is "bonded by the state."

Texas gives you until midnight of the third business day after the contract date to cancel by certified mail, with proof of payment, and get every dollar back. The contract must state that right in 10-point type. If you die or become totally and permanently disabled, you or your estate can cancel for a refund of unearned payments.

If the gym closes without offering facilities within 10 miles, moves more than 10 miles, or stops providing advertised services, you can cancel for a partial refund. A gym must post notice at its entrances at least 30 days before closing or relocating, unless fire, flood or another act of God forces the closure. If it is unusable for 30 days or more for reasons beyond the owner's control, it must extend your contract by the same time.

Members can claim against the gym's security by mailing their contract and proof of payment to the Secretary of State within 90 days of the closure notice appearing on the SOS website. A new gym that sells memberships before opening must hold that money in escrow, and if it doesn't open within 180 days, prepaying members are generally entitled to a full refund.

Registration is all the Secretary of State handles, so a dispute with an El Paso gym goes to the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division, (800) 621-0508. Breaking the Act counts as a deceptive trade practice under Texas law. For other local services see our El Paso guide; for a comparison, see gyms in Lubbock.