Gyms in Garland

Fixr puts a basic membership at $15 to $40 a month and gyms with more advanced equipment at $50 to $100 (national, January 2025). Statista, cited by Forbes Health, put the US average at $28.58 a month in 2021. Ask about initiation fees and annual charges, and whether the price is month to month or locked into a term.

Texas caps a gym contract at three years, and financed contracts can't require payments for more than five. See our Texas gyms guide for the full rules.

Under the Texas Health Spa Act, most businesses selling memberships for exercise instruction or facilities are health spas. Each location needs a certificate of registration from the Secretary of State, which costs $100 and renews yearly. The gym must post the certificate where members can see it, and your contract must show the registration number.

Search the SOS health spa database by name, or check its PDF list of registered locations, updated every Wednesday. Both show whether the gym has posted security, $20,000 to $50,000 per location, held for members if it closes. Gyms with no contracts or prepayment over 31 days, financing, bank drafts or initiation fees can be exempt from posting it.

Some places aren't covered: nonprofits, member-owned clubs, studios teaching only dance or aerobics, and rehab providers. A contract is void if the seller wasn't registered when you signed.

• Within three business days: a certified-mail cancellation sent before midnight of the third business day after the contract date gets you a full refund.
• If the gym moves or closes: you can cancel for a partial refund if it moves more than 10 miles or closes without offering a location within 10 miles.
• Death or disability: a member who becomes totally and permanently disabled, or the estate, can cancel and get unearned payments back.

When a Garland gym closes

A Texas gym must post notice inside and outside each entrance at least 30 days before it closes or relocates, and tell the Secretary of State; that notice isn't required after a fire, flood or act of God. If yours shuts, mail your contract and proof of payment to the SOS within 90 days of the closure notice appearing on its website to claim against the posted security. If a storm or other event beyond the owner's control makes the gym unusable for 30 days or more, it must extend your contract by the same time.

If you buy a presale membership at a Garland gym that hasn't opened yet, the prepayments must sit in an FDIC-insured escrow account until 30 days after opening, unless the gym is exempt, and if it doesn't open within 180 days of first selling memberships, you are generally entitled to a full refund.

For a dispute over how a Garland gym does business, call the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division at (800) 621-0508; the SOS only handles registration. For more local services see the Garland city page, or compare gyms in Richardson.