Gyms in Irving

Irving gyms set their own rates, so use national figures as a yardstick. Fixr's national figures (January 2025) put basic gyms at $15 to $40 a month and gyms with more advanced equipment at $50 to $100. The 2021 US average was $28.58 a month, per Statista as cited by Forbes Health, with the full range running from about $10 to $300.

The monthly rate is only part of the cost. Ask for the initiation fee, any annual fee, and whether the plan is month to month or a fixed term. A Texas gym contract can't run longer than three years, and a financed one can't require payments for more than five. Full Texas detail is on our Texas gyms guide.

The Texas Health Spa Act covers any business selling memberships for exercise instruction or facility use. It doesn't cover tax-exempt nonprofits, member-owned private clubs, studios that only teach dance or aerobics, rehab providers, school programs or state-licensed activities.

A covered Irving gym may not operate or sell memberships without a registration certificate from the Secretary of State. It costs $100, lasts a year, and each location needs its own. The gym must post it conspicuously, and your contract must carry the registration number.

Two ways to check an Irving gym

• The SOS online health spa search, which shows registration and whether security is posted.
• The SOS PDF list of registered locations, updated every Wednesday.

A contract is void if the seller wasn't registered when you signed, or if you relied on willfully false or misleading information. Gyms may not advertise that they are "bonded by the state" or misrepresent staff qualifications or likely fitness results.

The required security rises with a location's prepaid memberships, from $20,000 for up to $20,000 prepaid to $50,000 for over $45,000 prepaid, and can be a surety bond or certificate of deposit. A gym is exempt if it never requires contracts or prepayment over 31 days, financing, automatic bank drafts or initiation fees. Established gyms can also qualify if they swear every three years to assets over $50,000 per location, five years under substantially the same ownership, and no closure complaints.

Joining an Irving gym before it opens

Presale money must sit in an FDIC-insured escrow account until 30 days after opening, unless the gym qualifies for an exemption. If it doesn't open within 180 days of first selling memberships, or doesn't stay open 30 days, prepaying members are generally entitled to a full refund.

If an Irving gym closes or moves

The gym must post notice inside and outside each entrance at least 30 days ahead and notify the SOS; that notice isn't required after a fire, flood or act of God. You can cancel for a partial refund if it closes without a replacement within 10 miles or moves more than 10 miles. To claim against the security, mail your contract and proof of payment to the SOS within 90 days of the closure notice appearing on its website.

Changing your mind is allowed for three business days: a written cancellation, mailed by certified mail with proof of payment to the gym's home office by midnight of the third business day after the contract date, gets a full refund. Your contract must state that right, and the closure rights, in conspicuous 10-point type. A member who dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled, or the estate, can cancel and recover unearned payments. If the gym is unusable for 30 days or more because of something beyond the owner's control, it must extend your contract by that time.

Violations count as deceptive trade practices, and you can't waive the Act's protections. Because the SOS only handles registration and security, a dispute about how an Irving gym does business goes to the Attorney General's consumer protection line, (800) 621-0508. See the Irving city page for other services, or compare gyms in Grand Prairie.