Gyms in Plano

The Texas Health Spa Act covers any business selling memberships for exercise instruction or facilities, which takes in most gyms. Exclusions include tax-exempt nonprofits, member-owned clubs and studios that only teach dance or aerobics. A covered gym needs a Secretary of State certificate of registration for each location, costing $100 a year, posted where members can see it, and the registration number must appear in your contract.

• Search the gym on the SOS online health spa search, or the weekly PDF list, which shows whether security is posted.
• Unless exempt, a gym posts $20,000 to $50,000 of security per location for members if it closes.
• A gym may not claim to be "bonded by the state" or misstate its staff qualifications.

Texas gym contracts may not run longer than three years, and financed contracts may not require payments for more than five. Your 3-day cancel right and your rights if the gym closes or moves more than 10 miles must be printed in conspicuous 10-point type. If the gym closes without offering a site within 10 miles, moves more than 10 miles or drops advertised services, you can cancel for a partial refund. A member who dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled can cancel too.

If a Plano gym is unusable for 30 days or more because of something beyond the owner's control, it must extend your contract by the same time.

Joining a Plano gym before it opens

Some gyms sell memberships before a new location opens. A Texas gym selling memberships before it opens must hold the prepayments in an FDIC-insured escrow account until 30 days after opening, unless exempt. If it does not open within 180 days of first selling memberships, or does not stay open 30 days, prepaying members are generally entitled to a full refund. Keep your contract and receipt.

Plano gyms set their own rates; as a yardstick, Fixr's January 2025 national figures put basic memberships at $15 to $40 a month and gyms with more advanced equipment at $50 to $100. Ask about initiation and annual fees as well as the monthly rate.

If a dispute is about sales or billing practices, the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division takes complaints at (800) 621-0508, because the Secretary of State only registers gyms. A Health Spa Act violation counts as a deceptive trade practice. For the full guide see gyms in Texas; to compare nearby, see gyms in Allen and gyms in Frisco, or return to the Plano city page.