founded 2003 founder peter taunton headquarters chanhassen minnesota usa key people peter taunton ceo website www.snapfitness.com snap fitness is a privately owned and operated health and fitness club founded in 2003 by peter taunton . headquartered in chanhassen minnesota the company specializes in smaller fitness gyms than its big box competitors such as bally total fitness 1 2 with a no frills business model that does not include pools tennis courts or locker rooms . 3 snap fitness operates through franchising . most of its at least 1 500 locations are open 24 7 with many locations staffed during the day and with personal training services available . the chain operates in 48 of the united states plus canada mexico india united kingdom new zealand and australia . 4 in 2008 the company was ranked in entrepreneur magazine s franchise 500 . 5 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 . 6 references edit snap fitness an exercise in growth theoaklandpress.com no frills snap fitness finds market alongside giants columbus business first milwaukee journal sentinel google news archive search survival of the fittest fitness franchise snap fitness opens 1 000th club press release snap fitness muscles its way to 1 ranking in fitness category reference ernst & young june 10 2010 http www.ey.com us en newsroom news releases ernst and young entrepreneur of the year 2010 award winners in upper midwest region announced external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title snap fitness & oldid 743567876 categories health clubs in the united statescompanies based in minneapolischanhassen minnesotacompanies established in 20032003 establishments in minnesotahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 06 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view