New Jersey Anytime Fitness health club bonds.
$250 flat.
New Jersey's Health Club Services Act requires a health club to register with the Division of Consumer Affairs and post security (a surety bond, letter of credit, or the club's own funds) before selling memberships. This is the standard $25,000 bond written for an Anytime Fitness franchise location. Ours is $250 flat.
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How much does a New Jersey Anytime Fitness health club bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A franchise health club bond is about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your Anytime Fitness contract date, and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Franchise health club bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
File with the Division
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs or hand to your franchisor as proof of compliance. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
New Jersey's Health Club Services Act (N.J.S.A. 56:8-41) puts the Division of Consumer Affairs in charge of health club registration and requires a club to post security — a surety bond, an irrevocable letter of credit, or evidence of its own sufficient funds — sized to 10% of the club's gross income, between $25,000 and $50,000 (a pre-opening club that sells memberships before the facility exists posts $50,000). This $25,000 bond is the security instrument Anytime Fitness uses to document that filing for its New Jersey franchise locations.
It's a three-party arrangement: the franchise location (the principal), the surety carrier, and the party named as obligee on the bond form, with members as the people the bond is meant to protect. If the club closes early, fails to provide contracted services, or otherwise breaches its membership obligations in a way the bond covers, a harmed member can make a claim.
It is not insurance for the franchisee — if the surety pays a claim, the location repays the surety. We name the exact obligee your franchise paperwork or Division filing calls for, and track the term so the bond stays continuous while you operate the location.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $25,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Division. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs or hand to your franchisor as proof of compliance. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the credit consent checkbox only authorizes a soft pull, never a hard inquiry.
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$250 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.