Which costs less to open, AumBio or HOTWORX?

AumBio: $180,820 – $352,620 (2026 FDD · Item 7); HOTWORX: $288,890 – $1,083,310 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for AumBio. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.

How do AumBio and HOTWORX royalties compare?

AumBio: 6% (2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 9); HOTWORX: $695 per month per studio location (2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15). Royalties as disclosed in Item 6; other recurring fees are listed separately.

Which has more locations, AumBio or HOTWORX?

AumBio: 3 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 37); HOTWORX: 812 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 90). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.

Do AumBio and HOTWORX disclose financial performance (Item 19)?

AumBio makes no Item 19 financial performance representation; HOTWORX has reviewed Item 19 figures for 11 location groups. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.

Franchise opportunities compared

AumBio vs HOTWORX

Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

AumBio2026 FDD

HOTWORX2026 FDD

Initial investment · Item 7

AumBio

$180,820 – $352,620

2026 FDD · Item 7

HOTWORX

$288,890 – $1,083,310

2026 FDD · Item 7

Initial franchise fee · Item 5

AumBio

$50,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 8

HOTWORX

$19,950

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13

Royalty · Item 6

AumBio

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 9

HOTWORX

$695 per month per studio location

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15

Before you compare

Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
AumBio and HOTWORX disclose more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
Only HOTWORX has reviewed Item 19 figures here.

Financial commitment

Disclosure

AumBio

HOTWORX

Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

AumBio

$180,820 – $352,620

2026 FDD · Item 7

HOTWORX

$288,890 – $1,083,310

2026 FDD · Item 7

Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

AumBio

$50,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 8

HOTWORX

$19,950

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13

Royalty (Item 6)

AumBio

Royalty fee

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 9

HOTWORX

$695 per month per studio location

Monthly Royalty Fee

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15

Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

AumBio

Brand fund contribution — 1%

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 9

HOTWORX

$500

Advertising Daily Deal Site Noncompliance Fee — per day

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 21

System scale & health

Disclosure

AumBio

HOTWORX

Total outlets (Item 20)

AumBio

Outlets at end of 2025

2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 37

HOTWORX

812

Outlets at end of 2025

2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 90

Net outlet change (Item 20)

AumBio

Calculated: 3 at end of 2015 → 3 at end of 2025

HOTWORX

+230

Calculated: 582 at end of 2023 → 812 at end of 2025

Outlet exits (Item 20)

AumBio

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

HOTWORX

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Franchising since (Item 1)

AumBio

Not available

Not in reviewed records

HOTWORX

January 2017

2026 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 7

Franchisor founded (Item 1)

AumBio

Not available

Not in reviewed records

HOTWORX

2016

2026 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 7

Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

AumBio

Not disclosed — no Item 19 financial performance representation

HOTWORX

Franchised (797 locations) — other measures

797 outlets

other Open franchise outlets

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 77

Franchised (700 locations) — memberships

490 memberships

mean Fully operational studio memberships

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 82

Franchised (149 locations) — other measures

5.53 – 7.44 percent

range First-year monthly cancellation rate

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 78

+8 more groups in the full report

Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.

AumBio vs HOTWORX: common questions

Which costs less to open, AumBio or HOTWORX?: AumBio: $180,820 – $352,620 (2026 FDD · Item 7); HOTWORX: $288,890 – $1,083,310 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for AumBio. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
How do AumBio and HOTWORX royalties compare?: AumBio: 6% (2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 9); HOTWORX: $695 per month per studio location (2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15). Royalties as disclosed in Item 6; other recurring fees are listed separately.
Which has more locations, AumBio or HOTWORX?: AumBio: 3 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 37); HOTWORX: 812 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 90). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
Do AumBio and HOTWORX disclose financial performance (Item 19)?: AumBio makes no Item 19 financial performance representation; HOTWORX has reviewed Item 19 figures for 11 location groups. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.

Answers restate the reviewed figures above. Not a ranking or recommendation.

How Franopolis reviews FDD figures