GYM BUSINESS MANAGER × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, Gym Business Manager.

Bill, we just finished a run with Forever Fierce, a company selling into independent gym owners with no repeatable pipeline. Gym Business Manager is shaped the same way. It would have been wrong not to get this in front of you. So: a jar of honey, and the plan.

Underneath the jar: every US gym and fitness club mapped, the 38,000 that look like your best customers, and three campaigns we'd run for Gym Business Manager in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR BILL MATTHEWS · TYLER, TX · FROM ST. PETE BEACH, FL
Troy Aitken and Nick Konstantinidis, co-founders of BuzzLead
Co-foundersNick Konstantinidis & Troy Aitken
Section 01 · Why there's honey on your desk

Three things came with the jar.

01

The honey

Raw, from a US apiary. Something you'll open instead of file.

02

This page

Your market sized, the customers you already win and the accounts that look like them, and three campaigns: TAM, lookalike, intent. Built for Gym Business Manager.

03

The call

Twenty minutes with Troy and Nick. We bring the account list we'd start with. You tell us where to start.

Section 02 · The company shaped like you

Forever Fierce: referral roulette to 20 to 25 meetings a month.

Sells merch programs to CrossFit gym owners. Referrals had dried up and paid ads never paid back. We mapped 1,900 gyms across eight metros, tracked gym size, rebrand activity and Instagram velocity, reframed the pitch around resellable merch, and booked 125 meetings in four months. Same shape as Gym Business Manager: a searchable public directory of buyers on Google Maps, an owner-operator sales cycle, and a small team that can close fast once the signal is right.

BuzzLead used smart data-scraping to find the biggest gyms in cities and helped us reshape our offer. Now we get 25+ qualified leads monthly, generating $75k+ in revenue, including a recent $20k client.Matt Albrizio, Founder, Forever Fierce

Read the Forever Fierce breakdown

125
Meetings booked
$75K+
Revenue added
20 to 25
Meetings a month
$20K
Largest single deal
Section 03 · The sweet part

What could be sweeter than 16,000 to 27,000 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the gyms that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 16,000 to 27,000 that look exactly like them. Then we run hyper-personalized, highly targeted outreach to every one.

Same size, same setup, same reasons to buy as the accounts on the right. Modeled, not guessed.

YOUR DREAM CUSTOMERS
  • Tyler's Fit FactorySwitching from a major competitor made gym management easier, cheaper, more reliable
  • Crush FitnessUsed the software for 10 years, praising its adaptability to changing needs
16,000 to 27,000gyms that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a gym.

Every US gym and fitness club sits in Google's business directory with address, hours, and reviews that hint at software pain points. We build the list from that, cross-check location count and size, and time outreach to renewal and expansion signals.

US gyms and fitness clubs (NAICS 71394)Your sweet spot: independently owned and small-chain clubs, 1 to 5 locationsIn-market this quarter
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US gyms and fitness clubs (NAICS 71394). IBISWorld, Number of Businesses: Gym & Health Clubs, NAICS 71394.
~38,000
Sweet-spot gyms
Independent and small-chain clubs
3
Buyer personas
Owner/GM, Ops Manager, Front Desk Lead
~76,000
Relevant contacts
At 2 titles per gym
Jan & Sep
Buying window
New Year rush, fall re-enrollment
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 107,878 US gyms and fitness clubs and reach out the moment the right signal shows up, so Gym Business Manager is the first name a gym owner thinks of when management software comes up.

  • New gym ownership or management changeState business filings and press mentions. New owners re-evaluate every vendor in year one.
  • Second or third location addedGoogle Maps listings and business licenses. Multi-site gyms need centralized billing fast.
  • Negative reviews citing billing or app issuesGoogle and Yelp reviews. Members complaining about the software means the owner is shopping.
  • Front desk or GM job postingsIndeed and LinkedIn. Staffing turnover often coincides with a systems review.
  • Access control or POS vendor switchIntegration partner press releases and licensing filings signal a broader software change.
  • Trade show attendee listsIHRSA and Club Industry Show rosters. Anyone attending is actively comparing platforms.
09:14 · TODAY
Independent gym in Ohio opens second location, lists both on Google Maps
→ NEW-LOCATION PLAY
08:51 · TODAY
Texas club gets a 1-star review citing billing glitches with current software
→ SWITCH-SIGNAL PLAY
YESTERDAY
Family-owned gym in Florida hires new General Manager after 12 years
→ NEW-MANAGER PLAY
YESTERDAY
Regional chain posts Front Desk Lead opening across three locations
→ GROWTH-HIRING PLAY
Section 06 · Three strategies, deployed together

TAM, lookalike, intent. Every angle, from day one.

This isn't one list and one email. We deploy three strategies at once, each with its own angle: the whole market gets the offer, the accounts that mirror your best customers get the proof, and anyone showing a buying signal gets a note the week it happens. Then we double down on whichever one the market answers.

STRATEGY 1 · TAM

Own the whole market

TargetThe ~38,000 independently owned and small-chain gyms in the sweet spot, sourced from Census County Business Patterns NAICS 713940 and enriched via Google Maps
AngleOne platform for POS, billing, and scheduling instead of stitching together three vendors
~38,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetGyms that mirror Tyler's Fit Factory and Crush Fitness: owner-operated, 1 to 3 locations, 10+ years in business
AngleLead with the gym they already resemble and what changed after switching to Gym Business Manager
~16,000+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetGyms showing a buying signal this quarter: new ownership, a second location added, billing complaints in reviews, or a front-desk hiring surge
AngleA one-to-one note written from the signal, sent the week it happens
~20,000 PER YEAR ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

Bill, we'll walk the three strategies above, show you the accounts we'd start with, and tell you what it would take. No deck.