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title: "Canadian Franchise Agreements Kick Off GYMGUYZ International Expansion"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/0a3c976a-9b5c-472e-99d0-3483afd69e2f
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/canadian-franchise-agreements-kick-off-gymguyz-international-expansion
author: "Global Franchise Team"
category: "Fitness"
industry: "Fitness"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2017-08-30T09:19:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:58.499Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1534438327276-14e5300c3a48?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Canadian Franchise Agreements Kick Off GYMGUYZ International Expansion

**TL;DR:** GYMGUYZ has signed its first six international franchise agreements in Canada, marking the start of its international expansion. The company has built up 122 locations across the United States in the three years since it began franchising.

*By Global Franchise Team, originally published in Global Franchise on 2017-08-30. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/canadian-franchise-agreements-kick-off-gymguyz-international-expansion).*

## Story

Mobile fitness concept GYMGUYZ has signed its first six international franchise agreements in Canada. In the three years since it began franchising, the company has built up 122 locations across the United States. The Ontarion operations will be head up by franchisees David Michael McIvor, 54, and KaraLee Craig, 21.

GYMGUYZ CEO Josh York said, “Bringing our one-of a kind offering to another country shows the high demand for the personalized service we provide and provides an opportunity to continue forging ahead as one of the fastest growing fitness brands in the world, Our mobile model has allowed us to scale faster than others and we’re eager to see our success abroad as we break into the Canadian market.”

## Entities

- Fitness (sector)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- international expansion (topic)
- canada (location)
- James Fell (person)
- franchise agreements (topic)
- GYMGUYZ (company)
- canadian market (topic)
- Josh York (person)
- mobile fitness (topic)

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Originally reported by Global Franchise Team, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/canadian-franchise-agreements-kick-off-gymguyz-international-expansion). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/0a3c976a-9b5c-472e-99d0-3483afd69e2f).