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title: "Meet the ‘Zor: Big Blue Swim School"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8acd857e-fdbb-4df3-afd3-2d5cc94992f4
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/meet-the-zor-big-blue-swim-school-2713326
category: "Swim"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Swim"
published: 2020-06-26T01:20:37.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:27:06.765Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/fc9ee82a4ce5cea3fc96270c94205b637636.jpg
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# Meet the ‘Zor: Big Blue Swim School

**TL;DR:** Big Blue Swim School plans to grow its franchise through 150 units by 2021. The brand was founded in 2009 by Chris DeJong to provide a measurable curriculum for students to learn swimming.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-06-26. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/meet-the-zor-big-blue-swim-school-2713326).*

## Story

**Nick Powills and Charles Internicola interview Scott Thompson, chief development officer at Big Blue Swim School, to learn more about the emerging swim school franchise.**

- **The Franchisor:** **Big Blue Swim School**

- **The Person:** **Scott Thompson, chief development officer**

- **The Segment: swim lessons**

- **The Reach: 7 units in 3 states**

- **The Brand:** ***from Big Blue Swim School’s franchise website*** **— Big Blue Swim School was founded in 2009 by competitive swimmer Chris DeJong to provide a measurable curriculum for students to learn an essential life skill in a comfortable and fun environment. Big Blue Swim School plans to grow the brand through franchising to 150 units by 2021. Big Blue Swim School’s distance-based curriculum, coupled with the available real estate in high-traffic areas, make it a standout franchise opportunity in the $3 billion swimming lessons segment.**

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- franchising (topic)
- Big Blue Swim School (company)
- Charles Internicola (person)
- Scott Thompson (person)
- Chris DeJong (person)
- swim lessons (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/meet-the-zor-big-blue-swim-school-2713326). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8acd857e-fdbb-4df3-afd3-2d5cc94992f4).