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A gymnastics studio sells on enrolled class blocks, coach coverage, and a space that can still take a vault approach after the lease assigns. Buyers want current enrollment by level, not a waitlist that is really a spreadsheet of inquiries. Birthday parties, open gym, and camps are useful when they cover their coaches. They are a distraction when they are the only thing filling summer.
Preschool and after-care hours can trip the same childcare licensing conversation as a daycare. If you run those programs, the registration, ratios, and pickup rules belong in the first pack.
USA Gymnastics or equivalent membership, Safe Sport, and background checks are not optional optics. State athletic or childcare rules may also apply. Liability insurance and the loss history on the pit, trampoline, and floor will be read carefully. A sprung floor and a pit that are due for replacement are credits, not surprises you mention after the tour.
Owner-technician risk is the owner who still spots beam and teaches the team. Buyers ask who can run a weekday block if you are out. Coach retention is the soft version of a pit failure: the skill walks out, and the families often follow.
Ceiling height, parking, and a use clause that allows gymnastics matter more than paint color. Prepaid tuition and rec-class packages are liabilities. Put enrollment, coach credentials, insurance, and any childcare-adjacent license in one folder. That is enough to tell you whether you have a transferable gym or a personal coaching practice with expensive foam.
Meet-travel accounts and team fees should sit on their own page so a buyer can see what is class tuition versus what is pass-through. If you want to keep coaching a team after the sale, write the role and the non-compete before anyone tours. A quiet introduction to parents beats a rumor on the group chat.
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