Why gyms and fitness studios in North Carolina qualify
Gyms and fitness studios are classified under Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers, which is an eligible category. That takes industry off the table and leaves the same four things every file is read on: average daily balance against revenue, time in business, negative days and NSFs, and existing positions.
The cash-cycle problem
Recurring membership billing, which is the most predictable deposit pattern in this list.
In North Carolina that usually means capital goes to equipment, build-out, a second location, class software, trainer hires.
January is the peak; summer is the trough.
What applies in North Carolina
North Carolina funds normally on every tier — no extra restrictions apply.
Most of this activity sits around Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham and Winston-Salem.
Vermont, North Dakota and South Dakota sit outside the lending area on every product. California and New York carry extra restrictions on the revenue-based tier.
The North Carolina economy runs on banking, furniture and biotech, and gyms and fitness studios here largely track that base rather than the weather.
Hurricane exposure also means insurance premiums and business-interruption risk sit higher here than the national average, which shows up in fixed costs.
The published thresholds
Tier 1: 650 FICO, 3 years in business, $300,000 a year or $25,000 a month, 8+ monthly deposits.
Tier 2: 600 FICO, 6 months in business, $60,000 revenue, $800 minimum daily balance.
Renewal: 550 FICO, 2 years in business, once 50% of the original balance is repaid.
There is no hard credit cutoff here. The 650/600/550 tiers are product criteria, not a floor on the business. Scores in the 500s are placed routinely, and files in the 400s are read on revenue, deposit consistency and time in business rather than on the score alone.
Questions
Do you fund gyms and fitness studios in North Carolina?
Yes. Gyms and fitness studios are classified under Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers, which is an eligible category .
What credit score is needed?
There is no hard credit cutoff here. The 650/600/550 tiers are product criteria, not a floor on the business. Scores in the 500s are placed routinely, and files in the 400s are read on revenue, deposit consistency and time in business rather than on the score alone.
How fast can funding arrive?
Same-day decision and next business day funding on a complete file — the application plus three months of business bank statements.
What if revenue is seasonal?
January is the peak; summer is the trough. Underwriting reads the average and the deposit count, not the peak month.