Combining the best elements of gym and care franchises in a new market segment: bringing massage to the mainstream
We’ve created an emerging and lucrative market sector by bringing affordable, high-quality massage to the High Street. Our pioneering approach brings what’s been traditionally an out-of-town service directly to town centres, in convenient, warm and welcoming professional massage centres.
You can use this model to open your own massage centre in St Albans with our franchise, and enjoy exceptional benefits:
• Emerging market with no direct competitors
• Insatiable demand – every TMC centre is fully subscribed
• Membership subscription model with recurring monthly income
• Strong margins with up to £220K p.a. profit potential
• Our accredited Training Academy provides you with exceptional therapists
• Ongoing support from our highly experienced leadership team
BUSINESS MODEL
This is a revolutionary, category-disrupting business model, developed and proven here in the UK – and there’s more demand than we can keep up with!
We'll train your expert massage therapy team to provide four types of massage to the highest standards. We’ve honed the model and learned the lessons, so we can help you build a thriving business on firm foundations that are already proven to work.
• Subscription income means predictable cash flow
• Average membership retention 18+ months
• Cutting-edge tech gives clear management information
• Emerging segment of booming wellness industry
• Expand to multiple centres to increase your returns
FINANCIALS
Our powerful combination of massage quality and accessibility plus first-mover advantage generates significant returns for franchisees.
Investment: £170K + bank funding
Total initial investment c.£500K (bank funding subject to status)
Net profit: c.£220K+ p.a.
c.1,500 members EBITDA of 20%-24% (once established)
Sale value: c.£1M
projected for successful established centres (using typical multipliers)
Figures are projections based on centres operating in the UK currently and are not a guarantee of your centre’s performance.
STAFF RECRUITMENT, SOLVED
Our vision is to have 100+ centres open throughout the country by 2030, providing an industry-leading place to work for approximately 3,000 professional massage therapists.
This requires the training of hundreds of new best-in-class therapists, which is why we developed The Massage Company Training Academy.
The course was created by industry pioneer John Holman, our Director of Massage Training, recognised worldwide as one of the most foremost massage experts with over 30 years of experience.
The course has been carefully curated, ensuring the delivery of world-class treatments, and it’s fully internationally accredited and recognised.
That means you can rely on a steady stream of fully qualified, professional massage therapists who meet The Massage Company’s industry-leading quality standards coming through.
OUR STORY
After more than 25 years each in the spa sector, building and selling multimillion-pound businesses and leading some of the industry’s biggest organisations, founders Charlie Thompson and Elliot Walker noticed something exciting.
Massage was delivered in dedicated spas and upmarket hotels, and that left a HUGE opportunity in the market – convenience.
They thought: what if massage was affordable and accessible to everyone?
The Massage Company’s first centre opened in Camberley in 2016 and was immediately successful. Demand quickly outstripped supply, and we knew that our wellness revolution had begun.
Our first franchised centres swiftly replicated our original success. Having created the emerging market sector for accessible and affordable massage in Surrey, we’ve now seen the same rapid growth in every location where a franchisee has opened their centre.
And you can see it – and profit from it in St Albans – too.
NEXT STEPS
Contact us below to receive a prospectus with further information. Then set up a call with Esther, our franchise recruitment manager, before meeting founder and CEO Elliot Walker and enjoying a complimentary massage to experience the TMC quality for yourself.
