studio growth series 2026
the strategies to Building the studio you've always wanted
📍 Online Event @ ReformerPilates.com Community Platform
📅 2pm GMT Wednesday 16th September 2026 (and 23/30 Sept and 7/14/21 Oct)
🎟️ Studio Owners from across the world
💰 EARLY BIRD OFFER All Six sessions for only £99 (normally £199)
Whether you're preparing to open your first studio, looking to fill more classes, expanding into multiple locations or thinking about your eventual exit, every studio owner faces new challenges at every stage of growth.
The Studio Growth Series has been created to help you overcome those challenges with practical advice from some of the most respected operators, educators and business leaders in the global Pilates industry.
This is not a collection of webinars.
It is a structured growth programme that follows the journey of a successful studio, from building strong operations and understanding your numbers, through to marketing, leadership, differentiation, and ultimately creating a business with lasting value.
Every session is designed to give you practical frameworks, templates, and actions you can implement immediately in your own business.
join studio owners from across the world
Learn alongside a global community
Hosted exclusively within ‘The Loop’ Community, you'll join studio owners from around the world who are facing the same opportunities and challenges as you.
Every session includes opportunities to ask questions, interact with the speakers, share experiences and build valuable relationships with fellow studio owners.
You'll leave with practical takeaways, new ideas and an ongoing network of owners committed to building better Pilates businesses.
Understand what makes your studio unique and how to promote that
Manage, develop and retain your instructor team
Learn the marketing processes that drive conversion to memberships
Understand how to manage finances and make your studio profitable
supported by our technology partners
Every Studio Growth Series session is practical, interactive and focused on implementation.
You'll receive proven frameworks, actionable ideas and the opportunity to learn directly from people who have built, scaled and supported successful Pilates businesses around the world.
Join the global ReformerPilates.com Community and invest in the future of your studio.
The Programme
Stage 1. Build Better Studio Operations: Create a Business That Runs Smoothly
With Nic Lenny, founder Soul Pilates (Studio of the Year 2026) & Natalie Wood, bSport
Wednesday 16th September 2026 @ 2pm (GMT)
Every successful studio is built on consistent operations.
As founder of Soul Pilates and host of the Beyond the Reformer podcast, Nic Lenny has spent years helping instructors and studio owners develop businesses that deliver exceptional client experiences while remaining calm and manageable behind the scenes. She will be joined by Natalie Wood, Customer Success Team Lead at bsport, who works closely with operating studios every day and brings a first-hand view of the systems and habits that keep them running smoothly at scale.
You'll learn how to build the operating rhythms, systems and processes that reduce daily firefighting, improve instructor management and create consistency throughout your business.
Perfect for owners who feel overwhelmed, spend too much time solving problems or want their studio to run more efficiently.
Stage 2. Build a Team That Grows With You:
Developing Great Instructors and Future Leaders
With Michael King, MK Pilates & Tracey Mallett, founder PilatesNext
Wednesday 23rd September 2026 @ 4pm (GMT)Your instructors are your greatest competitive advantage.
International Pilates pioneers Michael King and Tracey Mallett bring decades of experience developing instructors, educators and industry leaders across the world.
Learn how to recruit, mentor and retain exceptional people while creating clear career pathways that keep your best instructors engaged and growing.
Whether you employ one instructor or twenty, you'll leave with a practical framework for building a stronger team and creating future leaders within your business..
Stage 3. Create Predictable Growth: The Three Stages of Marketing Growth
With Elle Kealy, founder M.O Pilates & Colleen Trinkhaus, VP Marketing, Xplor Technologies
Wednesday 30th September 2026 @ 2pm (GMT)Marketing is far more than posting on social media.
Founder of one of the UK's fastest growing reformer brands, Elle Kealy has built M.O Pilates through clear positioning, exceptional branding and marketing systems that consistently attract and retain clients.
Elle is joined by Colleen Trinkhaus, VP Marketing for Momence. She currently leads the product marketing strategy and has many years experience helping boutique fitness studios to build their brand and foster stronger client connections through better marketing.
You'll discover how to generate leads, convert enquiries, improve retention and create referral systems that produce sustainable growth.
If your classes aren't as full as you'd like or your growth has plateaued, this session provides a complete marketing framework you can apply immediately.
Stage 4. Understand Your Numbers:
The Numbers Behind a Successful Studio
With Georgia Testa, founder Studio 281 (Studio of the Year Midlands) & Jodie Fast, founder Reform & Glow (Best New Studio of the Year UK) & Xiao Tu, CMO, bsport
Wednesday 7th October 2026 @ 2pm (GMT)Growth without understanding your numbers is simply guesswork.
Drawing on their lived experience of building and operating successful Pilates studios, Georgia Testa (Studio 281) and Jodie Fast (Reform and Glow) will share the financial insights, reporting habits and commercial decisions that have helped them grow sustainably. They will be joined by Xiao Tu (bsport) who brings an industry-wide perspective on the metrics and benchmarks that separate thriving studios from struggling ones, drawing on the data bsport sees across thousands of studios.
You'll learn which numbers actually matter, how to interpret the data your studio generates, and how to use key metrics around utilisation, memberships, pricing, retention and profitability to make better business decisions with confidence.
Whether you're opening your first location or managing multiple studios, this session will help you move beyond instinct, understand the story your data is telling you, and build a stronger, more profitable studio.
Stage 5. Become the Studio Everyone Talks About: Differentiating Your Studio
With Nicci Rowlands. founder PilatEASE (Studio of the Year, North East UK)
& Joni Jacobs, founder The Pilates Company (Studio of the Year, South East, UK)
Wednesday 14th October 2026 @ 2pm (GMT)Clients have more choice than ever before.
The studios that thrive are those with a clear identity and a compelling reason for clients to choose them.
Nicci Rowlands, founder of PilatEASE CIC, shares how purpose, positioning and authenticity can transform a studio into the obvious choice within its local community.
Joni Jacobs, founder of The Pilates Company, will share insight on how building an exclusive member only studio, where clients must apply to become a member has delivered high retention, satisfaction and business success.
You'll learn how to define your brand, communicate your value, build authority and attract the right clients instead of competing on price or chasing every new trend.
Stage 6. Scale and Build Long Term Value
Scaling Smart: Growth, Expansion and success
With Mitch McGinley, Fitness Boutique Broker & Cat DeHaven, Founder HAVN Pilates
Wednesday 21st October 2026 @ 2pm (GMT)Every studio owner should build a business that creates freedom and choices.
Former studio owner, broker and exit planning specialist Mitch McGinley joins successful multi studio founder Cat DeHaven to explore what separates businesses that simply survive from those that become highly valuable assets.
You'll learn how to scale without becoming the bottleneck, develop leadership structures, implement systems that support growth and understand what makes a studio attractive to future buyers.
Whether your ambition is multiple locations, greater freedom or eventually selling your business, this session provides the roadmap.
all six sessions for just £99 pounds
half price Early Bird Offer closing soon
£99 (normal price £199)
With only 50 seats available, don’t delay…secure your place today and gain access to every live session, practical resources, recordings and the Community.
LEARN THE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS FROM THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY SUCCEEDING IN THE FIELD
These are the people who have done the miles, they have made the mistakes and now understand how to actually implement the optimal set up for their studio.
CONNECT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SPEAKERS DURING AND POST
As with every event we host, this is the start of new relationships that will help you long after the series has finished. Build real connections that will add value.
IMPLEMENT REAL WORLD CHANGES TO YOUR STUDIO SETUP THAT WILL HELP YOU FLOURISH
No fluff. No theory. Just practical strategies and real-world insights you can put into action immediately to drive better results.
this is more than just an online event series
high value, Year-Round
STUDIO SUCCESS Support
Beyond your listing, we’ll actively promote your studio to help you grow:
NETWORK OF EXPERTS
Our network of experts from across the Pilates and Business world are on hand to lend support. If you are struggling in any area of your business, just reach out and we will connect you with someone who can help.
FREE CONSULTATION SESSION
Our speakers will set up a free consultation session with you to understand your own unique challenges and provide you with guidance and support.
INSTRUCTOR TRAINING WITH MICHAEL KING
We can arrange for Michael King to visit your own studio and deliver a ‘Level Up’ training and tuition session to your instructor team.
DISCOUNTS FOR NEW EQUIPMENT
We will refund back your ticket value for any equipment or branded merchandise order you place.
only 50 seats available, register today
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Exclusive Offers & Promotions
As an attendee, you will get exclusive special discounted rates off equipment, services, branded merchandise and partner services.
instructor recruitment
You will be first to learn about PilatesJobs.com and your studio will get free listings for the first year.
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