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East River Pilates

Pilates studio · 5+ locations · Brooklyn

East River Pilates grew from a Williamsburg rooftop pop-up into five founder-owned Brooklyn studios, with no outside investors. It now also runs an online class platform and a teacher-training program.

Founder-run

The Big Picture

As Good as It Gets

East River Pilates has grown from a rooftop pop-up into five founder-owned Brooklyn studios without a dollar of outside money. The business now spans an online class platform and a teacher-training program co-run with a physical therapist, though at this size it has little public labor or environmental track record to date. It answers to one person: its founder.

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Local ownership
10/10
Founder involvement
9/10
Worker pay & benefits
6/10
Environmental impact
6/10
Sourcing & labor
6/10

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Company data last updated July 2026

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