Pure Barre belongs to Xponential Fitness, which paid a $17 million FTC settlement in March 2026 over claims it misrepresented costs and timelines to franchise buyers, plus $3.97 million to New York in the largest settlement ever under the state's Franchise Sales Act. The 624 studios are owned by local franchisees — the local owners at the center of those settlements — while founder Carrie Rezabek Dorr is long gone. The brand answers to a NYSE conglomerate with federal and state settlements over claims it misled its own operators.