<Tr> <Th> Area served </Th> <Td> United States Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.lafitness.com </Td> </Tr> <P> LA Fitness International LLC (doing business as LA Fitness) is an American gym chain with more than 700 clubs across the United States and Canada . The company was formed in 1984 and is based in Irvine, California . </P> <P> LA Fitness was founded in 1984 by founder Chin Yi, Chairman & CEO and Louis Welch, President & CEO with one location at the corner of Hollenbeck Avenue and Arrow Highway in Covina, a suburb of Los Angeles, California . Official records describing the company's history and growth are few . Through the mid-1990s, the company expanded by acquiring under - performing fitness clubs in southern California, and by developing, opening and operating newly constructed properties . </P>

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