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Class Capacity Utilization Tracker

What This Guide Covers

  • How to see which classes, time slots, or rooms are running under capacity most often
  • How to check whether your booking platform already reports this, before building a custom tool
  • How to use that information to make real scheduling decisions

Requires Claude Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise for the custom tracker in Step 3.

Why This Matters

Every under filled class is a cost, coach time and room space that could be used differently. Many booking platforms already generate this kind of report.

Case Study

Basecamp Fitness

Basecamp Fitness suspected their Tuesday morning strength class ran under capacity but had no real numbers to confirm it. The owner checked their booking platform's reporting section and found a utilization report already available.

Result: The data confirmed the Tuesday morning slowdown, which the owner used to justify moving that class to a more popular time slot.

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. 1

    Check your booking platform's reporting section first

  2. 2

    If it exists, learn to read it correctly

    AI Prompt
    Here is a report I pulled from my booking platform: [describe or 
summarize what it shows]

Help me understand what this data is actually telling me about my 
underused classes, time slots, or rooms.
  3. 3

    If your platform doesn't offer this, build a manual tracker

    AI Prompt
    Build a simple utilization tracker as an interactive tool for a 
[type of business] with [number] classes or rooms. Use persistent 
storage so entries are saved between sessions.

The tool should:
- Let me log attendance versus capacity for each class time block
- Show a simple summary of fill rate by day of week and time of 
day
- Use a simple, minimal visual style with [your brand color, e.g. 
navy blue] as the primary accent color
  4. 4

    Publish before you start logging data

  5. 5

    Track consistently for at least a few weeks

  6. 6

    Turn the pattern into a decision

    AI Prompt
    Here's what my utilization data shows: [describe the pattern, 
e.g. Tuesday 9am class consistently under 40% capacity]

Suggest 3 realistic ways I could respond to this.

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a good fill rate?

This varies by class type and format.

Is a manual tracker as accurate as my platform's built in report?

Usually not, since a platform report pulls directly from actual booking data.

Should I combine this with the Class Profitability guide in Data and Analytics?

They look at related but different questions.

What if fill rate is low but I don't want to just cut the class?

It can point toward a schedule shift, a different format, or a targeted promotion.

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