Our Company

TANWORLD success and innovation raised the bar in the tanning industry.
tanworld was founded in 1995 by Cheri Cosgrove and began offering franchises in 1997.  Today, our tanning salons span three time zones and our Franchisees dominate the Midwest.  The tanworld concept is a retail business opportunity combining the world’s finest tanning equipment, a scalable modular wall system, cutting-edge point-of-sale (POS) software and the tanning industry’s most innovative training programs.