Fitness and classes · Metro area · Alabama
Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Decatur, AL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Decatur, AL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $41.7M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $666 a household
- Spending per listing
- $41.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 160,326
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Decatur metro area spend about $41.7M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $666 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That is about $41.7M of household spending for each studio on map listings. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.
The Decatur metro area has 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Decatur metro area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 6,267 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (gyms included), not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $780K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Decatur metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Decatur metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, the Decatur metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Decatur metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the yoga, Pilates and fitness studios counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Decatur metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Spending per listing | $41.7M | $5.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 6,267 | 4,035 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.7% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $666 | $656 | $983 |
| Median household income | $68,116 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 94
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $780K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Decatur metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.
Population and households in the Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,326+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 62,667
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $68,116+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,472
- Median home value
- $202,500
- Jobs located here
- 58,542
- Daytime population
- 149,857Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tuscaloosa, AL | 60 | 11 | 1.0 | $6M | +2.9% | #80 of 347 |
| 2Huntsville, AL | 58 | 37 | 1.8 | $4.8M | +12.5% | #100 of 347 |
| 3Dothan, AL | 57 | 6 | 1.0 | $5.9M | +3.4% | #108 of 347 |
| 4Auburn-Opelika, AL | 52 | 10 | 1.3 | $5M | +7.1% | #144 of 347 |
| 5Anniston-Oxford, AL | 50 | 5 | 1.1 | $4.8M | −0.3% | #164 of 347 |
| 6Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 50 | 22 | 2.2 | $3.4M | +14.8% | #169 of 347 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 49 | 14 | 1.1 | $5.5M | −1.3% | #171 of 347 |
| 7Mobile, AL | 47 | 16 | 1.0 | $6.1M | −0.7% | #190 of 347 |
| 8Birmingham, AL | 42 | 78 | 1.7 | $4.4M | +1.4% | #242 of 347 |
| 9Montgomery, AL | 41 | 23 | 1.5 | $4.2M | +0.9% | #250 of 347 |
| Decatur, AL | Not scored | 1 | 0.2 | $41.7M | +2.5% |
Other business types in the Decatur metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
- Gyms, studios and classes64
- Gyms51
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios60
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in the Decatur, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio in the Decatur metro area. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: gyms are counted too.
How much do households in the Decatur, AL metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $41.7M a year, or $666 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, it comes to $41.7M per studio. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which yoga, Pilates and fitness studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 62,667 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?
The Decatur metro area has 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 10, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,267 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 160,326 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,667 households. The median household income in the Decatur metro area is $68,116 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Decatur metro area has no market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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