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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Merced County, CA
How Merced County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · −22.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $78M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $906 a household
- Spending per listing
- $26M
- 6.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 87% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,260
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Merced County spend about $78M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $906 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, that is $26M per studio, 6.4 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.
Merced County has 3 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 0.3 for every 10,000 households, 87% below the U.S. rate of 2.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Merced County was 17 in 2023, down 22.7% from 2019. That is one for every 5,062 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 $98K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Merced County.
Population estimates put the population change in Merced County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, Merced County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Merced County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Merced County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| Spending per listing | $26M | $4.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 5,062 | 2,522 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −22.7% | +9.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $906 | $1,435 | $983 |
| Median household income | $65,510 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 17All fitness and recreational sports centers · −22.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 192
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $98K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Merced County, 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 Merced County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,260+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 86,055
- Median age
- 32.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 150
- Median household income
- $65,510+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,781
- Median home value
- $391,800
- Jobs located here
- 77,775
- Daytime population
- 255,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Joaquin County, CA | 88 | 30 | 1.2 | $10.3M | +5.5% | #3 of 777 |
| 2Tulare County, CA | 80 | 11 | 0.8 | $12.7M | +2.4% | #19 of 777 |
| 3San Benito County, CA | 78 | 6 | 2.9 | $5.4M | +8.6% | #30 of 777 |
| 4Kern County, CA | 76 | 25 | 0.9 | $11.2M | +2.3% | #37 of 777 |
| 5Fresno County, CA | 73 | 51 | 1.6 | $6.7M | +2.6% | #58 of 777 |
| 6Riverside County, CA | 73 | 159 | 2.1 | $6.2M | +5.0% | #61 of 777 |
| 7Kings County, CA | 71 | 5 | 1.1 | $8.3M | +1.0% | #72 of 777 |
| 8San Bernardino County, CA | 70 | 109 | 1.6 | $7.2M | +1.9% | #87 of 777 |
| 9Calaveras County, CA | 70 | 5 | 2.7 | $4.3M | +2.8% | #95 of 777 |
| 10Solano County, CA | 68 | 28 | 1.8 | $7.7M | +0.6% | #108 of 777 |
| Merced County, CA | Not scored | 3 | 0.3 | $26M | +5.1% |
Other business types in Merced County
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 classes78
- Gyms73
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios78
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in Merced County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Merced County. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, down 22.7% from 2019. 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 Merced County, CA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $78M a year, or $906 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $26M 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 86,055 households in Merced County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merced County, CA compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?
Merced County has 0.3 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, 87% below the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $26M, 6.4 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, Merced County would have about 19, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,062 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count fell 22.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Merced County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Merced County at 297,260 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,055 households. The median household income in Merced County is $65,510 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. Merced County has no market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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