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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Modesto, CA metro area

How the Modesto, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #63 of 347 scored metro areas
#9 of 23 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
34
6 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
52
All fitness and recreational sports centers · +15.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$198.5M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,116 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.9
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
557,719
+0.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 34 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Modesto metro area. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 18% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 2.4.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Modesto metro area comes to about $198.5M a year: $1,116 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.8M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 44% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which yoga, Pilates and fitness studios share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Modesto metro area was 52 in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 3,421 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: gyms are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Modesto metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Modesto metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, the Modesto metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #63 of 347 scored metro areas and #9 of 23 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Modesto metro area 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.

Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Modesto, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureModesto metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.93.42.4
Spending per listing$5.8M$4.2M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)3,4212,5223,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.6%+9.4%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$1,116$1,435$983
Median household income$81,468$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score6341

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
52All fitness and recreational sports centers · +15.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
593
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
346 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Modesto 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 Modesto metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
557,719+0.7% since 2020
Households
177,874
Median age
35.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,496 sq. mi.
People per square mile
370
Median household income
$81,468+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,867
Median home value
$450,100
Jobs located here
196,740
Daytime population
519,901Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in California, with the Modesto metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA90301.2$10.3M+5.5%#1 of 347
2Visalia, CA81110.8$12.7M+2.4%#6 of 347
3Bakersfield-Delano, CA78250.9$11.2M+2.3%#7 of 347
4Fresno, CA77531.4$7.4M+3.2%#9 of 347
5Hanford-Corcoran, CA7351.1$8.3M+1.0%#24 of 347
6Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA712681.8$6.6M+3.5%#32 of 347
7Vallejo, CA66281.8$7.7M+0.6%#47 of 347
8El Centro, CA6351.0$8.2M+1.1%#58 of 347
9Modesto, CA63341.9$5.8M+0.7%#63 of 347
10Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA602402.7$5M+3.2%#83 of 347

Other business types in the Modesto metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in the Modesto, CA metro area?

The Modesto metro area has 34 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (gyms included), not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.

How much do households in the Modesto, CA metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $198.5M a year, or $1,116 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per studio. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,874 households in the Modesto metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Modesto, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?

The Modesto metro area has 1.9 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $5.8M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Modesto metro area would have about 49, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,421 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Modesto, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Modesto metro area at 557,719 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,874 households. Median household income in the Modesto metro area is $81,468, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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 Modesto metro area scores 63 for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios (upper middle), #63 of 347 scored metro areas.

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