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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Highlands County, FL
How Highlands County, FL 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $25M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 111,122
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $533 per household (46% below the U.S. average), households in Highlands County spend about $25M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 2 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, that is $12.5M per studio. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.
Highlands County has 2 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Highlands County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 5,860 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 $112K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Highlands County.
Population estimates put the population change in Highlands County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, Highlands County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Highlands County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Highlands County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Spending per listing | $12.5M | $2.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 5,860 | 3,136 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $533 | $764 | $983 |
| Median household income | $54,897 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 8All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 90
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $112K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Highlands 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 Highlands County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,122+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,879
- Median age
- 52.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,018 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $54,897+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,953
- Median home value
- $187,900
- Jobs located here
- 28,038
- Daytime population
- 94,243Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in Florida, with Highlands County marked.
Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 82 | 6 | 0.9 | $8.4M | +21.1% | #11 of 777 |
| 2Osceola County, FL | 77 | 15 | 1.1 | $6.4M | +23.2% | #34 of 777 |
| 3Charlotte County, FL | 75 | 10 | 1.1 | $6M | +15.5% | #45 of 777 |
| 4Polk County, FL | 74 | 30 | 1.0 | $6.1M | +19.8% | #50 of 777 |
| 5Lake County, FL | 73 | 20 | 1.2 | $5.8M | +18.1% | #64 of 777 |
| 6Santa Rosa County, FL | 70 | 11 | 1.5 | $5.6M | +11.7% | #90 of 777 |
| 7Nassau County, FL | 70 | 8 | 2.0 | $4.3M | +17.4% | #94 of 777 |
| 8Marion County, FL | 69 | 18 | 1.1 | $5.3M | +17.3% | #102 of 777 |
| 9Citrus County, FL | 69 | 8 | 1.1 | $5.1M | +11.1% | #103 of 777 |
| 10Clay County, FL | 68 | 13 | 1.6 | $5.1M | +9.4% | #115 of 777 |
| Highlands County, FL | Not scored | 2 | 0.4 | $12.5M | +9.7% |
Other business types in Highlands 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 classes57
- Gyms55
- 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 Highlands County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Highlands County. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 8 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 Highlands County, FL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $25M a year, or $533 per household. That is 46% below the U.S. average (an index of 54, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $12.5M 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 46,879 households in Highlands County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Highlands County, FL compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?
Highlands County has 2 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios 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, Highlands County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,860 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Highlands County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Highlands County at 111,122 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,879 households. The median household income in Highlands County is $54,897 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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. Highlands County has no market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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