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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area
How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #189 of 347 scored metro areas
#9 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 42
- 11 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 53
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $148.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 544,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area spend about $148.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $736 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 42 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, that is $3.5M per studio, 13% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.
The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 42 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 18% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area was 53 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 3,804 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, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $5.1M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is 48 (lower middle), #189 of 347 scored metro areas and #9 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area 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 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,804 | 3,136 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +10.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $736 | $764 | $983 |
| Median household income | $75,967 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 53All fitness and recreational sports centers · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 630
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4211 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $5.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 544,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 201,632
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,669 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $75,967+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,236
- Median home value
- $286,000
- Jobs located here
- 205,446
- Daytime population
- 517,822Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 84 | 6 | 0.9 | $8.4M | +21.1% | #3 of 347 |
| 2Punta Gorda, FL | 76 | 10 | 1.1 | $6M | +15.5% | #12 of 347 |
| 3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 75 | 30 | 1.0 | $6.1M | +19.8% | #18 of 347 |
| 4Ocala, FL | 69 | 18 | 1.1 | $5.3M | +17.3% | #40 of 347 |
| 5Homosassa Springs, FL | 68 | 8 | 1.1 | $5.1M | +11.1% | #43 of 347 |
| 6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 58 | 66 | 2.0 | $3.8M | +14.4% | #105 of 347 |
| 7Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 55 | 18 | 2.0 | $3.4M | +15.7% | #125 of 347 |
| 8Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 49 | 17 | 2.4 | $3.2M | +7.7% | #179 of 347 |
| 9Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 48 | 42 | 2.1 | $3.5M | +6.5% | #189 of 347 |
| 10Port St. Lucie, FL | 47 | 40 | 1.9 | $3.8M | +16.0% | #193 of 347 |
Other business types in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 classes45
- Gyms45
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios48
- Martial arts and dance studios48
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. 11 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 53 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, unchanged 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 the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $148.4M a year, or $736 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 201,632 households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?
The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 2.1 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $3.5M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area would have about 37, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,804 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area at 544,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,632 households. The median household income in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is $75,967 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 48 for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios (lower middle), #189 of 347 scored metro areas.
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