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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Walton County, FL

How Walton 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 · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #607 of 777 scored counties
#29 of 39 scored counties in Florida

Listings
20
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
14
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$29.8M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $869 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
63% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.8
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,288
+22.9% 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

For yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, Walton County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #607 of 777 scored counties and #29 of 39 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Walton County. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 18% across the U.S. That is 5.8 per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.4.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Walton County comes to about $29.8M a year: $869 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, that is $1.5M per studio, 63% below 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.

Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Walton County in 2023. That is one for every 2,454 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, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $8.7M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Walton County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Walton County grew 22.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Walton 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.

Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Walton County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureWalton CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.82.82.4
Spending per listing$1.5M$2.7M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)2,4543,1363,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.4%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+22.9%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$869$764$983
Median household income$81,986$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3739

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 14All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
201 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$8.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Walton 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 Walton County

Population, 2025 estimate
93,288+22.9% since 2020
Households
34,362
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,038 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$81,986+41.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$130,042
Median home value
$425,100
Jobs located here
34,667
Daytime population
84,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in Florida, with Walton County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL8260.9$8.4M+21.1%#11 of 777
2Osceola County, FL77151.1$6.4M+23.2%#34 of 777
3Charlotte County, FL75101.1$6M+15.5%#45 of 777
4Polk County, FL74301.0$6.1M+19.8%#50 of 777
5Lake County, FL73201.2$5.8M+18.1%#64 of 777
6Santa Rosa County, FL70111.5$5.6M+11.7%#90 of 777
7Nassau County, FL7082.0$4.3M+17.4%#94 of 777
8Marion County, FL69181.1$5.3M+17.3%#102 of 777
9Citrus County, FL6981.1$5.1M+11.1%#103 of 777
10Clay County, FL68131.6$5.1M+9.4%#115 of 777
29Walton County, FL37205.8$1.5M+22.9%#607 of 777

Other business types in Walton County

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

Questions

How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in Walton County, FL?

There are 20 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings in Walton County as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (gyms included), not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.

How much do households in Walton County, FL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $29.8M a year, or $869 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 34,362 households in Walton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Walton County, FL compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?

Walton County has 5.8 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $1.5M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, Walton County would have about 7, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,454 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is Walton County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Walton County at 93,288 people in 2025, up 22.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,362 households. Median household income in Walton County is $81,986, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.1%, 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. Walton County scores 37 for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios (lower middle), #607 of 777 scored counties.

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