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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Muncie, IN metro area

How the Muncie, IN 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
14
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$30.2M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $652 a household
Spending per listing
$7.5M
86% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
62% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
113,106
+1.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Muncie metro area. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 2.4.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Muncie metro area comes to about $30.2M a year: $652 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.5M per studio, 86% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Muncie metro area classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 3,304 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 $435K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Muncie metro area.

Population estimates show the Muncie metro area grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, the Muncie metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Muncie metro area compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Muncie, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureMuncie metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.91.42.4
Spending per listing$7.5M$6.1M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)3,3043,6753,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.3%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$652$864$983
Median household income$58,127$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored70

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
218
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
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
2
Amount
$435K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
113,106+1.2% since 2020
Households
46,256
Median age
38.6
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
392 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$58,127+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,454
Median home value
$139,400
Jobs located here
44,237
Daytime population
112,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios across Indiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Muncie metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elkhart-Goshen, IN6681.1$7.3M+0.9%#48 of 347
2South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI65151.2$7.1M+0.1%#52 of 347
3Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN65111.2$6.4M+2.1%#53 of 347
4Fort Wayne, IN63261.4$5.9M+3.9%#62 of 347
5Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN611722.0$4.9M+5.4%#75 of 347
6Terre Haute, IN5971.0$6.6M+0.3%#87 of 347
7Columbus, IN5951.5$6.4M+4.3%#88 of 347
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN591772.0$5M+2.7%#93 of 347
8Evansville, IN55171.5$5.5M+1.6%#121 of 347
9Kokomo, IN5351.4$5.2M+0.4%#134 of 347
Muncie, INNot scored40.9$7.5M+1.2%

Other business types in the Muncie metro area

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Questions

How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in the Muncie, IN metro area?

There are 4 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings in the Muncie metro area as of September 2026. 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 the Muncie, IN metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $30.2M a year, or $652 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 46,256 households in the Muncie metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Muncie metro area has 0.9 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $7.5M, 86% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Muncie metro area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,304 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is the Muncie, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Muncie metro area at 113,106 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,256 households. Median household income in the Muncie metro area is $58,127, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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 Muncie metro area has no market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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