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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Ottumwa, IA area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Ottumwa, IA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

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Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
3
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$10M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $717 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
35,210
−0.3% 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

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Ottumwa area comes to about $10M a year: $717 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Ottumwa area. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Ottumwa area would have about 3, against none on map listings.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Ottumwa area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,666 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, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $184K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Ottumwa area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Ottumwa area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, the Ottumwa area isn’t given a market score for them.

How the Ottumwa area compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Ottumwa, IA area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureOttumwa areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.82.4
Spending per listingn/a$5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)4,6663,3063,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.7%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$717$890$983
Median household income$64,766$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$184K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
35,210−0.3% since 2020
Households
13,997
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
432 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$64,766+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,469
Median home value
$125,100
Jobs located here
15,175
Daytime population
34,077Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios across Iowa

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Ottumwa area marked.

Top small-town markets in Iowa

Small-town markets in Iowa ranked for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pella, IA5453.8$2.4M+2.3%#46 of 112
2Mason City, IA4952.2$3.7M−1.5%#60 of 112
3Spirit Lake, IA3255.7$1.7M+1.7%#98 of 112
Ottumwa, IANot scored00.0n/a−0.3%

Other business types in the Ottumwa 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 Ottumwa, IA area?

There are no yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings in the Ottumwa area as of September 2026. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 3 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 the Ottumwa, IA area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $10M a year, or $717 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 13,997 households in the Ottumwa area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Ottumwa, IA area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?

The Ottumwa area has no yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Ottumwa area would have about 3, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,666 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is the Ottumwa, IA area growing?

Population estimates put the Ottumwa area at 35,210 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,997 households. The median household income in the Ottumwa area is $64,766 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Ottumwa area has no market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, having none on map listings.

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