Fitness and classes · Metro area · Massachusetts
Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Pittsfield, MA metro area
How the Pittsfield, MA 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #286 of 347 scored metro areas
#4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 43
- 4 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $52.9M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $918 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 70% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 128,224
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
For yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, the Pittsfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #286 of 347 scored metro areas and #4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Pittsfield metro area spend about $52.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $918 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per studio, 70% 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 Pittsfield metro area has 43 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 18% across the U.S. That comes to 7.5 for every 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.4.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Pittsfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,398 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $674K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Pittsfield metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pittsfield metro area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Pittsfield metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Pittsfield metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $3M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 6,398 | 2,264 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.3% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $918 | $1,248 | $983 |
| Median household income | $76,013 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 434 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $674K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 128,224−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 57,585
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 927 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $76,013+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,456
- Median home value
- $305,400
- Jobs located here
- 55,400
- Daytime population
- 126,538Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Springfield, MA | 57 | 32 | 1.7 | $4.9M | +0.2% | #109 of 347 |
| 2Worcester, MA | 49 | 100 | 3.0 | $3.8M | +3.7% | #176 of 347 |
| 3Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 38 | 48 | 7.7 | $1.3M | +10.4% | #285 of 347 |
| 4Pittsfield, MA | 38 | 43 | 7.5 | $1.2M | −1.2% | #286 of 347 |
| 5Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 35 | 875 | 4.5 | $3M | +2.3% | #305 of 347 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 34 | 241 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +2.1% | #308 of 347 |
| 6Barnstable Town, MA | 29 | 78 | 7.4 | $1.6M | +2.4% | #324 of 347 |
Other business types in the Pittsfield 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 classes31
- Gyms57
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios38
- Martial arts and dance studios30
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in the Pittsfield, MA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Pittsfield metro area. 4 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 9 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 Pittsfield, MA metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $52.9M a year, or $918 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 57,585 households in the Pittsfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pittsfield, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?
The Pittsfield metro area has 7.5 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $1.2M, 70% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Pittsfield metro area would have about 13, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,398 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pittsfield, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pittsfield metro area at 128,224 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 57,585 households. The median household income in the Pittsfield metro area is $76,013 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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 Pittsfield metro area scores 38 for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios (lower middle), #286 of 347 scored metro areas.
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