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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Alma, MI area

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.5M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $713 a household
Spending per listing
$10.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
41,190
−1.1% 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 Alma area comes to about $10.5M a year: $713 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10.5M per studio. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.

The Alma area has 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Alma area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show the Alma area declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, the Alma area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Alma area compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Alma, MI area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureAlma areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.72.02.4
Spending per listing$10.5M$4.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)n/a4,3833,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.1%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$713$902$983
Median household income$63,556$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
41,190−1.1% since 2020
Households
14,775
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
568 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$63,556+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,011
Median home value
$147,500
Jobs located here
12,772
Daytime population
39,987Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios across Michigan

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

Top small-town markets in Michigan

Small-town markets in Michigan ranked for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Adrian, MI6961.5$5.2M−1.6%#8 of 112
2Marquette, MI5882.8$2.6M+2.3%#43 of 112
3Mount Pleasant, MI3983.2$2.1M+0.3%#84 of 112
4Petoskey, MI34127.9$1.2M−1.0%#95 of 112
Alma, MINot scored10.7$10.5M−1.1%

Other business types in the Alma 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 Alma, MI area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio in the Alma area. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Alma area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Alma, MI area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $10.5M a year, or $713 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, it comes to $10.5M 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 14,775 households in the Alma area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Alma area has 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Alma area would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Alma, MI area growing?

Population estimates put the Alma area at 41,190 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,775 households. The median household income in the Alma area is $63,556 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.8% 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 Alma area has no market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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