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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area

How the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #117 of 347 scored metro areas
#7 of 14 scored metro areas based in Michigan

Listings
104
18 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
118
All fitness and recreational sports centers · +2.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$428.4M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $973 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,183,645
+2.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 104 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 18% across the U.S. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.4.

Households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area spend about $428.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $973 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 104 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, that is $4.1M per studio, in line with 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 118 businesses with payroll in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area classed as fitness and recreational sports centers, up 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 3,731 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, 36 SBA-backed loans worth $14.4M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #117 of 347 scored metro areas and #7 of 14 scored metro areas based in Michigan.

How the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureGrand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.42.02.4
Spending per listing$4.1M$4.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)3,7314,3833,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.6%+8.1%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$973$902$983
Median household income$82,874$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score5651

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
118All fitness and recreational sports centers · +2.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,599
Annual payroll, 2023
$45.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10418 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
36
Amount
$14.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,183,645+2.8% since 2020
Households
440,316
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,243 sq. mi.
People per square mile
358
Median household income
$82,874
Average household income
$107,922
Median home value
$285,300
Jobs located here
566,419
Daytime population
1,215,585Residents 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 metro areas in Michigan for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Michigan

Metro areas in Michigan ranked for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Monroe, MI7481.3$7.1M+0.7%#20 of 347
2Jackson, MI6681.3$6.3M−0.4%#50 of 347
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI65151.2$7.1M+0.1%#52 of 347
3Saginaw, MI6381.0$7.4M−1.1%#60 of 347
4Flint, MI58231.4$5.5M−1.1%#97 of 347
5Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI573552.0$4.8M+0.1%#110 of 347
6Lansing-East Lansing, MI57422.2$4M+1.4%#111 of 347
7Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI561042.4$4.1M+2.8%#117 of 347
8Bay City, MI5271.6$4.7M−1.6%#146 of 347
9Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI51131.9$3.8M+1.8%#160 of 347

Other business types in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area?

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has 104 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (gyms included), not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.

How much do households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $428.4M a year, or $973 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 104 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 440,316 households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has 2.4 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $4.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area would have about 106, against 104 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,731 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area at 1,183,645 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 440,316 households. Median household income in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area is $82,874, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area scores 56 for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios (upper middle), #117 of 347 scored metro areas.

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