Fitness and classes · Metro area · North Carolina
Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Goldsboro, NC metro area
How the Goldsboro, NC 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $27.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $581 a household
- Spending per listing
- $27.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 122,278
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio in the Goldsboro metro area. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Goldsboro metro area comes to about $27.6M a year: $581 per household, 41% below the U.S. average. That works out to $27.6M per studio. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which yoga, Pilates and fitness studios share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Goldsboro metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 3,959 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 $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Goldsboro metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Goldsboro metro area grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, the Goldsboro 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 Goldsboro metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Goldsboro metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Spending per listing | $27.6M | $3.3M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,959 | 3,026 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $581 | $743 | $983 |
| Median household income | $59,733 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 166
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- 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
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Goldsboro 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 Goldsboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 122,278+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 47,507
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 214
- Median household income
- $59,733+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,980
- Median home value
- $178,700
- Jobs located here
- 40,987
- Daytime population
- 111,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Goldsboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 66 | 13 | 0.9 | $6.9M | +3.2% | #49 of 347 |
| 2Jacksonville, NC | 53 | 11 | 1.5 | $4.2M | +6.0% | #137 of 347 |
| 3Fayetteville, NC | 51 | 18 | 1.2 | $4.9M | +1.6% | #154 of 347 |
| 4Burlington, NC | 51 | 11 | 1.6 | $4M | +8.5% | #157 of 347 |
| 5Winston-Salem, NC | 50 | 39 | 1.4 | $4.8M | +5.3% | #165 of 347 |
| 6Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 43 | 16 | 3.6 | $2.2M | +10.3% | #238 of 347 |
| 7Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 42 | 255 | 2.4 | $3.6M | +10.1% | #243 of 347 |
| 8Raleigh-Cary, NC | 42 | 176 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +12.6% | #245 of 347 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 39 | 140 | 2.0 | $4.1M | +0.9% | #267 of 347 |
| 9Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 38 | 91 | 3.7 | $2.4M | +7.5% | #283 of 347 |
| Goldsboro, NC | Not scored | 1 | 0.2 | $27.6M | +3.8% |
Other business types in the Goldsboro 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 classes49
- Gyms37
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios26
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in the Goldsboro, NC metro area?
There is 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings in the Goldsboro metro area as of September 2026. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 12 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 Goldsboro, NC metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $27.6M a year, or $581 per household. That is 41% below the U.S. average (an index of 59, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, it comes to $27.6M 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 47,507 households in the Goldsboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Goldsboro, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?
The Goldsboro metro area has 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Goldsboro metro area would have about 7, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,959 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Goldsboro, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Goldsboro metro area at 122,278 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,507 households. Median household income in the Goldsboro metro area is $59,733, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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 Goldsboro metro 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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