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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Cleveland, OH metro area

How the Cleveland, OH 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #252 of 347 scored metro areas
#9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
214
29 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
271
All fitness and recreational sports centers · +8.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$840.2M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $902 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,165,775
−0.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 214 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Cleveland metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 18% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.4.

At $902 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Cleveland metro area spend about $840.2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 214 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, that is $3.9M per studio, 3% below 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.

Official counts show 271 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Cleveland metro area in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,437 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, 73 SBA-backed loans worth $18.3M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Cleveland metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Cleveland metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Cleveland metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, ranking #252 of 347 scored metro areas and #9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Cleveland metro area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Cleveland, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureCleveland metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.31.82.4
Spending per listing$3.9M$5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)3,4373,7583,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.8%+8.7%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$902$884$983
Median household income$70,678$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4159

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
271All fitness and recreational sports centers · +8.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,281
Annual payroll, 2023
$70M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21429 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
207The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
73
Amount
$18.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,165,775−0.8% since 2020
Households
931,377
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,702 sq. mi.
People per square mile
804
Median household income
$70,678
Average household income
$98,881
Median home value
$215,400
Jobs located here
1,071,853
Daytime population
2,231,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios across Ohio

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Cleveland metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH631792.1$5M+4.7%#65 of 347
2Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH61561.6$5.3M+1.5%#73 of 347
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH59120.8$7.8M−2.6%#86 of 347
3Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN591772.0$5M+2.7%#93 of 347
4Akron, OH54521.8$5.1M0.0%#127 of 347
5Sandusky, OH5391.8$4.8M−2.6%#135 of 347
6Canton-Massillon, OH50281.7$4.7M−0.2%#166 of 347
7Youngstown-Warren, OH49281.5$4.6M−1.4%#172 of 347
8Toledo, OH46451.8$4.6M−1.0%#198 of 347
9Cleveland, OH412142.3$3.9M−0.8%#252 of 347

Other business types in the Cleveland 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 Cleveland, OH metro area?

There are 214 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings in the Cleveland metro area as of September 2026. 29 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 271 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 8.8% 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 Cleveland, OH metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $840.2M a year, or $902 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 214 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 931,377 households in the Cleveland metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Cleveland, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?

The Cleveland metro area has 2.3 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $3.9M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Cleveland metro area would have about 207, against 214 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,437 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Cleveland, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Cleveland metro area at 2,165,775 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 931,377 households. Median household income in the Cleveland metro area is $70,678, 12% below 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 Cleveland metro area scores 41 for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios (lower middle), #252 of 347 scored metro areas.

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