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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Franklin County, OH
How Franklin County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #328 of 777 scored counties
#21 of 32 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 126
- 30 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 195
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +14.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $529.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $957 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,361,536
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Franklin County comes to about $529.3M a year: $957 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per studio, 3% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.
Franklin County has 126 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 24%, 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 195 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers, up 14.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,836 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, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $14.3M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Franklin County.
Population estimates show Franklin County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, ranking #328 of 777 scored counties and #21 of 32 scored counties in Ohio.
How Franklin County 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.
| Measure | Franklin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,836 | 3,758 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.7% | +8.7% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $957 | $884 | $983 |
| Median household income | $75,176 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 170 → 195All fitness and recreational sports centers · +14.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,836
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $65.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12630 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 130The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 27
- Amount
- $14.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Franklin County, 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,361,536+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 553,099
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,504
- Median household income
- $75,176+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,381
- Median home value
- $288,400
- Jobs located here
- 814,719
- Daytime population
- 1,507,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, OH | 86 | 16 | 1.7 | $7.6M | +5.7% | #6 of 777 |
| 2Licking County, OH | 83 | 7 | 1.0 | $9.9M | +3.8% | #10 of 777 |
| 3Greene County, OH | 81 | 8 | 1.2 | $9.1M | +3.7% | #13 of 777 |
| 4Clermont County, OH | 81 | 10 | 1.2 | $8.6M | +3.9% | #14 of 777 |
| 5Union County, OH | 81 | 5 | 2.1 | $6.1M | +16.5% | #18 of 777 |
| 6Fairfield County, OH | 79 | 9 | 1.5 | $7M | +6.5% | #23 of 777 |
| 7Portage County, OH | 73 | 7 | 1.1 | $8.3M | +1.0% | #55 of 777 |
| 8Butler County, OH | 71 | 16 | 1.1 | $9M | +2.4% | #71 of 777 |
| 9Lorain County, OH | 68 | 23 | 1.8 | $5.1M | +3.1% | #116 of 777 |
| 10Delaware County, OH | 65 | 26 | 3.2 | $5M | +12.5% | #149 of 777 |
| 21Franklin County, OH | 53 | 126 | 2.3 | $4.2M | +2.8% | #328 of 777 |
Other business types in Franklin County
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 classes54
- Gyms53
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios53
- Martial arts and dance studios67
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in Franklin County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 126 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in Franklin County. 30 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 195 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 14.7% from 2019. 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 Franklin County, OH spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $529.3M a year, or $957 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 126 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 553,099 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, OH compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?
Franklin County 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 $4.2M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, Franklin County would have about 130, against 126 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,836 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 1,361,536 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 553,099 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $75,176 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County scores 53 for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios (upper middle), #328 of 777 scored counties.
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