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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Lawton, OK metro area

How the Lawton, OK 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #199 of 347 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$26.9M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $573 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
127,590
+0.7% 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 6 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Lawton metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 18% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 46% below the U.S. rate of 2.4.

At $573 per household (42% below the U.S. average), households in the Lawton metro area spend about $26.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 6 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios, that is $4.5M per studio, 10% above 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Lawton metro area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 4,694 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Lawton metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lawton metro area grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Lawton metro area is 46 (lower middle), #199 of 347 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.

How the Lawton metro area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Lawton, OK metro area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureLawton metro areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.31.42.4
Spending per listing$4.5M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)4,6943,8113,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.8%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$573$649$983
Median household income$60,665$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score4657

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
124
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 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
1
Amount
$150K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
127,590+0.7% since 2020
Households
46,938
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,702 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$60,665+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,396
Median home value
$161,000
Jobs located here
38,111
Daytime population
121,235Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios across Oklahoma

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

Top metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma ranked for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Fort Smith, AR-OK55111.2$4.7M+3.1%#124 of 347
1Tulsa, OK52611.5$4.6M+5.1%#147 of 347
2Lawton, OK4661.3$4.5M+0.7%#199 of 347
3Oklahoma City, OK411152.0$3.6M+5.8%#255 of 347

Other business types in the Lawton 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 Lawton, OK metro area?

The Lawton metro area has 6 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 10 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 Lawton, OK metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $26.9M a year, or $573 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 46,938 households in the Lawton metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Lawton metro area has 1.3 yoga, Pilates and fitness studios per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 2.4. Spending per studio is $4.5M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Lawton metro area would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,694 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lawton, OK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lawton metro area at 127,590 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,938 households. Median household income in the Lawton metro area is $60,665, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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 Lawton metro area scores 46 for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios (lower middle), #199 of 347 scored metro areas.

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