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Gyms and studios in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
How Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,061 of 2,088 scored counties
#4 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 47
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,122 a household
- Spending per listing
- $582K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,122 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Kenai Peninsula Borough spend about $27.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $582K of household spending for each location on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $662K.
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 47 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 19.3 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 14.9.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Kenai Peninsula Borough in 2023. That is one for every 1,161 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $465K have gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Population estimates show Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms and studios, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,061 of 2,088 scored counties and #4 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.
How Kenai Peninsula Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the gyms and 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 15.9 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $582K | $798K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,161 | 1,402 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.6% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $1,122 | $1,271 | $983 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 473 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $465K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Kenai Peninsula Borough, 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.
Population and households in Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 68 | 70 | 17.6 | $709K | +10.4% | #326 of 2,088 |
| 2Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 62 | 7 | 12.2 | $982K | −2.6% | #510 of 2,088 |
| 3Anchorage Municipality, AK | 56 | 176 | 16.2 | $871K | −1.3% | #758 of 2,088 |
| 4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 50 | 47 | 19.3 | $582K | +5.1% | #1,061 of 2,088 |
| 5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 47 | 65 | 17.9 | $674K | −1.4% | #1,202 of 2,088 |
| 6Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 36 | 10 | 21.6 | $517K | −5.0% | #1,614 of 2,088 |
| 7Juneau City and Borough, AK | 35 | 31 | 23.5 | $573K | −1.8% | #1,647 of 2,088 |
Other business types in Kenai Peninsula Borough
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 classes50
- Gyms55
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios55
- Martial arts and dance studios52
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms and studios are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 gyms and studios in Kenai Peninsula Borough. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $27.4M a year, or $1,122 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $582K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 19.3 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $582K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 41, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,161 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.
How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 50 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #1,061 of 2,088 scored counties.
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