Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Arkansas
Gyms and studios in the Forrest City, AR area
How the Forrest City, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $418 a household
- Spending per listing
- $813K
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 66% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Forrest City area comes to about $3.3M a year: $418 per household, 58% below the U.S. average. That works out to $813K per location, 23% above the U.S. figure of $662K.
There are 4 gyms and studios on map listings in the Forrest City area as of September 2026. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Forrest City area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Forrest City area declined 5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 gyms and studios on map listings, the Forrest City area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Forrest City area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Forrest City area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 11.7 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $813K | $528K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,412 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.4% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $418 | $617 | $983 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Forrest City 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.
Population and households in the Forrest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mountain Home, AR | 53 | 14 | 7.2 | $689K | +3.1% | #237 of 535 |
| 2Blytheville, AR | 49 | 9 | 5.8 | $963K | −6.7% | #291 of 535 |
| 3Arkadelphia, AR | 49 | 5 | 6.2 | $868K | −2.2% | #292 of 535 |
| 4Harrison, AR | 43 | 24 | 12.9 | $404K | +2.4% | #364 of 535 |
| 5Russellville, AR | 39 | 32 | 9.8 | $572K | +1.6% | #398 of 535 |
| 6Searcy, AR | 39 | 40 | 13.5 | $386K | +4.2% | #408 of 535 |
| 7Paragould, AR | 31 | 21 | 11.7 | $465K | +3.4% | #458 of 535 |
| 8Batesville, AR | 31 | 18 | 12.3 | $451K | +2.2% | #460 of 535 |
| 9El Dorado, AR | 25 | 15 | 10.0 | $562K | −5.2% | #491 of 535 |
| 10Malvern, AR | 24 | 15 | 12.2 | $420K | +1.1% | #497 of 535 |
| Forrest City, AR | Not scored | 4 | 5.1 | $813K | −5.3% |
Other business types in the Forrest City 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 classes
- Gyms
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms and studios are in the Forrest City, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 gyms and studios in the Forrest City area. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Forrest City, AR area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $3.3M a year, or $418 per household. That is 58% below the U.S. average (an index of 42, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $813K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in the Forrest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forrest City, AR area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
The Forrest City area has 5.1 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $813K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Forrest City area would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Forrest City, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Forrest City area at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in the Forrest City area is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Forrest City area has no market score for gyms and studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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