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Gyms and studios in Yell County, AR
How Yell County, AR compares with other counties 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $510 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,956
- −1.3% since 2020
See the gyms and studios around any address in Yell County
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Yell County comes to about $4.2M a year: $510 per household, 48% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each location on map listings.
Yell County has 1 gym or studio on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Yell County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Yell County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 gym or studio on map listings, Yell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Yell County 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 | Yell County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 11.7 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $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 | −1.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $510 | $617 | $983 |
| Median household income | $55,934 | $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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Yell 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.
Population and households in Yell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,956−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,323
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 930 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,934+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,272
- Median home value
- $143,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,642
- Daytime population
- 19,039Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Yell County?
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant County, AR | 63 | 6 | 8.6 | $781K | +4.1% | #488 of 2,088 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 63 | 50 | 10.0 | $717K | +7.6% | #497 of 2,088 |
| 3Carroll County, AR | 61 | 7 | 6.2 | $885K | +3.6% | #549 of 2,088 |
| 4Miller County, AR | 56 | 10 | 6.1 | $809K | −0.5% | #759 of 2,088 |
| 5Logan County, AR | 56 | 6 | 7.0 | $803K | +2.5% | #760 of 2,088 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 55 | 32 | 11.2 | $598K | +3.5% | #824 of 2,088 |
| 7Mississippi County, AR | 52 | 9 | 5.8 | $963K | −6.7% | #930 of 2,088 |
| 8Baxter County, AR | 52 | 14 | 7.2 | $689K | +3.1% | #949 of 2,088 |
| 9Benton County, AR | 51 | 181 | 16.2 | $571K | +16.0% | #1,022 of 2,088 |
| 10Crawford County, AR | 50 | 28 | 12.0 | $483K | +4.1% | #1,073 of 2,088 |
| Yell County, AR | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $4.2M | −1.3% |
Other business types in Yell 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 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 Yell County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 gym or studio in Yell County. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Yell County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Yell County, AR spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $4.2M a year, or $510 per household. That is 48% below the U.S. average (an index of 52, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 gym or studio on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,323 households in Yell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yell County, AR compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
Yell County has 1 gym or studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Yell County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Yell County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Yell County at 19,956 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,323 households. The median household income in Yell County is $55,934 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.4% 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. 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. Yell County has no market score for gyms and studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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