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Gyms and studios in the Lewiston, ID-WA metro area

How the Lewiston, ID-WA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #51 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho

Listings
36
10 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $972 a household
Spending per listing
$723K
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.5
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
65,450
+1.5% 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

At $972 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Lewiston metro area spend about $26M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $723K of household spending for each location on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

There are 36 gyms and studios on map listings in the Lewiston metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.5, 9% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Lewiston metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,433 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $494K has gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Lewiston metro area.

Population estimates show the Lewiston metro area grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms and studios, the Lewiston metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #51 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Lewiston metro area compares

The same measures for Idaho 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.

Gyms, studios and classes in Lewiston, ID-WA metro area compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureLewiston metro areaIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.516.714.9
Spending per listing$723K$623K$662K
Households per official establishment2,4331,6091,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.8%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$972$1,038$983
Median household income$72,475$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score6757

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
105
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3610 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$494K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Lewiston 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.

Population and households in the Lewiston metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
65,450+1.5% since 2020
Households
26,760
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,484 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$72,475+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,760
Median home value
$331,900
Jobs located here
28,559
Daytime population
64,398Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Idaho

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lewiston metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Idaho

Metro areas in Idaho ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Twin Falls, ID765613.0$706K+8.1%#17 of 387
2Lewiston, ID-WA673613.5$723K+1.5%#51 of 387
3Boise City, ID6353817.7$652K+12.2%#83 of 387
Logan, UT-ID598316.8$636K+8.8%#104 of 387
4Coeur d’Alene, ID5712317.3$604K+11.0%#123 of 387
5Idaho Falls, ID5210518.9$554K+9.8%#174 of 387
6Pocatello, ID396419.1$473K+4.9%#298 of 387

Other business types in the Lewiston metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in the Lewiston, ID-WA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 36 gyms and studios in the Lewiston metro area. 10 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

How much do households in the Lewiston, ID-WA metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $26M a year, or $972 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $723K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,760 households in the Lewiston metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lewiston, ID-WA metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

The Lewiston metro area has 13.5 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $723K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Lewiston metro area would have about 39, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,433 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lewiston, ID-WA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lewiston metro area at 65,450 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,760 households. The median household income in the Lewiston metro area is $72,475 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. The Lewiston metro area scores 67 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #51 of 387 scored metro areas.

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