Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Iowa
Gyms and studios in the Spirit Lake, IA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms and studios in the Spirit Lake, IA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #404 of 535 scored small-town markets
#12 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $471K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.4
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,077
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Spirit Lake area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms and studios, ranking #404 of 535 scored small-town markets and #12 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Spirit Lake area spend about $8.5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $958 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $471K per location, 29% below the U.S. figure of $662K.
The Spirit Lake area has 18 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 20.4 per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 14.9.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Spirit Lake area classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction. That is one for every 1,106 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Spirit Lake area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Spirit Lake area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Spirit Lake area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.4 | 14.8 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $471K | $603K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,106 | 1,888 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.9% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $958 | $890 | $983 |
| Median household income | $75,432 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 106
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Spirit Lake 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 Spirit Lake area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,077+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,845
- Median age
- 48.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $75,432+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,164
- Median home value
- $270,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,412
- Daytime population
- 20,071Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Spirit Lake area marked.
Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marshalltown, IA | 71 | 11 | 7.1 | $1.1M | −0.5% | #41 of 535 |
| 2Ottumwa, IA | 55 | 16 | 11.4 | $627K | −0.3% | #210 of 535 |
| 3Clinton, IA | 52 | 25 | 12.8 | $628K | −0.9% | #251 of 535 |
| 4Le Mars, IA | 48 | 15 | 14.5 | $627K | 0.0% | #308 of 535 |
| 5Pella, IA | 46 | 23 | 17.3 | $525K | +2.3% | #328 of 535 |
| 6Burlington, IA-IL | 45 | 22 | 11.1 | $651K | −2.5% | #332 of 535 |
| 7Fort Dodge, IA | 45 | 19 | 12.4 | $604K | −0.4% | #334 of 535 |
| 8Carroll, IA | 45 | 13 | 14.8 | $572K | −2.0% | #338 of 535 |
| 9Storm Lake, IA | 45 | 11 | 14.6 | $572K | −1.7% | #339 of 535 |
| 10Oskaloosa, IA | 41 | 12 | 13.7 | $559K | −1.2% | #371 of 535 |
| 12Spirit Lake, IA | 39 | 18 | 20.4 | $471K | +1.7% | #404 of 535 |
Other business types in the Spirit Lake 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 classes39
- Gyms44
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios32
- 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 Spirit Lake, IA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 gyms and studios in the Spirit Lake area. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.
How much do households in the Spirit Lake, IA area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $8.5M a year, or $958 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $471K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,845 households in the Spirit Lake area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Spirit Lake, IA area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
The Spirit Lake area has 20.4 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $471K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Spirit Lake area would have about 13, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,106 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.
How fast is the Spirit Lake, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Spirit Lake area at 18,077 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,845 households. The median household income in the Spirit Lake area is $75,432 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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 Spirit Lake area scores 39 for gyms and studios (lower middle), #404 of 535 scored small-town markets.
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