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Gyms and studios in Bourbon County, KY

How Bourbon County, KY 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #616 of 2,088 scored counties
#14 of 63 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.1M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $632 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
59% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,243
−0.3% 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

Households in Bourbon County spend about $5.1M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $632 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 gyms and studios, that is $1M per location, 55% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

There are 5 gyms and studios on map listings in Bourbon County as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Bourbon County in 2023. That is one for every 2,711 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $122K has gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Bourbon County.

Population estimates put the population change in Bourbon County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms and studios, Bourbon County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #616 of 2,088 scored counties and #14 of 63 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Bourbon County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Bourbon County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureBourbon CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.111.214.9
Spending per listing$1M$576K$662K
Households per official establishment2,7112,7291,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.2%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$632$643$983
Median household income$61,354$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5945

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$209K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$122K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,243−0.3% since 2020
Households
8,134
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
290 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$61,354+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,564
Median home value
$229,300
Jobs located here
7,355
Daytime population
18,072Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Bourbon County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spencer County, KY74912.3$724K+7.7%#169 of 2,088
2Oldham County, KY713314.3$821K+4.9%#235 of 2,088
3Scott County, KY702611.5$710K+8.2%#262 of 2,088
4Woodford County, KY681211.1$728K+3.7%#325 of 2,088
5Meade County, KY6798.2$863K+2.2%#341 of 2,088
6Boone County, KY676613.0$714K+6.5%#353 of 2,088
7Shelby County, KY66179.2$847K+6.2%#374 of 2,088
8Logan County, KY6565.5$994K+4.2%#397 of 2,088
9Lincoln County, KY6555.2$992K+4.6%#398 of 2,088
10Montgomery County, KY6565.5$977K+2.5%#399 of 2,088
14Bourbon County, KY5956.1$1M−0.3%#616 of 2,088

Other business types in Bourbon County

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Bourbon County, KY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 gyms and studios in Bourbon County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

How much do households in Bourbon County, KY spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $5.1M a year, or $632 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $1M per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,134 households in Bourbon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bourbon County, KY compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Bourbon County has 6.1 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $1M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Bourbon County would have about 8, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,711 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is Bourbon County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Bourbon County at 20,243 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,134 households. The median household income in Bourbon County is $61,354 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Bourbon County scores 59 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #616 of 2,088 scored counties.

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