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Gyms and studios in Vermilion Parish, LA

How Vermilion Parish, LA 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,793 of 2,088 scored counties
#17 of 48 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
28
9 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.4M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $570 a household
Spending per listing
$444K
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.8
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,671
+1.3% 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

For gyms and studios, Vermilion Parish has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,793 of 2,088 scored counties and #17 of 48 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Vermilion Parish spend about $12.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $570 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 gyms and studios, that is $444K per location, 33% below the U.S. figure of $662K.

There are 28 gyms and studios on map listings in Vermilion Parish as of September 2026. 9 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.8, 14% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Vermilion Parish was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 2,422 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Vermilion Parish grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Vermilion Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Vermilion Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureVermilion ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.814.614.9
Spending per listing$444K$443K$662K
Households per official establishment2,4222,0991,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.9%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$570$646$983
Median household income$55,707$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3021

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 9
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$314K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
289 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Vermilion Parish, 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 Vermilion Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
57,671+1.3% since 2020
Households
21,797
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,172 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$55,707+7.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,600
Median home value
$163,300
Jobs located here
12,586
Daytime population
46,026Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Vermilion Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA651110.0$732K+5.5%#420 of 2,088
2Iberville Parish, LA5654.4$1.3M−1.6%#750 of 2,088
3Livingston Parish, LA556512.1$578K+8.5%#829 of 2,088
4Ascension Parish, LA517615.9$567K+6.4%#1,023 of 2,088
5St. James Parish, LA5079.3$795K−5.9%#1,036 of 2,088
6Beauregard Parish, LA48128.7$733K+0.2%#1,145 of 2,088
7Acadia Parish, LA46167.2$689K−0.8%#1,246 of 2,088
8Tangipahoa Parish, LA465410.4$562K+5.8%#1,269 of 2,088
9LaSalle Parish, LA4459.9$631K+2.2%#1,340 of 2,088
10St. Charles Parish, LA412714.5$553K−3.7%#1,454 of 2,088
17Vermilion Parish, LA302812.8$444K+1.3%#1,793 of 2,088

Other business types in Vermilion Parish

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Vermilion Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 28 gyms and studios in Vermilion Parish. 9 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

How much do households in Vermilion Parish, LA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $12.4M a year, or $570 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $444K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,797 households in Vermilion Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Vermilion Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Vermilion Parish has 12.8 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $444K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Vermilion Parish would have about 19, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,422 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is Vermilion Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Vermilion Parish at 57,671 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,797 households. The median household income in Vermilion Parish is $55,707 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 7.2% 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. Vermilion Parish scores 30 for gyms and studios (lower middle), #1,793 of 2,088 scored counties.

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