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Gyms and studios in Camden County, MO

How Camden County, MO 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #258 of 2,088 scored counties
#11 of 62 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
19
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.9M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $833 a household
Spending per listing
$786K
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.6
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,047
+2.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 gyms and studios in Camden County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.6, 29% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Camden County comes to about $14.9M a year: $833 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $786K of household spending for each location on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Camden County classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction. That is one for every 3,585 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $742K have gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Camden County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Camden County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms and studios in Camden County is 70 (upper middle), #258 of 2,088 scored counties and #11 of 62 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Camden County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Camden County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureCamden CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.612.714.9
Spending per listing$786K$685K$662K
Households per official establishment3,5852,0231,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.3%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$833$869$983
Median household income$66,387$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7055

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 5
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$488K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
192 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$742K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
44,047+2.9% since 2020
Households
17,925
Median age
50.9
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
656 sq. mi.
People per square mile
67
Median household income
$66,387+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,825
Median home value
$305,400
Jobs located here
16,585
Daytime population
44,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO93167.0$1.3M+11.4%#5 of 2,088
2Warren County, MO90107.2$1.3M+9.2%#12 of 2,088
3Callaway County, MO8084.9$1.7M+3.2%#63 of 2,088
4Cass County, MO775111.8$843K+7.1%#115 of 2,088
5Morgan County, MO7666.9$1M+6.8%#125 of 2,088
6Stone County, MO74107.4$996K+4.1%#157 of 2,088
7Ray County, MO7366.6$1.2M+1.1%#170 of 2,088
8Clinton County, MO7378.4$965K+2.1%#179 of 2,088
9Jefferson County, MO739911.2$819K+2.7%#186 of 2,088
10Lawrence County, MO72106.8$1M+3.7%#197 of 2,088
11Camden County, MO701910.6$786K+2.9%#258 of 2,088

Other business types in Camden County

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Camden County, MO?

Camden County has 19 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

How much do households in Camden County, MO spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $14.9M a year, or $833 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $786K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,925 households in Camden County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Camden County, MO compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Camden County has 10.6 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $786K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the national ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Camden County would have about 23, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,585 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is Camden County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Camden County at 44,047 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,925 households. Median household income in Camden County is $66,387, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Camden County scores 70 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #258 of 2,088 scored counties.

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