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Gyms and studios in Cass County, MO

How Cass 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 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #115 of 2,088 scored counties
#4 of 62 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
51
11 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$43M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $995 a household
Spending per listing
$843K
27% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.8
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
115,859
+7.1% 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

Cass County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for gyms and studios, ranking #115 of 2,088 scored counties and #4 of 62 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms and studios.

At $995 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Cass County spend about $43M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $843K of household spending for each location on map listings, 27% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

Cass County has 51 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 11.8 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Cass County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 2,700 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Cass County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cass County grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cass 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 Cass County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.812.714.9
Spending per listing$843K$685K$662K
Households per official establishment2,7002,0231,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.3%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$995$869$983
Median household income$87,535$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7755

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 16
Employees, 2023
128
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5111 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$300K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
115,859+7.1% since 2020
Households
43,206
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
697 sq. mi.
People per square mile
159
Median household income
$87,535+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,544
Median home value
$292,400
Jobs located here
30,659
Daytime population
87,642Residents 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 Cass 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

Other business types in Cass County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 gyms and studios in Cass County. 11 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

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

About $43M a year, or $995 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $843K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,206 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cass County has 11.8 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $843K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Cass County would have about 65, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,700 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 115,859 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,206 households. The median household income in Cass County is $87,535 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% 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. Cass County scores 77 for gyms and studios (high), #115 of 2,088 scored counties.

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