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Gyms and studios in Gasconade County, MO

How Gasconade 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #576 of 2,088 scored counties
#21 of 62 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.4M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $728 a household
Spending per listing
$882K
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,784
+0.1% 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

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Gasconade County comes to about $4.4M a year: $728 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $882K of household spending for each location on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

Gasconade County has 5 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Gasconade County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Gasconade County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms and studios, Gasconade County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #576 of 2,088 scored counties and #21 of 62 scored counties in Missouri.

How Gasconade 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 Gasconade County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureGasconade CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.212.714.9
Spending per listing$882K$685K$662K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0231,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.3%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$728$869$983
Median household income$64,232$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6055

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Gasconade 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 Gasconade County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,784+0.1% since 2020
Households
6,061
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
519 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$64,232+17.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,839
Median home value
$179,900
Jobs located here
5,378
Daytime population
13,377Residents 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 Gasconade 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
21Gasconade County, MO6058.2$882K+0.1%#576 of 2,088

Other business types in Gasconade County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 gyms and studios in Gasconade County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Gasconade County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $4.4M a year, or $728 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $882K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,061 households in Gasconade County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Gasconade County has 8.2 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $882K, 33% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Gasconade County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Gasconade County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Gasconade County at 14,784 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,061 households. The median household income in Gasconade County is $64,232 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.0% 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. Gasconade County scores 60 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #576 of 2,088 scored counties.

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