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Gyms and studios in Nye County, NV

How Nye County, NV 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 85 out of 100: High

Ranked #30 of 2,088 scored counties
#2 of 9 scored counties in Nevada

Listings
22
6 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.9M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $854 a household
Spending per listing
$861K
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.9
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,336
+10.3% since 2020

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What this means

Nye County scores 85 (high) on the Groundwork market score for gyms and studios, ranking #30 of 2,088 scored counties and #2 of 9 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms and studios.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 gyms and studios in Nye County. 6 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 9.9 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Nye County comes to about $18.9M a year: $854 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $861K of household spending for each location on map listings, 30% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Nye County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 7,392 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Nye County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nye County grew 10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Nye County compares

The same measures for Nevada 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 Nye County, NV compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureNye CountyNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.914.014.9
Spending per listing$861K$778K$662K
Households per official establishment7,3921,8281,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.5%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$854$1,088$983
Median household income$60,714$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market score8578

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$146K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
226 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.7M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
57,336+10.3% since 2020
Households
22,175
Median age
52.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
18,182 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$60,714+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,604
Median home value
$290,900
Jobs located here
11,921
Daytime population
48,529Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in Nevada

Counties in Nevada ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lyon County, NV91198.0$1.3M+9.5%#9 of 2,088
2Nye County, NV85229.9$861K+10.3%#30 of 2,088
3Elko County, NV772512.7$846K+2.1%#112 of 2,088
4Clark County, NV701,15113.3$801K+5.8%#257 of 2,088
5Washoe County, NV6034317.2$709K+4.4%#594 of 2,088
6Douglas County, NV553817.8$717K+1.2%#804 of 2,088
7Humboldt County, NV501115.9$605K0.0%#1,060 of 2,088
8Churchill County, NV491414.7$688K+1.1%#1,092 of 2,088
9Carson City, NV494619.4$510K−0.2%#1,129 of 2,088

Other business types in Nye County

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Nye County, NV?

There are 22 gyms and studios on map listings in Nye County as of September 2026. 6 of them (27%) 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 Nye County, NV spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $18.9M a year, or $854 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $861K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,175 households in Nye County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Nye County, NV compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Nye County has 9.9 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $861K, 30% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the national ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Nye County would have about 29, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,392 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is Nye County, NV growing?

Population estimates put Nye County at 57,336 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,175 households. Median household income in Nye County is $60,714, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.4%, 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. Nye County scores 85 for gyms and studios (high), #30 of 2,088 scored counties.

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