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Gyms and studios in Livingston County, NY
How Livingston County, NY 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,595 of 2,088 scored counties
#49 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 43
- 5 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $810 a household
- Spending per listing
- $461K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.6
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,438
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
For gyms and studios, Livingston County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,595 of 2,088 scored counties and #49 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Livingston County comes to about $19.8M a year: $810 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $461K per location, 30% below the U.S. figure of $662K.
Livingston County has 43 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 12%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 17.6 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 14.9.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Livingston County classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction. That is one for every 2,447 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $385K have gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Livingston County. Population estimates put the population change in Livingston County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Livingston County compares
The same measures for New York 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.
| Measure | Livingston County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.6 | 15.2 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $461K | $707K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,447 | 1,454 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.0% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $810 | $1,071 | $983 |
| Median household income | $74,001 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $450K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 435 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $385K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Livingston 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 Livingston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,438−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,473
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $74,001+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,240
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,459
- Daytime population
- 52,677Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rensselaer County, NY | 71 | 68 | 10.2 | $938K | −0.2% | #225 of 2,088 |
| 2Sullivan County, NY | 70 | 34 | 10.8 | $819K | +2.7% | #252 of 2,088 |
| 3Greene County, NY | 69 | 18 | 9.6 | $926K | −1.1% | #273 of 2,088 |
| 4Yates County, NY | 67 | 7 | 7.4 | $1.1M | −0.8% | #333 of 2,088 |
| 5Queens County, NY | 66 | 737 | 8.8 | $1.2M | −1.1% | #361 of 2,088 |
| 6Tioga County, NY | 66 | 21 | 10.3 | $797K | −1.9% | #380 of 2,088 |
| 7Schenectady County, NY | 65 | 71 | 10.6 | $864K | +3.0% | #407 of 2,088 |
| 8Bronx County, NY | 64 | 210 | 3.9 | $1.6M | −3.8% | #433 of 2,088 |
| 9Cayuga County, NY | 63 | 30 | 9.5 | $793K | −2.3% | #487 of 2,088 |
| 10Lewis County, NY | 62 | 7 | 6.3 | $1.1M | −0.3% | #507 of 2,088 |
| 49Livingston County, NY | 37 | 43 | 17.6 | $461K | −0.2% | #1,595 of 2,088 |
Other business types in Livingston County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
- Gyms, studios and classes37
- Gyms38
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios32
- Martial arts and dance studios54
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms and studios are in Livingston County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 gyms and studios in Livingston County. 5 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.
How much do households in Livingston County, NY spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $19.8M a year, or $810 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $461K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,473 households in Livingston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Livingston County, NY compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
Livingston County has 17.6 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $461K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Livingston County would have about 30, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,447 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.
How fast is Livingston County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Livingston County at 61,438 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,473 households. The median household income in Livingston County is $74,001 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Livingston County scores 37 for gyms and studios (lower middle), #1,595 of 2,088 scored counties.
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