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Gyms and studios in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area

How the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #127 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon

Listings
198
28 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
87
−2.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$152.8M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $952 a household
Spending per listing
$771K
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.3
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
381,584
−0.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 198 gyms and studios in the Eugene-Springfield metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Eugene-Springfield metro area comes to about $152.8M a year: $952 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $771K per location, 17% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

In 2023, official counts showed 87 businesses with payroll in the Eugene-Springfield metro area classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction, down 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,844 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Eugene-Springfield metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Eugene-Springfield metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Eugene-Springfield metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms and studios, ranking #127 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.

How the Eugene-Springfield metro area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureEugene-Springfield metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.314.514.9
Spending per listing$771K$802K$662K
Households per official establishment1,8441,6081,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.2%+1.2%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$952$1,161$983
Median household income$71,544$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score5664

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
87−2.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
952
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
19828 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
231The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$3.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Eugene-Springfield metro area, 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 the Eugene-Springfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
381,584−0.7% since 2020
Households
160,445
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
84
Median household income
$71,544+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,524
Median home value
$430,600
Jobs located here
156,880
Daytime population
382,221Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Oregon

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Eugene-Springfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Albany, OR76479.3$991K+3.0%#13 of 387
2Salem, OR7119212.0$883K+2.7%#29 of 387
3Grants Pass, OR704211.4$783K−0.4%#35 of 387
4Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA631,53815.2$883K+1.0%#74 of 387
5Eugene-Springfield, OR5619812.3$771K−0.7%#127 of 387
6Bend, OR5620419.5$635K+7.0%#129 of 387
7Corvallis, OR527118.4$614K+4.4%#168 of 387
8Medford, OR4913614.8$666K−0.9%#194 of 387

Other business types in the Eugene-Springfield metro area

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area?

There are 198 gyms and studios on map listings in the Eugene-Springfield metro area as of September 2026. 28 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 87 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $152.8M a year, or $952 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 198 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $771K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 160,445 households in the Eugene-Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

The Eugene-Springfield metro area has 12.3 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $771K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the national ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Eugene-Springfield metro area would have about 231, against 198 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,844 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +8.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Eugene-Springfield metro area at 381,584 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 160,445 households. Median household income in the Eugene-Springfield metro area is $71,544, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. The Eugene-Springfield metro area scores 56 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #127 of 387 scored metro areas.

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