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Gyms and studios in Bamberg County, SC
How Bamberg County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $422 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 12,796
- −3.5% since 2020
See the gyms and studios around any address in Bamberg County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 gym or studio in Bamberg County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.
Households in Bamberg County spend about $2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $422 per household, 57% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per location.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Bamberg County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bamberg County declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 gym or studio on map listings, Bamberg County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Bamberg County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Bamberg County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 13.3 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $528K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,190 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $422 | $700 | $983 |
| Median household income | $44,370 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Bamberg 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 Bamberg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,796−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,644
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $44,370+41.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,606
- Median home value
- $97,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,526
- Daytime population
- 10,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laurens County, SC | 71 | 15 | 5.6 | $956K | +6.2% | #223 of 2,088 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 66 | 113 | 12.1 | $634K | +18.7% | #389 of 2,088 |
| 3Jasper County, SC | 65 | 11 | 8.4 | $739K | +32.2% | #419 of 2,088 |
| 4Georgetown County, SC | 65 | 27 | 10.0 | $720K | +3.8% | #421 of 2,088 |
| 5Kershaw County, SC | 65 | 28 | 10.4 | $621K | +11.6% | #427 of 2,088 |
| 6Oconee County, SC | 64 | 34 | 9.9 | $661K | +6.3% | #469 of 2,088 |
| 7Edgefield County, SC | 63 | 9 | 9.2 | $705K | +16.1% | #499 of 2,088 |
| 8Lancaster County, SC | 60 | 51 | 12.7 | $621K | +18.3% | #609 of 2,088 |
| 9Dorchester County, SC | 60 | 78 | 12.3 | $613K | +10.1% | #611 of 2,088 |
| 10Saluda County, SC | 59 | 5 | 6.5 | $822K | +4.1% | #625 of 2,088 |
| Bamberg County, SC | Not scored | 1 | 2.2 | $2M | −3.5% |
Other business types in Bamberg 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 classes
- Gyms
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms and studios are in Bamberg County, SC?
Bamberg County has 1 gym or studio on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Bamberg County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bamberg County, SC spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $2M a year, or $422 per household. That is 57% below the U.S. average (an index of 43, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 gym or studio on map listings, it comes to $2M per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,644 households in Bamberg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bamberg County, SC compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
Bamberg County has 1 gym or studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Bamberg County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Bamberg County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Bamberg County at 12,796 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,644 households. Median household income in Bamberg County is $44,370, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.2%, 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. Bamberg County has no market score for gyms and studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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