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Gyms and studios in Brookings County, SD
The gyms and studios in Brookings County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,213 of 2,088 scored counties
#10 of 15 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 19
- 5 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $819 a household
- Spending per listing
- $595K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,635
- +9.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 gyms and studios in Brookings County. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 13.8 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.
Households in Brookings County spend about $11.3M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $819 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $595K of household spending for each location on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $662K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Brookings County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 986 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Brookings County.
Population estimates show Brookings County grew 9.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms and studios in Brookings County is 47 (lower middle), #1,213 of 2,088 scored counties and #10 of 15 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Brookings County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Brookings County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $595K | $635K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | 986 | 1,810 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.5% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $819 | $876 | $983 |
| Median household income | $70,064 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 132
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 195 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Brookings 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 Brookings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,635+9.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,798
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 792 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,064+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,400
- Median home value
- $264,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,000
- Daytime population
- 37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 76 | 10 | 13.7 | $783K | +3.3% | #132 of 2,088 |
| 2Beadle County, SD | 74 | 5 | 6.6 | $1.2M | +2.4% | #152 of 2,088 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 67 | 14 | 11.7 | $742K | +2.7% | #351 of 2,088 |
| 4Yankton County, SD | 62 | 11 | 11.3 | $721K | +1.5% | #529 of 2,088 |
| 5Clay County, SD | 59 | 5 | 9.0 | $827K | +0.2% | #623 of 2,088 |
| 6Minnehaha County, SD | 55 | 121 | 14.3 | $646K | +7.6% | #817 of 2,088 |
| 7Butte County, SD | 54 | 7 | 16.3 | $547K | +5.5% | #883 of 2,088 |
| 8Pennington County, SD | 52 | 72 | 15.5 | $569K | +6.6% | #979 of 2,088 |
| 9Lincoln County, SD | 51 | 57 | 20.4 | $554K | +17.5% | #1,027 of 2,088 |
| 10Brookings County, SD | 47 | 19 | 13.8 | $595K | +9.6% | #1,213 of 2,088 |
Other business types in Brookings 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 classes47
- Gyms56
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios48
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms and studios are in Brookings County, SD?
There are 19 gyms and studios on map listings in Brookings County as of September 2026. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.
How much do households in Brookings County, SD spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $11.3M a year, or $819 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $595K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,798 households in Brookings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brookings County, SD compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
Brookings County has 13.8 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $595K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the national ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Brookings County would have about 17, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 986 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.
How fast is Brookings County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Brookings County at 37,635 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,798 households. Median household income in Brookings County is $70,064, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Brookings County scores 47 for gyms and studios (lower middle), #1,213 of 2,088 scored counties.
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