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Gyms and studios in Aransas County, TX
How Aransas County, TX 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #877 of 2,088 scored counties
#49 of 143 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 15
- 5 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.9M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $593K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.0
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,146
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $713 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Aransas County spend about $8.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That works out to $593K per location, 10% below the U.S. figure of $662K.
Aransas County has 15 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 33%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 12.0 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Aransas County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Aransas County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Aransas County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms and studios, ranking #877 of 2,088 scored counties and #49 of 143 scored counties in Texas.
How Aransas County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Aransas County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.0 | 15.0 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $593K | $539K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,718 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $713 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $69,466 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 45 |
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
- 155 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Aransas 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 Aransas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,146+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,478
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $69,466+53.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,246
- Median home value
- $265,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,584
- Daytime population
- 21,119Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 91 | 15 | 8.7 | $1.2M | +22.6% | #10 of 2,088 |
| 2Medina County, TX | 81 | 13 | 7.3 | $996K | +11.4% | #58 of 2,088 |
| 3Grimes County, TX | 80 | 5 | 4.9 | $1.3M | +16.3% | #65 of 2,088 |
| 4Lampasas County, TX | 80 | 7 | 8.3 | $943K | +9.0% | #70 of 2,088 |
| 5Llano County, TX | 78 | 9 | 8.4 | $905K | +9.5% | #95 of 2,088 |
| 6Waller County, TX | 76 | 14 | 7.6 | $1.1M | +21.9% | #122 of 2,088 |
| 7Gaines County, TX | 75 | 6 | 8.7 | $853K | +10.4% | #140 of 2,088 |
| 8Polk County, TX | 74 | 13 | 6.7 | $893K | +5.9% | #163 of 2,088 |
| 9Burleson County, TX | 73 | 5 | 6.3 | $1.1M | +16.2% | #174 of 2,088 |
| 10Hardin County, TX | 73 | 22 | 9.9 | $752K | +4.2% | #189 of 2,088 |
| 49Aransas County, TX | 54 | 15 | 12.0 | $593K | +9.3% | #877 of 2,088 |
Other business types in Aransas 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 classes54
- Gyms51
- 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 Aransas County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 gyms and studios in Aransas County. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Aransas County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Aransas County, TX spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $8.9M a year, or $713 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $593K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,478 households in Aransas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aransas County, TX compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
Aransas County has 12.0 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $593K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Aransas County would have about 13, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Aransas County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Aransas County at 26,146 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,478 households. The median household income in Aransas County is $69,466 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 53.9% 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. Aransas County scores 54 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #877 of 2,088 scored counties.
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