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Gyms and studios in Sanpete County, UT

How Sanpete County, UT 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,133 of 2,088 scored counties
#15 of 19 scored counties in Utah

Listings
18
5 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.9M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $890 a household
Spending per listing
$439K
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.3
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,453
+10.3% 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

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Sanpete County comes to about $7.9M a year: $890 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $439K of household spending for each location on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $662K.

Sanpete County has 18 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 28%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 20.3 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Sanpete County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Sanpete County.

Population estimates put the population change in Sanpete County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms and studios in Sanpete County is 49 (lower middle), #1,133 of 2,088 scored counties and #15 of 19 scored counties in Utah.

How Sanpete County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Sanpete County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureSanpete CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.317.614.9
Spending per listing$439K$719K$662K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,1991,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.4%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$890$1,265$983
Median household income$70,083$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score4963

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
185 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$10K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Sanpete 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 Sanpete County

Population, 2025 estimate
31,453+10.3% since 2020
Households
8,888
Median age
34.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
1,590 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$70,083+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,824
Median home value
$347,200
Jobs located here
8,877
Daytime population
27,248Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Utah

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The highest-scoring counties in Utah for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Utah, with Sanpete County marked.

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tooele County, UT882811.7$1.1M+19.2%#19 of 2,088
2Morgan County, UT77923.8$683K+8.1%#117 of 2,088
3Weber County, UT7213314.1$814K+5.8%#209 of 2,088
4Utah County, UT6337618.5$721K+14.5%#496 of 2,088
5Davis County, UT6221218.3$777K+4.8%#522 of 2,088
6Wasatch County, UT622922.5$720K+9.9%#530 of 2,088
7Salt Lake County, UT5973417.2$762K+2.9%#631 of 2,088
8Cache County, UT597216.2$664K+8.5%#647 of 2,088
9Duchesne County, UT581318.9$545K+6.3%#705 of 2,088
10Uintah County, UT571915.6$611K+7.3%#742 of 2,088
15Sanpete County, UT491820.3$439K+10.3%#1,133 of 2,088

Other business types in Sanpete County

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Sanpete County, UT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 gyms and studios in Sanpete County. 5 of them (28%) 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 Sanpete County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Sanpete County, UT spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $7.9M a year, or $890 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $439K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,888 households in Sanpete County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sanpete County, UT compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Sanpete County has 20.3 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $439K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Sanpete County would have about 12, against 18 on map listings.

How fast is Sanpete County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Sanpete County at 31,453 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,888 households. The median household income in Sanpete County is $70,083 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Sanpete County scores 49 for gyms and studios (lower middle), #1,133 of 2,088 scored counties.

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