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Gyms and studios in the Moses Lake, WA area

How the Moses Lake, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #35 of 535 scored small-town markets
#6 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington

Listings
41
7 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$33.7M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $953 a household
Spending per listing
$823K
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.6
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
105,727
+6.3% 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

For gyms and studios, the Moses Lake area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #35 of 535 scored small-town markets and #6 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for gyms and studios.

Households in the Moses Lake area spend about $33.7M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $953 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 41 gyms and studios, that is $823K per location, 24% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

The Moses Lake area has 41 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 17%, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.6, 22% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Moses Lake area in 2023. That is one for every 2,212 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $80K has gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Moses Lake area. Population estimates put the population change in the Moses Lake area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Moses Lake area compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Moses Lake, WA area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureMoses Lake areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.614.414.9
Spending per listing$823K$962K$662K
Households per official establishment2,2121,3801,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.7%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$953$1,386$983
Median household income$73,267$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score7373

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
124
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
417 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$80K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Moses Lake 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 Moses Lake area

Population, 2025 estimate
105,727+6.3% since 2020
Households
35,398
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
2,680 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$73,267+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,003
Median home value
$299,500
Jobs located here
39,791
Daytime population
100,811Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Washington

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Moses Lake area marked.

Top small-town markets in Washington

Small-town markets in Washington ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelton, WA93145.4$2M+7.8%#1 of 535
2Centralia, WA90237.0$1.4M+6.7%#2 of 535
3Aberdeen, WA87309.8$873K+3.0%#4 of 535
4Othello, WA85711.1$819K+4.3%#8 of 535
5Pullman, WA762111.2$802K+1.5%#23 of 535
6Moses Lake, WA734111.6$823K+6.3%#35 of 535
7Port Angeles, WA673710.6$915K+1.1%#72 of 535
8Port Townsend, WA671911.6$913K+2.7%#73 of 535
9Ellensburg, WA613216.0$681K+4.2%#137 of 535
10Oak Harbor, WA604512.5$941K−1.5%#144 of 535

Other business types in the Moses Lake area

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in the Moses Lake, WA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 gyms and studios in the Moses Lake area. 7 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

How much do households in the Moses Lake, WA area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $33.7M a year, or $953 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $823K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,398 households in the Moses Lake area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Moses Lake, WA area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

The Moses Lake area has 11.6 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $823K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Moses Lake area would have about 51, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,212 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is the Moses Lake, WA area growing?

Population estimates put the Moses Lake area at 105,727 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,398 households. The median household income in the Moses Lake area is $73,267 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Moses Lake area scores 73 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #35 of 535 scored small-town markets.

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