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Gyms and studios in Lafayette County, WI

How Lafayette County, WI 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #187 of 2,088 scored counties
#6 of 62 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.6M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $827 a household
Spending per listing
$799K
21% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.4
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,478
+5.2% 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

Lafayette County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms and studios, ranking #187 of 2,088 scored counties and #6 of 62 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms and studios.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Lafayette County comes to about $5.6M a year: $827 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $799K of household spending for each location on map listings, 21% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

There are 7 gyms and studios on map listings in Lafayette County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.4, 30% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Lafayette County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Lafayette County grew 5.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lafayette County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Lafayette County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.413.814.9
Spending per listing$799K$668K$662K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6921,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.2%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$827$921$983
Median household income$76,462$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7346

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
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,478+5.2% since 2020
Households
6,763
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
634 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$76,462+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,228
Median home value
$194,500
Jobs located here
5,035
Daytime population
13,670Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Wisconsin

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

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Calumet County, WI84178.0$1.3M+2.9%#32 of 2,088
2Oconto County, WI7984.8$1.8M+2.9%#75 of 2,088
3Trempealeau County, WI7675.6$1.5M+1.1%#118 of 2,088
4Iowa County, WI7687.9$1.2M+1.0%#120 of 2,088
5Sawyer County, WI7377.9$932K+4.0%#181 of 2,088
6Lafayette County, WI73710.4$799K+5.2%#187 of 2,088
7Washington County, WI726411.2$958K+1.8%#199 of 2,088
8Vernon County, WI72118.9$918K+2.4%#201 of 2,088
9Polk County, WI722311.8$739K+1.7%#214 of 2,088
10Clark County, WI7186.2$1.3M+1.2%#217 of 2,088

Other business types in Lafayette County

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Lafayette County, WI?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 gyms and studios in Lafayette County. None of them 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 Lafayette County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lafayette County, WI spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $5.6M a year, or $827 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $799K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,763 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lafayette County, WI compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Lafayette County has 10.4 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $799K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Lafayette County would have about 9, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Lafayette County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Lafayette County at 17,478 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,763 households. The median household income in Lafayette County is $76,462 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Lafayette County scores 73 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #187 of 2,088 scored counties.

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