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Gyms and studios in Oconto County, WI

How Oconto 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 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #75 of 2,088 scored counties
#2 of 62 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $854 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
2.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.8
68% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,195
+2.9% 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

Oconto County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for gyms and studios, ranking #75 of 2,088 scored counties and #2 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 Oconto County comes to about $14.4M a year: $854 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per location, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $662K.

There are 8 gyms and studios on map listings in Oconto County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 4.8 for every 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Oconto County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,362 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Population estimates show Oconto County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Oconto 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 Oconto County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureOconto CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.813.814.9
Spending per listing$1.8M$668K$662K
Households per official establishment3,3621,6921,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.2%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$854$921$983
Median household income$75,049$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7946

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 5
Employees, 2023
38
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Oconto 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 Oconto County

Population, 2025 estimate
40,195+2.9% since 2020
Households
16,811
Median age
46.9
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
998 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$75,049+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,497
Median home value
$231,400
Jobs located here
8,756
Daytime population
28,572Residents 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 Oconto 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 Oconto County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 gyms and studios in Oconto County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

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

About $14.4M a year, or $854 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,811 households in Oconto County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Oconto County has 4.8 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $1.8M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Oconto County would have about 22, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,362 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is Oconto County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Oconto County at 40,195 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,811 households. The median household income in Oconto County is $75,049 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Oconto County scores 79 for gyms and studios (high), #75 of 2,088 scored counties.

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