Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Alabama
Gyms in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area
How the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #270 of 506 scored small-town markets
#6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 21
- 9 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $20.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $536 a household
- Spending per listing
- $971K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,764
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 gyms in the Talladega-Sylacauga area. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 43%, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Talladega-Sylacauga area comes to about $20.4M a year: $536 per household, 46% below the U.S. average. That works out to $971K per gym, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Talladega-Sylacauga area in 2023. That is one for every 7,612 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Talladega-Sylacauga area held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for gyms in the Talladega-Sylacauga area is 49 (lower middle), #270 of 506 scored small-town markets and #6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Talladega-Sylacauga area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the gyms 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 | Talladega-Sylacauga area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $971K | $936K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 7,612 | 4,035 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.7% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $536 | $656 | $983 |
| Median household income | $57,722 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 219 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 and recreational sports centers in the Talladega-Sylacauga 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. These official figures cover all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms.
Population and households in the Talladega-Sylacauga area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,7640.0% since 2020
- Households
- 38,062
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,388 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $57,722
- Average household income
- $72,187
- Median home value
- $144,400
- Jobs located here
- 28,443
- Daytime population
- 80,946Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ozark, AL | 65 | 5 | 2.5 | $2.1M | +1.3% | #84 of 506 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 65 | 19 | 4.7 | $1.2M | +3.0% | #94 of 506 |
| 2Cullman, AL | 59 | 24 | 6.8 | $906K | +6.7% | #164 of 506 |
| 3Enterprise, AL | 58 | 13 | 6.2 | $1.1M | +6.3% | #175 of 506 |
| 4Albertville, AL | 56 | 29 | 8.0 | $800K | +6.0% | #193 of 506 |
| 5Alexander City, AL | 54 | 8 | 4.7 | $1.2M | −0.8% | #219 of 506 |
| 6Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 49 | 21 | 5.5 | $971K | 0.0% | #270 of 506 |
| 7Scottsboro, AL | 47 | 15 | 6.9 | $768K | +3.3% | #290 of 506 |
| 8Fort Payne, AL | 42 | 13 | 5.0 | $981K | +3.4% | #343 of 506 |
| 9Russellville, AL | 37 | 6 | 5.0 | $990K | +1.1% | #393 of 506 |
Other business types in the Talladega-Sylacauga area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gyms are in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area?
The Talladega-Sylacauga area has 21 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
How much do households in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $20.4M a year, or $536 per household. That is 46% below the U.S. average (an index of 54, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 gyms on map listings, it comes to $971K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,062 households in the Talladega-Sylacauga area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Talladega-Sylacauga area has 5.5 gyms per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $971K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Talladega-Sylacauga area would have about 16, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,612 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Talladega-Sylacauga area at 91,764 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,062 households. The median household income in the Talladega-Sylacauga area is $57,722 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Talladega-Sylacauga area scores 49 for gyms (lower middle), #270 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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