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Gyms in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area

How the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #77 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona

Listings
29
2 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
9
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$40.8M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $800 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
126,332
+0.6% 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 the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area comes to about $40.8M a year: $800 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.

The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 29 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 5,665 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #77 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area compares

The same measures for Arizona 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.

Gyms in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureSierra Vista-Douglas metro areaArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.77.27.6
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)5,6653,5133,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.3%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$800$1,114$983
Median household income$59,742$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score6378

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
87
Annual payroll, 2023
$887K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
292 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
126,332+0.6% since 2020
Households
50,982
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
6,210 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$59,742+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,017
Median home value
$218,300
Jobs located here
29,807
Daytime population
114,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for gyms, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Arizona

Metro areas in Arizona ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ81706.3$1.5M+6.5%#9 of 387
2Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ78535.2$1.5M+6.5%#16 of 387
3Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ761,4547.7$1.6M+7.3%#20 of 387
4Yuma, AZ71506.3$1.3M+9.2%#36 of 387
5Tucson, AZ642796.4$1.6M+2.8%#68 of 387
6Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ63295.7$1.4M+0.6%#77 of 387
7Flagstaff, AZ50417.4$1.4M−0.6%#189 of 387

Other business types in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area

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

Questions

How many gyms are in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 gyms in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.

How much do households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $40.8M a year, or $800 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per gym. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,982 households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms?

The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 5.7 gyms per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.4M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area would have about 31, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,665 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area at 126,332 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,982 households. Median household income in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area is $59,742, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area scores 63 for gyms (upper middle), #77 of 387 scored metro areas.

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