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Gyms in Sharp County, AR
How Sharp County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $472 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,122
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Sharp County spend about $3.2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $472 per household, 52% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Sharp County has 3 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Sharp County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sharp County grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 gyms on map listings, Sharp County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Sharp County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Sharp County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $919K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 4,693 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $472 | $617 | $983 |
| Median household income | $44,637 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Sharp 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. These official figures cover all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms.
Population and households in Sharp County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,122+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 6,856
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $44,637+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,113
- Median home value
- $105,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,642
- Daytime population
- 15,978Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lonoke County, AR | 65 | 15 | 5.3 | $1.3M | +3.5% | #369 of 1,792 |
| 2Benton County, AR | 60 | 90 | 8.0 | $1.1M | +16.0% | #536 of 1,792 |
| 3Saline County, AR | 59 | 32 | 6.4 | $1.1M | +7.6% | #580 of 1,792 |
| 4Faulkner County, AR | 48 | 40 | 8.1 | $821K | +8.2% | #1,011 of 1,792 |
| 5Miller County, AR | 46 | 7 | 4.3 | $1.2M | −0.5% | #1,049 of 1,792 |
| 6Garland County, AR | 46 | 23 | 5.3 | $1M | −0.6% | #1,059 of 1,792 |
| 7Craighead County, AR | 45 | 34 | 7.7 | $813K | +4.8% | #1,113 of 1,792 |
| 8Crawford County, AR | 45 | 19 | 8.1 | $712K | +4.1% | #1,118 of 1,792 |
| 9Mississippi County, AR | 44 | 5 | 3.2 | $1.7M | −6.7% | #1,121 of 1,792 |
| 10White County, AR | 43 | 22 | 7.4 | $701K | +4.2% | #1,180 of 1,792 |
| Sharp County, AR | Not scored | 3 | 4.4 | $1.1M | +4.7% |
Other business types in Sharp County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Sharp County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 gyms in Sharp County. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Sharp County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Sharp County, AR spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $3.2M a year, or $472 per household. That is 52% below the U.S. average (an index of 48, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 6,856 households in Sharp County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sharp County, AR compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Sharp County has 4.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending.
How fast is Sharp County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Sharp County at 18,122 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,856 households. Median household income in Sharp County is $44,637, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. Sharp County has no market score for gyms: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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