Fitness and classes · Metro area · Colorado
Gyms in the Greeley, CO metro area
How the Greeley, CO 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 89 out of 100: High
Ranked #1 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 78
- 21 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $155.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,250 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 378,426
- +14.2% since 2020
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What this means
For gyms, the Greeley metro area has a Groundwork market score of 89 (high): #1 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for gyms.
At $1,250 per household (27% above the U.S. average), households in the Greeley metro area spend about $155.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 78 gyms, that is $2M per gym, 53% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
The Greeley metro area has 78 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 21 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the Greeley metro area classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 4,009 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, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Greeley metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greeley metro area grew 14.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Greeley metro area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Greeley metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 4,009 | 2,443 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.5% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $1,250 | $1,337 | $983 |
| Median household income | $97,097 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 89 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 247
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7821 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 119The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Greeley 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 Greeley metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 378,426+14.2% since 2020
- Households
- 124,287
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 3,985 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $97,097+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,627
- Median home value
- $471,700
- Jobs located here
- 109,846
- Daytime population
- 273,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 89 | 78 | 6.3 | $2M | +14.2% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Colorado Springs, CO | 71 | 225 | 7.4 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #34 of 387 |
| 3Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 67 | 1,069 | 8.8 | $1.7M | +4.1% | #52 of 387 |
| 4Pueblo, CO | 65 | 45 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +0.6% | #65 of 387 |
| 5Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 63 | 132 | 8.6 | $1.5M | +4.8% | #73 of 387 |
| 6Grand Junction, CO | 63 | 54 | 8.2 | $1.2M | +4.4% | #81 of 387 |
| 7Boulder, CO | 47 | 158 | 11.5 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #222 of 387 |
Other business types in the Greeley metro 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 Greeley, CO metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 78 gyms in the Greeley metro area. 21 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 31 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 Greeley, CO metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $155.4M a year, or $1,250 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 gyms on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 124,287 households in the Greeley metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greeley, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Greeley metro area has 6.3 gyms per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $2M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Greeley metro area would have about 119, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,009 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Greeley, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Greeley metro area at 378,426 people in 2025, up 14.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,287 households. Median household income in the Greeley metro area is $97,097, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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 Greeley metro area scores 89 for gyms (high), #1 of 387 scored metro areas.
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