Fitness and classes · Metro area · Florida
Gyms in the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area
How the Naples-Marco Island, FL 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 #79 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 124
- 30 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +3.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $158.1M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 417,131
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 124 gyms in the Naples-Marco Island metro area. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 24%, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in the Naples-Marco Island metro area spend about $158.1M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $953 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per gym, 2% 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 54 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Naples-Marco Island metro area in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,072 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. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Naples-Marco Island metro area.
Population estimates show the Naples-Marco Island metro area grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, the Naples-Marco Island metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #79 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Naples-Marco Island metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Naples-Marco Island metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,072 | 3,136 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.9% | +10.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $953 | $764 | $983 |
| Median household income | $90,045 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54All fitness and recreational sports centers · +3.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 604
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12430 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 122The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Naples-Marco Island 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 Naples-Marco Island metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 417,131+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 165,875
- Median age
- 51.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,997 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 199
- Median household income
- $90,045+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $145,201
- Median home value
- $540,700
- Jobs located here
- 165,588
- Daytime population
- 398,800Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 86 | 17 | 2.4 | $2.9M | +21.1% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Homosassa Springs, FL | 76 | 24 | 3.4 | $1.7M | +11.1% | #18 of 387 |
| 3Punta Gorda, FL | 73 | 45 | 5.0 | $1.3M | +15.5% | #28 of 387 |
| 4Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 69 | 142 | 4.9 | $1.3M | +19.8% | #43 of 387 |
| 5Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 66 | 50 | 5.7 | $1.2M | +15.7% | #63 of 387 |
| 6Naples-Marco Island, FL | 63 | 124 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +10.6% | #79 of 387 |
| 7Ocala, FL | 61 | 83 | 5.0 | $1.1M | +17.3% | #96 of 387 |
| 8Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 60 | 224 | 6.8 | $1.1M | +14.4% | #105 of 387 |
| 9Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 55 | 183 | 7.1 | $1.1M | +9.1% | #147 of 387 |
| 10Sebring, FL | 51 | 25 | 5.3 | $1M | +9.7% | #186 of 387 |
Other business types in the Naples-Marco Island 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 Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area?
The Naples-Marco Island metro area has 124 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 30 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
How much do households in the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $158.1M a year, or $953 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 124 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 165,875 households in the Naples-Marco Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Naples-Marco Island metro area has 7.5 gyms per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Naples-Marco Island metro area would have about 122, against 124 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,072 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Naples-Marco Island metro area at 417,131 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 165,875 households. The median household income in the Naples-Marco Island metro area is $90,045 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. The Naples-Marco Island metro area scores 63 for gyms (upper middle), #79 of 387 scored metro areas.
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