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Gyms in Palm Beach County, FL
How Palm Beach County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,141 of 1,792 scored counties
#33 of 50 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 597
- 158 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 248
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · −1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $537.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $888 a household
- Spending per listing
- $900K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,575,726
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 597 gyms in Palm Beach County. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in Palm Beach County spend about $537.5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $888 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $900K of household spending for each gym on map listings, 31% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 248 businesses with payroll in Palm Beach County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers, down 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,441 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, 34 SBA-backed loans worth $18.5M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Palm Beach County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Palm Beach County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Palm Beach County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,141 of 1,792 scored counties and #33 of 50 scored counties in Florida.
How Palm Beach County 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 | Palm Beach County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $900K | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,441 | 3,136 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.2% | +10.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $888 | $764 | $983 |
| Median household income | $83,581 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 251 → 248All fitness and recreational sports centers · −1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,587
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $108.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 597158 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 413The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 34
- Amount
- $18.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,575,726+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 605,430
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,964 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 781
- Median household income
- $83,581+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,577
- Median home value
- $447,300
- Jobs located here
- 678,049
- Daytime population
- 1,576,309Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 87 | 17 | 2.4 | $2.9M | +21.1% | #22 of 1,792 |
| 2Citrus County, FL | 78 | 24 | 3.4 | $1.7M | +11.1% | #90 of 1,792 |
| 3Flagler County, FL | 75 | 27 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +21.0% | #136 of 1,792 |
| 4Charlotte County, FL | 74 | 45 | 5.0 | $1.3M | +15.5% | #154 of 1,792 |
| 5Polk County, FL | 70 | 142 | 4.9 | $1.3M | +19.8% | #237 of 1,792 |
| 6Clay County, FL | 69 | 51 | 6.1 | $1.3M | +9.4% | #258 of 1,792 |
| 7Nassau County, FL | 69 | 31 | 7.9 | $1.1M | +17.4% | #260 of 1,792 |
| 8Lake County, FL | 67 | 96 | 5.8 | $1.2M | +18.1% | #304 of 1,792 |
| 9Collier County, FL | 66 | 124 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +10.6% | #331 of 1,792 |
| 10Bay County, FL | 66 | 47 | 6.0 | $1.2M | +17.2% | #333 of 1,792 |
| 33Palm Beach County, FL | 44 | 597 | 9.9 | $900K | +5.5% | #1,141 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Palm Beach County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gyms are in Palm Beach County, FL?
There are 597 gyms on map listings in Palm Beach County as of September 2026. 158 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 248 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, down 1.2% 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 Palm Beach County, FL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $537.5M a year, or $888 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 597 gyms on map listings, it comes to $900K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 605,430 households in Palm Beach County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Palm Beach County, FL compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Palm Beach County has 9.9 gyms per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $900K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Palm Beach County would have about 413, against 597 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,441 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Palm Beach County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Palm Beach County at 1,575,726 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 605,430 households. The median household income in Palm Beach County is $83,581 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Palm Beach County scores 44 for gyms (lower middle), #1,141 of 1,792 scored counties.
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