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Gyms in Banks County, GA
How Banks County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,283 of 1,792 scored counties
#54 of 84 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $647 a household
- Spending per listing
- $739K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,273
- +17.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $647 per household (34% below the U.S. average), households in Banks County spend about $4.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 6 gyms, that is $739K per gym, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Banks County has 6 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Banks County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Banks County grew 17.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Banks County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,283 of 1,792 scored counties and #54 of 84 scored counties in Georgia.
How Banks County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Banks County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $739K | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,435 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $647 | $792 | $983 |
| Median household income | $77,063 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 43 |
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
- 60 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 Banks 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 Banks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,273+17.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,856
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 232 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $77,063+61.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,242
- Median home value
- $278,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,934
- Daytime population
- 15,146Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Effingham County, GA | 82 | 12 | 4.9 | $1.6M | +14.1% | #49 of 1,792 |
| 2Walton County, GA | 82 | 18 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +16.0% | #50 of 1,792 |
| 3Paulding County, GA | 81 | 27 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +12.7% | #58 of 1,792 |
| 4Monroe County, GA | 78 | 6 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +14.1% | #92 of 1,792 |
| 5Pickens County, GA | 76 | 7 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +11.4% | #125 of 1,792 |
| 6Newton County, GA | 75 | 19 | 4.6 | $1.5M | +11.2% | #137 of 1,792 |
| 7Barrow County, GA | 74 | 14 | 4.5 | $1.6M | +18.7% | #149 of 1,792 |
| 8Coweta County, GA | 73 | 37 | 6.6 | $1.4M | +9.2% | #172 of 1,792 |
| 9Bryan County, GA | 72 | 13 | 7.8 | $1.2M | +15.6% | #195 of 1,792 |
| 10Gilmer County, GA | 71 | 5 | 3.8 | $1.7M | +7.9% | #204 of 1,792 |
| 54Banks County, GA | 39 | 6 | 8.8 | $739K | +17.3% | #1,283 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Banks 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 Banks County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 gyms in Banks County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Banks County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Banks County, GA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $4.4M a year, or $647 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 gyms on map listings, it comes to $739K 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 Banks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Banks County, GA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Banks County has 8.8 gyms per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $739K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Banks County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Banks County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Banks County at 21,273 people in 2025, up 17.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,856 households. Median household income in Banks County is $77,063, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 61.2%, 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. Banks County scores 39 for gyms (lower middle), #1,283 of 1,792 scored counties.
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