Fitness and classes · County · Georgia
Gyms in Chatham County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms in Chatham County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,199 of 1,792 scored counties
#48 of 84 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 97
- 26 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +21.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $85.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $885K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 311,855
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Chatham County comes to about $85.8M a year: $713 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $885K per gym, 32% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Chatham County has 97 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chatham County in 2023, up 21.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,087 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, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $4M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chatham County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chatham County grew 5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Chatham County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #1,199 of 1,792 scored counties and #48 of 84 scored counties in Georgia.
How Chatham 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 | Chatham County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $885K | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,087 | 3,435 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.9% | +5.2% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $713 | $792 | $983 |
| Median household income | $71,097 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 39All fitness and recreational sports centers · +21.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 512
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9726 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chatham 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 Chatham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 311,855+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 120,383
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 433 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 695
- Median household income
- $71,097+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,268
- Median home value
- $302,700
- Jobs located here
- 168,123
- Daytime population
- 342,441Residents 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 |
| 48Chatham County, GA | 42 | 97 | 8.1 | $885K | +5.7% | #1,199 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Chatham 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 Chatham County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 97 gyms in Chatham County. 26 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 21.9% from 2019. 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 Chatham County, GA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $85.8M a year, or $713 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 97 gyms on map listings, it comes to $885K 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 120,383 households in Chatham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chatham County, GA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Chatham County has 8.1 gyms per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $885K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Chatham County would have about 66, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,087 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Chatham County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Chatham County at 311,855 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,383 households. Median household income in Chatham County is $71,097, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Chatham County scores 42 for gyms (lower middle), #1,199 of 1,792 scored counties.
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