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Gyms in Cobb County, GA
How Cobb 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #925 of 1,792 scored counties
#32 of 84 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 290
- 104 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 122
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +8.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $305.9M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,034 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 793,345
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 290 gyms in Cobb County. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 9.8 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
At $1,034 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Cobb County spend about $305.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That works out to $1.1M per gym, 19% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Cobb County was 122 in 2023, up 8.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,424 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, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $10.4M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Cobb County.
Population estimates show Cobb County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Cobb County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #925 of 1,792 scored counties and #32 of 84 scored counties in Georgia.
How Cobb 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 | Cobb County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,424 | 3,435 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.0% | +5.2% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $1,034 | $792 | $983 |
| Median household income | $102,738 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 113 → 122All fitness and recreational sports centers · +8.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,877
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $62.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 290104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 235The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $10.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Cobb 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 Cobb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 793,345+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 295,714
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 340 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,282
- Median household income
- $102,738+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,477
- Median home value
- $407,200
- Jobs located here
- 414,080
- Daytime population
- 823,370Residents 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 |
| 32Cobb County, GA | 50 | 290 | 9.8 | $1.1M | +3.5% | #925 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Cobb 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 Cobb County, GA?
There are 290 gyms on map listings in Cobb County as of September 2026. 104 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 122 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 8.0% 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 Cobb County, GA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $305.9M a year, or $1,034 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 290 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 295,714 households in Cobb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cobb County, GA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Cobb County has 9.8 gyms per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.1M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Cobb County would have about 235, against 290 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,424 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Cobb County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Cobb County at 793,345 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 295,714 households. The median household income in Cobb County is $102,738 a year, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. Cobb County scores 50 for gyms (upper middle), #925 of 1,792 scored counties.
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