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Gyms in Dawson County, GA
How Dawson 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #974 of 1,792 scored counties
#36 of 84 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 15
- 7 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $880 a household
- Spending per listing
- $679K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,365
- +30.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 gyms in Dawson County. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 13.0 for every 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
At $880 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Dawson County spend about $10.2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $679K of household spending for each gym on map listings, 48% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Dawson County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dawson County grew 30.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms in Dawson County is 49 (lower middle), #974 of 1,792 scored counties and #36 of 84 scored counties in Georgia.
How Dawson 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 | Dawson County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $679K | $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 | +30.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $880 | $792 | $983 |
| Median household income | $92,991 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 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
- 157 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Dawson 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 Dawson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,365+30.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,573
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 211 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $92,991+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,762
- Median home value
- $406,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,727
- Daytime population
- 25,801Residents 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 |
| 36Dawson County, GA | 49 | 15 | 13.0 | $679K | +30.7% | #974 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Dawson 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 Dawson County, GA?
There are 15 gyms on map listings in Dawson County as of September 2026. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Dawson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dawson County, GA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $10.2M a year, or $880 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 gyms on map listings, it comes to $679K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,573 households in Dawson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dawson County, GA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Dawson County has 13.0 gyms per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $679K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Dawson County would have about 8, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Dawson County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dawson County at 35,365 people in 2025, up 30.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,573 households. The median household income in Dawson County is $92,991 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.3% 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. Dawson County scores 49 for gyms (lower middle), #974 of 1,792 scored counties.
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