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Gyms in Hart County, GA

How Hart 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #457 of 1,792 scored counties
#21 of 84 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.6M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $601 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,639
+10.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Hart County spend about $6.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $601 per household, 39% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.

Hart County has 5 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Hart County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Hart County grew 10.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms in Hart County is 62 (upper middle), #457 of 1,792 scored counties and #21 of 84 scored counties in Georgia.

How Hart 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.

Gyms in Hart County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureHart CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.57.97.6
Spending per listing$1.3M$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)n/a3,4353,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.2%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$601$792$983
Median household income$59,385$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6243

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
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Hart 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 Hart County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,639+10.7% since 2020
Households
11,034
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
232 sq. mi.
People per square mile
116
Median household income
$59,385+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,971
Median home value
$215,100
Jobs located here
7,667
Daytime population
21,981Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for gyms, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Hart County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Effingham County, GA82124.9$1.6M+14.1%#49 of 1,792
2Walton County, GA82185.0$1.5M+16.0%#50 of 1,792
3Paulding County, GA81274.5$1.9M+12.7%#58 of 1,792
4Monroe County, GA7865.7$1.5M+14.1%#92 of 1,792
5Pickens County, GA7675.2$1.5M+11.4%#125 of 1,792
6Newton County, GA75194.6$1.5M+11.2%#137 of 1,792
7Barrow County, GA74144.5$1.6M+18.7%#149 of 1,792
8Coweta County, GA73376.6$1.4M+9.2%#172 of 1,792
9Bryan County, GA72137.8$1.2M+15.6%#195 of 1,792
10Gilmer County, GA7153.8$1.7M+7.9%#204 of 1,792
21Hart County, GA6254.5$1.3M+10.7%#457 of 1,792

Other business types in Hart County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gyms are in Hart County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 gyms in Hart County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Hart County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hart County, GA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $6.6M a year, or $601 per household. That is 39% below the U.S. average (an index of 61, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 11,034 households in Hart County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hart County, GA compare with the U.S. for gyms?

Hart County has 4.5 gyms per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.3M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending.

How fast is Hart County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Hart County at 28,639 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,034 households. Median household income in Hart County is $59,385, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Hart County scores 62 for gyms (upper middle), #457 of 1,792 scored counties.

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