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Gyms in the Warner Robins, GA metro area

How the Warner Robins, GA metro area compares with other metro areas 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 #196 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
53
14 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
19
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$54.4M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $730 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
208,091
+8.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 gyms in the Warner Robins metro area. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.1, 7% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Warner Robins metro area comes to about $54.4M a year: $730 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 53 gyms, that is $1M per gym, 21% 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.

Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Warner Robins metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,918 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $4.3M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Warner Robins metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Warner Robins metro area grew 8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms in the Warner Robins metro area is 50 (upper middle), #196 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.

How the Warner Robins metro area 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 Warner Robins, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWarner Robins metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.17.97.6
Spending per listing$1M$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)3,9183,4353,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.2%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$730$792$983
Median household income$79,345$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5043

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
304
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5314 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$4.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Warner Robins metro area, 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 the Warner Robins metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
208,091+8.2% since 2020
Households
74,449
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
526 sq. mi.
People per square mile
377
Median household income
$79,345+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,182
Median home value
$217,900
Jobs located here
59,923
Daytime population
185,982Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for gyms, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Warner Robins metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gainesville, GA62516.9$1.2M+11.4%#90 of 387
2Dalton, GA60244.6$1.4M+3.5%#103 of 387
3Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC591355.8$1.2M+4.7%#111 of 387
4Hinesville, GA53165.3$1M+12.6%#164 of 387
5Warner Robins, GA50537.1$1M+8.2%#196 of 387
6Savannah, GA481227.6$996K+8.1%#217 of 387
7Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA462,0308.8$1M+5.9%#240 of 387
8Valdosta, GA40366.3$884K+3.3%#285 of 387
9Brunswick-St. Simons, GA38357.4$923K+4.4%#303 of 387
10Macon-Bibb County, GA37637.1$875K+2.1%#312 of 387

Other business types in the Warner Robins metro area

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

Questions

How many gyms are in the Warner Robins, GA metro area?

There are 53 gyms on map listings in the Warner Robins metro area as of September 2026. 14 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.

How much do households in the Warner Robins, GA metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $54.4M a year, or $730 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 74,449 households in the Warner Robins metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Warner Robins, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms?

The Warner Robins metro area has 7.1 gyms per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Warner Robins metro area would have about 42, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,918 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is the Warner Robins, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Warner Robins metro area at 208,091 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,449 households. The median household income in the Warner Robins metro area is $79,345 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.9% 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. The Warner Robins metro area scores 50 for gyms (upper middle), #196 of 387 scored metro areas.

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