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Gyms in Honolulu County, HI
How Honolulu County, HI compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #87 of 1,792 scored counties
#1 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 233
- 51 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +15.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $496.1M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,464 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 64% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 988,703
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Honolulu County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #87 of 1,792 scored counties and #1 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 233 gyms in Honolulu County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 6.9 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
At $1,464 per household (49% above the U.S. average), households in Honolulu County spend about $496.1M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 64% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 52 businesses with payroll in Honolulu County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers, up 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 6,517 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, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Honolulu County. Population estimates show Honolulu County declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Honolulu County compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Honolulu County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 6,517 | 4,974 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.6% | +13.8% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $1,464 | $1,396 | $983 |
| Median household income | $106,195 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45 → 52All fitness and recreational sports centers · +15.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,415
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23351 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 381The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Honolulu 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 Honolulu County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 988,703−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 338,868
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 601 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,666
- Median household income
- $106,195+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,603
- Median home value
- $897,500
- Jobs located here
- 441,980
- Daytime population
- 1,039,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Honolulu County, HI | 78 | 233 | 6.9 | $2.1M | −2.3% | #87 of 1,792 |
| 2Hawaii County, HI | 78 | 64 | 8.6 | $1.3M | +4.6% | #95 of 1,792 |
| 3Kauai County, HI | 55 | 30 | 12.7 | $1M | +0.3% | #741 of 1,792 |
| 4Maui County, HI | 47 | 59 | 10.6 | $1.3M | −2.5% | #1,015 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Honolulu 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 Honolulu County, HI?
There are 233 gyms on map listings in Honolulu County as of September 2026. 51 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 15.6% 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 Honolulu County, HI spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $496.1M a year, or $1,464 per household. That is 49% above the U.S. average (an index of 149, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 233 gyms on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 338,868 households in Honolulu County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Honolulu County, HI compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Honolulu County has 6.9 gyms per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $2.1M, 64% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Honolulu County would have about 381, against 233 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,517 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Honolulu County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Honolulu County at 988,703 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 338,868 households. The median household income in Honolulu County is $106,195 a year, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Honolulu County scores 78 for gyms (high), #87 of 1,792 scored counties.
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