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Gyms in Will County, IL
The gyms in Will County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #356 of 1,792 scored counties
#5 of 68 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 202
- 71 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 90
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $311.7M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,276 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 712,253
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 202 gyms in Will County. Of those, 71 are chain locations, or 35%, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in Will County spend about $311.7M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $1,276 per household, 30% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 19% 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.
Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Will County in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,714 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, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $9.1M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Will County.
Population estimates put the population change in Will County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Will County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #356 of 1,792 scored counties and #5 of 68 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Will County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Will County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,714 | 3,107 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.1% | +2.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $1,276 | $1,054 | $983 |
| Median household income | $109,984 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 81 → 90All fitness and recreational sports centers · +11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,900
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20271 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 240The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 17
- Amount
- $9.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Will 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 Will County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 712,253+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 244,273
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 836 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 839
- Median household income
- $109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,183
- Median home value
- $319,600
- Jobs located here
- 272,349
- Daytime population
- 615,002Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IL | 71 | 10 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +0.4% | #198 of 1,792 |
| 2Piatt County, IL | 69 | 5 | 7.2 | $1.4M | +0.6% | #254 of 1,792 |
| 3Clinton County, IL | 66 | 10 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +0.6% | #321 of 1,792 |
| 4Kendall County, IL | 66 | 42 | 9.3 | $1.4M | +9.9% | #323 of 1,792 |
| 5Will County, IL | 65 | 202 | 8.3 | $1.5M | +2.2% | #356 of 1,792 |
| 6Kankakee County, IL | 63 | 21 | 5.1 | $1.7M | −1.7% | #415 of 1,792 |
| 7Kane County, IL | 62 | 170 | 9.2 | $1.3M | +1.8% | #456 of 1,792 |
| 8Cook County, IL | 61 | 1,458 | 6.9 | $1.6M | −1.3% | #482 of 1,792 |
| 9McHenry County, IL | 61 | 113 | 9.6 | $1.3M | +2.5% | #497 of 1,792 |
| 10Monroe County, IL | 59 | 10 | 7.2 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #547 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Will County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Will County, IL?
There are 202 gyms on map listings in Will County as of September 2026. 71 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 11.1% 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 Will County, IL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $311.7M a year, or $1,276 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 202 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Will County, IL compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Will County has 8.3 gyms per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.5M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Will County would have about 240, against 202 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,714 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Will County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Will County scores 65 for gyms (upper middle), #356 of 1,792 scored counties.
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