Fitness and classes · Metro area · Indiana
Gyms in the Columbus, IN metro area
How the Columbus, IN 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #180 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 25
- 3 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $31.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $952 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,729
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Columbus metro area comes to about $31.8M a year: $952 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per gym, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
The Columbus metro area has 25 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Columbus metro area was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 2,224 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Columbus metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Columbus metro area grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, the Columbus metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #180 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Columbus metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Columbus metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,224 | 3,675 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.3% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $952 | $864 | $983 |
| Median household income | $79,901 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 175
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 253 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Columbus 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 Columbus metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,729+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 33,359
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 205
- Median household income
- $79,901+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,124
- Median home value
- $232,800
- Jobs located here
- 52,041
- Daytime population
- 94,547Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for gyms, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Columbus metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 64 | 596 | 7.1 | $1.4M | +5.4% | #70 of 387 |
| 2Fort Wayne, IN | 63 | 106 | 5.8 | $1.4M | +3.9% | #76 of 387 |
| 3South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 61 | 75 | 5.8 | $1.4M | +0.1% | #92 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 61 | 637 | 7.0 | $1.4M | +2.7% | #93 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 56 | 2,862 | 7.9 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #129 of 387 |
| 4Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 55 | 23 | 5.3 | $1.5M | −0.9% | #135 of 387 |
| 5Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 55 | 47 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #143 of 387 |
| 6Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 55 | 59 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +2.1% | #145 of 387 |
| 7Evansville, IN | 53 | 71 | 6.2 | $1.3M | +1.6% | #158 of 387 |
| 8Columbus, IN | 51 | 25 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +4.3% | #180 of 387 |
Other business types in the Columbus metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in the Columbus, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 gyms in the Columbus metro area. 3 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.
How much do households in the Columbus, IN metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $31.8M a year, or $952 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 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 33,359 households in the Columbus metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Columbus metro area has 7.5 gyms per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Columbus metro area would have about 24, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,224 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Columbus, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus metro area at 85,729 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,359 households. Median household income in the Columbus metro area is $79,901, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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 Columbus metro area scores 51 for gyms (upper middle), #180 of 387 scored metro areas.
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