Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Kentucky
Gyms in the Somerset, KY area
How the Somerset, KY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #288 of 506 scored small-town markets
#6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $13.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $517 a household
- Spending per listing
- $903K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,384
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 gyms in the Somerset area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in the Somerset area spend about $13.5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $517 per household, 47% below the U.S. average. That is about $903K of household spending for each gym on map listings, 31% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Somerset area in 2023. That is one for every 5,242 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.
Population estimates put the population change in the Somerset area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, the Somerset area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #288 of 506 scored small-town markets and #6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.
How the Somerset area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Somerset area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $903K | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 5,242 | 4,652 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.2% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $517 | $643 | $983 |
| Median household income | $51,898 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $801K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Somerset 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 Somerset area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,384+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 26,210
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 658 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 100
- Median household income
- $51,898+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,241
- Median home value
- $166,900
- Jobs located here
- 25,101
- Daytime population
- 66,566Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for gyms, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Somerset area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glasgow, KY | 61 | 8 | 3.6 | $1.4M | +2.6% | #131 of 506 |
| 2Richmond-Berea, KY | 55 | 28 | 5.6 | $1M | +7.0% | #205 of 506 |
| 3Pikeville, KY | 54 | 12 | 3.1 | $1.5M | −5.4% | #214 of 506 |
| 4Henderson, KY | 51 | 10 | 4.3 | $1.3M | −0.9% | #241 of 506 |
| 5Frankfort, KY | 49 | 25 | 7.7 | $834K | +3.1% | #273 of 506 |
| 6Somerset, KY | 47 | 15 | 5.7 | $903K | +3.5% | #288 of 506 |
| 7Corbin, KY | 46 | 29 | 5.1 | $911K | +0.1% | #298 of 506 |
| 8Madisonville, KY | 42 | 8 | 4.3 | $1.2M | −0.5% | #341 of 506 |
| 9Danville, KY | 42 | 13 | 6.0 | $911K | +3.6% | #344 of 506 |
| 10Mayfield, KY | 39 | 9 | 6.4 | $845K | +1.4% | #371 of 506 |
Other business types in the Somerset area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Auto
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in the Somerset, KY area?
The Somerset area has 15 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 5 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 Somerset, KY area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $13.5M a year, or $517 per household. That is 47% below the U.S. average (an index of 53, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 gyms on map listings, it comes to $903K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,210 households in the Somerset area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Somerset, KY area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Somerset area has 5.7 gyms per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $903K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Somerset area would have about 10, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,242 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Somerset, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Somerset area at 67,384 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,210 households. The median household income in the Somerset area is $51,898 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Somerset area scores 47 for gyms (lower middle), #288 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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