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Gyms in Hancock County, ME
How Hancock County, ME compares with other counties 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 #1,027 of 1,792 scored counties
#9 of 15 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 19
- 5 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $20.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $813 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,171
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hancock County spend about $20.8M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $813 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Hancock County has 19 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.4, 3% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Hancock County in 2023. That is one for every 2,557 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hancock County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Hancock County scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #1,027 of 1,792 scored counties and #9 of 15 scored counties in Maine.
How Hancock County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Hancock County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,557 | 3,160 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $813 | $858 | $983 |
| Median household income | $72,744 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 189
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 195 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,171+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 25,572
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,587 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $72,744+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,123
- Median home value
- $310,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,140
- Daytime population
- 54,670Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, ME | 76 | 7 | 4.2 | $2M | +3.8% | #119 of 1,792 |
| 2York County, ME | 73 | 69 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +4.8% | #174 of 1,792 |
| 3Sagadahoc County, ME | 70 | 9 | 5.5 | $1.7M | +3.4% | #226 of 1,792 |
| 4Waldo County, ME | 66 | 9 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +2.6% | #316 of 1,792 |
| 5Androscoggin County, ME | 64 | 30 | 6.4 | $1.2M | +4.8% | #404 of 1,792 |
| 6Somerset County, ME | 62 | 9 | 3.9 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #447 of 1,792 |
| 7Oxford County, ME | 53 | 15 | 6.2 | $1.1M | +4.2% | #809 of 1,792 |
| 8Penobscot County, ME | 52 | 53 | 8.1 | $945K | +3.8% | #858 of 1,792 |
| 9Hancock County, ME | 47 | 19 | 7.4 | $1.1M | +3.0% | #1,027 of 1,792 |
| 10Cumberland County, ME | 44 | 155 | 11.7 | $934K | +4.5% | #1,139 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Hancock County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many gyms are in Hancock County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 gyms in Hancock County. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 10 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 Hancock County, ME spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $20.8M a year, or $813 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 25,572 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, ME compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Hancock County has 7.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.1M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Hancock County would have about 16, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,557 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Hancock County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 57,171 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,572 households. Median household income in Hancock County is $72,744, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. Hancock County scores 47 for gyms (lower middle), #1,027 of 1,792 scored counties.
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