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Gyms in Alcona County, MI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms in Alcona County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $647 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,556
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 gyms in Alcona County. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Alcona County comes to about $3.4M a year: $647 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 gyms, that is $1.7M per gym. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Alcona County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Alcona County grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 gyms on map listings, Alcona County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Alcona County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Alcona County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 4,383 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $647 | $902 | $983 |
| Median household income | $54,993 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Alcona 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 Alcona County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,556+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,305
- Median age
- 59.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 90%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 675 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $54,993+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,179
- Median home value
- $162,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,273
- Daytime population
- 8,748Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Antrim County, MI | 80 | 5 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +5.3% | #66 of 1,792 |
| 2Monroe County, MI | 79 | 28 | 4.4 | $2M | +0.7% | #76 of 1,792 |
| 3Lapeer County, MI | 79 | 17 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +1.0% | #78 of 1,792 |
| 4Allegan County, MI | 79 | 29 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #83 of 1,792 |
| 5Montcalm County, MI | 78 | 8 | 3.3 | $2.2M | +4.1% | #85 of 1,792 |
| 6Barry County, MI | 78 | 10 | 4.1 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #86 of 1,792 |
| 7Clinton County, MI | 77 | 23 | 7.3 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #110 of 1,792 |
| 8Livingston County, MI | 74 | 52 | 6.8 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #143 of 1,792 |
| 9Cass County, MI | 74 | 11 | 5.2 | $1.7M | +0.2% | #146 of 1,792 |
| 10Newaygo County, MI | 73 | 6 | 3.1 | $2.4M | +3.1% | #156 of 1,792 |
| Alcona County, MI | Not scored | 2 | 3.8 | $1.7M | +3.7% |
Other business types in Alcona County
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 Alcona County, MI?
There are 2 gyms on map listings in Alcona County as of September 2026. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Alcona County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Alcona County, MI spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $3.4M a year, or $647 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,305 households in Alcona County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alcona County, MI compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Alcona County has 2 gyms on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Alcona County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Alcona County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Alcona County at 10,556 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,305 households. The median household income in Alcona County is $54,993 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. 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. Alcona County has no market score for gyms: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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