Fitness and classes · Metro area · Michigan
Gyms in the Ann Arbor, MI metro area
How the Ann Arbor, MI 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #233 of 387 scored metro areas
#14 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 136
- 42 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $173.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,153 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 370,214
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 136 gyms in the Ann Arbor metro area. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
At $1,153 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in the Ann Arbor metro area spend about $173.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 136 gyms, that is $1.3M per gym, 2% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 61 businesses with payroll in the Ann Arbor metro area classed as fitness and recreational sports centers, up 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,468 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, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $5.6M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Ann Arbor metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ann Arbor metro area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for gyms in the Ann Arbor metro area is 46 (lower middle), #233 of 387 scored metro areas and #14 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Ann Arbor metro area 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 | Ann Arbor metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,468 | 4,383 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.4% | +8.1% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $1,153 | $902 | $983 |
| Median household income | $89,180 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61All fitness and recreational sports centers · +3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,178
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13642 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 133The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $5.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Ann Arbor 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 Ann Arbor metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 370,214−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 150,550
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 706 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 524
- Median household income
- $89,180+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,750
- Median home value
- $374,100
- Jobs located here
- 186,868
- Daytime population
- 409,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for gyms, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ann Arbor metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monroe, MI | 77 | 28 | 4.4 | $2M | +0.7% | #17 of 387 |
| 2Battle Creek, MI | 66 | 25 | 4.7 | $1.6M | −0.6% | #62 of 387 |
| 3Traverse City, MI | 64 | 49 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +2.2% | #71 of 387 |
| 4Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 63 | 1,140 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +0.1% | #74 of 387 |
| 5Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 63 | 136 | 7.0 | $1.2M | +1.4% | #80 of 387 |
| 6Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 62 | 38 | 5.6 | $1.3M | +1.8% | #88 of 387 |
| 7Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 62 | 333 | 7.6 | $1.3M | +2.8% | #89 of 387 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 61 | 75 | 5.8 | $1.4M | +0.1% | #92 of 387 |
| 8Saginaw, MI | 60 | 40 | 5.1 | $1.5M | −1.1% | #100 of 387 |
| 9Jackson, MI | 60 | 39 | 6.2 | $1.3M | −0.4% | #104 of 387 |
| 14Ann Arbor, MI | 46 | 136 | 9.0 | $1.3M | −0.4% | #233 of 387 |
Other business types in the Ann Arbor metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in the Ann Arbor, MI metro area?
There are 136 gyms on map listings in the Ann Arbor metro area as of September 2026. 42 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 3.4% 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 the Ann Arbor, MI metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $173.6M a year, or $1,153 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 136 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 150,550 households in the Ann Arbor metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ann Arbor, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Ann Arbor metro area has 9.0 gyms per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Ann Arbor metro area would have about 133, against 136 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,468 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ann Arbor, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ann Arbor metro area at 370,214 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 150,550 households. The median household income in the Ann Arbor metro area is $89,180 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. The Ann Arbor metro area scores 46 for gyms (lower middle), #233 of 387 scored metro areas.
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