Fitness and classes · County · Missouri
Gyms in Christian County, MO
How Christian County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #305 of 1,792 scored counties
#9 of 48 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 28
- 7 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $32.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $928 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,725
- +8.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Christian County comes to about $32.6M a year: $928 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Christian County has 28 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 8.0 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Christian County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 3,905 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $235K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Christian County.
Population estimates show Christian County grew 8.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Christian County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #305 of 1,792 scored counties and #9 of 48 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Christian County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Christian County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,905 | 3,599 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.3% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $928 | $869 | $983 |
| Median household income | $83,437 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $669K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 287 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $235K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Christian 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 Christian County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,725+8.3% since 2020
- Households
- 35,142
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 165
- Median household income
- $83,437+37.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,826
- Median home value
- $274,900
- Jobs located here
- 19,415
- Daytime population
- 71,598Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for gyms, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Christian County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, MO | 90 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +9.2% | #10 of 1,792 |
| 2Lincoln County, MO | 90 | 12 | 5.3 | $1.8M | +11.4% | #15 of 1,792 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 87 | 25 | 5.8 | $1.7M | +7.1% | #27 of 1,792 |
| 4Jefferson County, MO | 80 | 51 | 5.8 | $1.6M | +2.7% | #70 of 1,792 |
| 5Callaway County, MO | 77 | 6 | 3.6 | $2.2M | +3.2% | #97 of 1,792 |
| 6Newton County, MO | 76 | 12 | 5.4 | $1.4M | +6.1% | #126 of 1,792 |
| 7Stone County, MO | 72 | 6 | 4.4 | $1.7M | +4.1% | #181 of 1,792 |
| 8Clay County, MO | 68 | 74 | 7.2 | $1.4M | +4.3% | #275 of 1,792 |
| 9Christian County, MO | 67 | 28 | 8.0 | $1.2M | +8.3% | #305 of 1,792 |
| 10St. Charles County, MO | 64 | 144 | 8.9 | $1.4M | +4.9% | #399 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Christian County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Christian County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 gyms in Christian County. 7 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 9 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 Christian County, MO spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $32.6M a year, or $928 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 35,142 households in Christian County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Christian County, MO compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Christian County has 8.0 gyms per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.2M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Christian County would have about 25, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,905 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Christian County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Christian County at 96,725 people in 2025, up 8.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,142 households. Median household income in Christian County is $83,437, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.6%, 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. Christian County scores 67 for gyms (upper middle), #305 of 1,792 scored counties.
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