Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Missouri
Gyms in the Poplar Bluff, MO area
How the Poplar Bluff, MO 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #181 of 506 scored small-town markets
#6 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $607 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 gyms in the Poplar Bluff area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Poplar Bluff area comes to about $10.1M a year: $607 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 gyms, that is $1.3M per gym, 3% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Poplar Bluff area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 5,531 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Poplar Bluff area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Poplar Bluff area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #181 of 506 scored small-town markets and #6 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Poplar Bluff area 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 | Poplar Bluff area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 5,531 | 3,599 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.3% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $607 | $869 | $983 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $552K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Poplar Bluff 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 Poplar Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for gyms, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Poplar Bluff area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Farmington, MO | 70 | 11 | 4.4 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #50 of 506 |
| 2Sikeston, MO | 66 | 10 | 5.0 | $1.4M | −0.3% | #78 of 506 |
| 3Hannibal, MO | 61 | 8 | 5.2 | $1.3M | +0.4% | #132 of 506 |
| 4Lebanon, MO | 61 | 7 | 4.8 | $1.3M | +2.5% | #134 of 506 |
| 5Sedalia, MO | 60 | 11 | 6.5 | $1M | +2.9% | #154 of 506 |
| 6Poplar Bluff, MO | 57 | 8 | 4.8 | $1.3M | −0.4% | #181 of 506 |
| 7Warrensburg, MO | 52 | 21 | 10.0 | $746K | +4.9% | #240 of 506 |
| 8Branson, MO | 51 | 18 | 7.9 | $881K | +1.7% | #247 of 506 |
| 9Moberly, MO | 46 | 5 | 5.4 | $1.2M | +0.2% | #293 of 506 |
| 10Kennett, MO | 44 | 5 | 4.4 | $1.3M | −4.8% | #316 of 506 |
Other business types in the Poplar Bluff area
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 the Poplar Bluff, MO area?
There are 8 gyms on map listings in the Poplar Bluff area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 3 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 Poplar Bluff, MO area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $10.1M a year, or $607 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 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 16,594 households in the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Poplar Bluff area has 4.8 gyms per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.3M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,531 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Poplar Bluff area scores 57 for gyms (upper middle), #181 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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