Fitness and classes · County · Missouri
Gyms in St. Louis city, MO
How St. Louis city, 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,440 of 1,792 scored counties
#43 of 48 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 107
- 19 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +9.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $108.1M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $746 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 278,144
- −7.4% since 2020
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What this means
St. Louis city scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #1,440 of 1,792 scored counties and #43 of 48 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 107 gyms in St. Louis city. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 7.4 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in St. Louis city comes to about $108.1M a year: $746 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per gym, 22% 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 St. Louis city was 47 in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 3,083 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, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in St. Louis city. Population estimates put the population change in St. Louis city from 2020 to 2025 at −7.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. Louis city 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 | St. Louis city | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,083 | 3,599 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.3% | +11.3% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $746 | $869 | $983 |
| Median household income | $56,160 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 43 → 47All fitness and recreational sports centers · +9.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,018
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10719 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 83The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in St. Louis city, 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 St. Louis city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 278,144−7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 144,891
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 62 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,675
- Median household income
- $56,160+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,764
- Median home value
- $197,500
- Jobs located here
- 229,379
- Daytime population
- 378,059Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 43St. Louis city, MO | 32 | 107 | 7.4 | $1M | −7.4% | #1,440 of 1,792 |
Other business types in St. Louis city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gyms are in St. Louis city, MO?
St. Louis city has 107 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 9.3% 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 St. Louis city, MO spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $108.1M a year, or $746 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 144,891 households in St. Louis city and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis city, MO compare with the U.S. for gyms?
St. Louis city has 7.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, St. Louis city would have about 83, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,083 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis city, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis city at 278,144 people in 2025, down 7.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 144,891 households. The median household income in St. Louis city is $56,160 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. St. Louis city scores 32 for gyms (lower middle), #1,440 of 1,792 scored counties.
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