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Gyms in Cascade County, MT
How Cascade County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #914 of 1,792 scored counties
#9 of 13 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 27
- 7 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $32.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $914 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,029
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 gyms in Cascade County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 26%, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in Cascade County spend about $32.5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $914 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 gyms, that is $1.2M per gym, 7% 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 13 businesses with payroll in Cascade County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 2,740 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $110K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Cascade County.
Population estimates show Cascade County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms in Cascade County is 50 (upper middle), #914 of 1,792 scored counties and #9 of 13 scored counties in Montana.
How Cascade County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Cascade County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,740 | 2,134 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.8% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $914 | $1,001 | $983 |
| Median household income | $67,690 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 186
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 277 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
- $110K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Cascade 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 Cascade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,029+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 35,615
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,698 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $67,690+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,832
- Median home value
- $265,300
- Jobs located here
- 35,854
- Daytime population
- 84,523Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 77 | 11 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +9.4% | #106 of 1,792 |
| 2Park County, MT | 67 | 6 | 7.2 | $1.4M | +5.7% | #296 of 1,792 |
| 3Jefferson County, MT | 64 | 7 | 14.0 | $925K | +9.8% | #410 of 1,792 |
| 4Lewis and Clark County, MT | 60 | 24 | 7.7 | $1.4M | +5.8% | #523 of 1,792 |
| 5Lake County, MT | 56 | 11 | 8.7 | $1M | +6.9% | #705 of 1,792 |
| 6Yellowstone County, MT | 55 | 59 | 8.4 | $1.3M | +4.5% | #728 of 1,792 |
| 7Gallatin County, MT | 53 | 62 | 12.1 | $1.1M | +7.7% | #813 of 1,792 |
| 8Missoula County, MT | 51 | 49 | 9.3 | $1.1M | +4.4% | #880 of 1,792 |
| 9Cascade County, MT | 50 | 27 | 7.6 | $1.2M | +0.7% | #914 of 1,792 |
| 10Lincoln County, MT | 50 | 6 | 6.6 | $1M | +13.1% | #927 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Cascade County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Cascade County, MT?
Cascade County has 27 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 13 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 Cascade County, MT spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $32.5M a year, or $914 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,615 households in Cascade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cascade County, MT compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Cascade County has 7.6 gyms per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.2M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Cascade County would have about 25, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,740 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Cascade County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Cascade County at 85,029 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,615 households. The median household income in Cascade County is $67,690 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. Cascade County scores 50 for gyms (upper middle), #914 of 1,792 scored counties.
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