Fitness and classes · County · Nevada
Gyms in Carson City, NV
How Carson City, NV compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,138 of 1,792 scored counties
#8 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 25
- 9 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $23.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $991 a household
- Spending per listing
- $939K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,571
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 gyms in Carson City. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 36%, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 10.6 for every 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in Carson City spend about $23.5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $991 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $939K per gym, 28% 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.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Carson City in 2023. That is one for every 3,385 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 $4.1M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Carson City.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carson City declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms, Carson City has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,138 of 1,792 scored counties and #8 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Carson City compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Carson City | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $939K | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,385 | 3,486 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $991 | $1,088 | $983 |
| Median household income | $72,355 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 141
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 259 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $4.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Carson 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 Carson City
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,571−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,692
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 404
- Median household income
- $72,355+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,042
- Median home value
- $453,000
- Jobs located here
- 29,300
- Daytime population
- 60,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 87 | 11 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +9.5% | #25 of 1,792 |
| 2Clark County, NV | 78 | 583 | 6.8 | $1.6M | +5.8% | #91 of 1,792 |
| 3Nye County, NV | 77 | 15 | 6.8 | $1.3M | +10.3% | #114 of 1,792 |
| 4Washoe County, NV | 65 | 164 | 8.2 | $1.5M | +4.4% | #360 of 1,792 |
| 5Elko County, NV | 64 | 17 | 8.7 | $1.2M | +2.1% | #403 of 1,792 |
| 6Douglas County, NV | 62 | 16 | 7.5 | $1.7M | +1.2% | #446 of 1,792 |
| 7Humboldt County, NV | 50 | 5 | 7.2 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #904 of 1,792 |
| 8Carson City, NV | 44 | 25 | 10.6 | $939K | −0.2% | #1,138 of 1,792 |
| 9Churchill County, NV | 42 | 9 | 9.5 | $1.1M | +1.1% | #1,187 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Carson City
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Questions
How many gyms are in Carson City, NV?
Carson City has 25 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 7 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 Carson City, NV spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $23.5M a year, or $991 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 gyms on map listings, it comes to $939K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,692 households in Carson City and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carson City, NV compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Carson City has 10.6 gyms per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $939K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Carson City would have about 18, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,385 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Carson City, NV growing?
Population estimates put Carson City at 58,571 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,692 households. The median household income in Carson City is $72,355 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Carson City scores 44 for gyms (lower middle), #1,138 of 1,792 scored counties.
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