Fitness and classes · County · New Hampshire
Gyms in Cheshire County, NH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms in Cheshire County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #166 of 1,792 scored counties
#2 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $28M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $914 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,269
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Cheshire County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #166 of 1,792 scored counties and #2 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms.
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 gyms in Cheshire County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Cheshire County comes to about $28M a year: $914 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 gyms, that is $1.6M per gym, 26% above 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 Cheshire County in 2023. That is one for every 4,374 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, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $218K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Cheshire County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cheshire County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cheshire County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Cheshire County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 9.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 4,374 | 1,904 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $914 | $1,127 | $983 |
| Median household income | $83,329 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 185
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $218K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,269+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 30,620
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,430
- Median home value
- $280,100
- Jobs located here
- 32,125
- Daytime population
- 72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sullivan County, NH | 76 | 8 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #120 of 1,792 |
| 2Cheshire County, NH | 73 | 17 | 5.6 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #166 of 1,792 |
| 3Strafford County, NH | 66 | 37 | 7.1 | $1.5M | +3.0% | #318 of 1,792 |
| 4Carroll County, NH | 61 | 14 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +5.0% | #485 of 1,792 |
| 5Hillsborough County, NH | 52 | 164 | 9.7 | $1.2M | +2.5% | #837 of 1,792 |
| 6Rockingham County, NH | 50 | 149 | 11.7 | $1.1M | +3.0% | #917 of 1,792 |
| 7Merrimack County, NH | 44 | 70 | 11.5 | $923K | +2.6% | #1,140 of 1,792 |
| 8Belknap County, NH | 39 | 31 | 11.8 | $864K | +2.1% | #1,274 of 1,792 |
| 9Grafton County, NH | 36 | 45 | 12.1 | $858K | +2.2% | #1,355 of 1,792 |
| 10Coos County, NH | 29 | 13 | 9.3 | $715K | +0.4% | #1,518 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Cheshire County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Auto
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Cheshire County, NH?
Cheshire County has 17 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. 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 Cheshire County, NH spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $28M 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 17 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,620 households in Cheshire County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cheshire County, NH compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Cheshire County has 5.6 gyms per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.6M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Cheshire County would have about 22, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,374 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Cheshire County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Cheshire County at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. The median household income in Cheshire County is $83,329 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Cheshire County scores 73 for gyms (upper middle), #166 of 1,792 scored counties.
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