Fitness and classes · County · New Mexico
Gyms in Bernalillo County, NM
The gyms in Bernalillo County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #874 of 1,792 scored counties
#12 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 228
- 79 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 89
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +8.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $280.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $982 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 667,601
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 228 gyms in Bernalillo County. 79 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Bernalillo County comes to about $280.4M a year: $982 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per gym, 5% 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 89 businesses with payroll in Bernalillo County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers, up 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 3,208 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, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Bernalillo County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bernalillo County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms, Bernalillo County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #874 of 1,792 scored counties and #12 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Bernalillo County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Bernalillo County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,208 | 4,166 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.5% | +2.0% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $982 | $919 | $983 |
| Median household income | $69,473 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 82 → 89All fitness and recreational sports centers · +8.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,635
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22879 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 216The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Bernalillo 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 Bernalillo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 667,601−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 285,495
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,162 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 580
- Median household income
- $69,473+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,350
- Median home value
- $292,900
- Jobs located here
- 358,969
- Daytime population
- 728,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 89 | 34 | 6.0 | $1.9M | +6.9% | #19 of 1,792 |
| 2Doña Ana County, NM | 81 | 34 | 4.0 | $2M | +4.1% | #57 of 1,792 |
| 3Otero County, NM | 73 | 13 | 5.3 | $1.5M | +3.7% | #170 of 1,792 |
| 4Eddy County, NM | 70 | 15 | 6.4 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #228 of 1,792 |
| 5Valencia County, NM | 70 | 16 | 5.8 | $1.4M | +7.2% | #235 of 1,792 |
| 6Santa Fe County, NM | 69 | 47 | 6.6 | $1.7M | +1.2% | #241 of 1,792 |
| 7Rio Arriba County, NM | 65 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.6M | −1.0% | #340 of 1,792 |
| 8Lea County, NM | 58 | 24 | 9.7 | $1M | +0.2% | #626 of 1,792 |
| 9Los Alamos County, NM | 56 | 10 | 12.1 | $1.6M | 0.0% | #676 of 1,792 |
| 10Taos County, NM | 54 | 10 | 6.4 | $1.3M | +0.3% | #754 of 1,792 |
| 12Bernalillo County, NM | 51 | 228 | 8.0 | $1.2M | −1.4% | #874 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Bernalillo County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
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Questions
How many gyms are in Bernalillo County, NM?
There are 228 gyms on map listings in Bernalillo County as of September 2026. 79 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 8.5% 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 Bernalillo County, NM spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $280.4M a year, or $982 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 228 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 285,495 households in Bernalillo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bernalillo County, NM compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Bernalillo County has 8.0 gyms per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Bernalillo County would have about 216, against 228 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,208 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Bernalillo County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Bernalillo County at 667,601 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 285,495 households. The median household income in Bernalillo County is $69,473 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Bernalillo County scores 51 for gyms (upper middle), #874 of 1,792 scored counties.
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