Fitness and classes · Small-town market · New York
Gyms in the Amsterdam, NY area
How the Amsterdam, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #61 of 506 scored small-town markets
#4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $723 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,046
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 gyms in the Amsterdam area. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Amsterdam area comes to about $14.2M a year: $723 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 9% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Amsterdam area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in the Amsterdam area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, the Amsterdam area has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #61 of 506 scored small-town markets and #4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Amsterdam area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Amsterdam area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,084 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.1% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $723 | $1,071 | $983 |
| Median household income | $64,943 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Amsterdam area, 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 the Amsterdam area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,046+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,603
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 403 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 123
- Median household income
- $64,943+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,002
- Median home value
- $157,500
- Jobs located here
- 18,287
- Daytime population
- 48,064Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for gyms, numbered among those based in New York, with the Amsterdam area marked.
Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monticello, NY | 90 | 10 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +2.7% | #5 of 506 |
| 2Plattsburgh, NY | 72 | 17 | 5.1 | $1.5M | −2.0% | #38 of 506 |
| 3Auburn, NY | 68 | 15 | 4.8 | $1.6M | −2.3% | #59 of 506 |
| 4Amsterdam, NY | 68 | 10 | 5.1 | $1.4M | +1.1% | #61 of 506 |
| 5Gloversville, NY | 67 | 11 | 4.8 | $1.5M | −1.6% | #68 of 506 |
| 6Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 66 | 21 | 5.0 | $1.4M | −2.5% | #77 of 506 |
| 7Corning, NY | 63 | 21 | 5.4 | $1.4M | −1.6% | #112 of 506 |
| 8Hudson, NY | 60 | 15 | 5.6 | $1.8M | −2.1% | #142 of 506 |
| 9Oneonta, NY | 60 | 14 | 6.0 | $1.3M | +3.8% | #144 of 506 |
| 10Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 55 | 31 | 5.8 | $1.1M | −2.6% | #200 of 506 |
Other business types in the Amsterdam area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in the Amsterdam, NY area?
The Amsterdam area has 10 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Amsterdam area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Amsterdam, NY area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $14.2M a year, or $723 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,603 households in the Amsterdam area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Amsterdam, NY area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Amsterdam area has 5.1 gyms per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.4M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Amsterdam area would have about 11, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is the Amsterdam, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Amsterdam area at 50,046 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,603 households. The median household income in the Amsterdam area is $64,943 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Amsterdam area scores 68 for gyms (upper middle), #61 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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