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Gyms in Erie County, NY
How Erie County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,047 of 1,792 scored counties
#46 of 57 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 295
- 88 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 146
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +13.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $350.9M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $857 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,741
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Erie County spend about $350.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $857 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Erie County has 295 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 88 are chain locations, or 30%, against 28% across the U.S. That is 7.2 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 146 businesses with payroll in Erie County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers, up 13.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,806 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Erie County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Erie County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Erie County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #1,047 of 1,792 scored counties and #46 of 57 scored counties in New York.
How Erie County 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 | Erie County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,806 | 3,084 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.2% | −7.1% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $857 | $1,071 | $983 |
| Median household income | $72,839 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 129 → 146All fitness and recreational sports centers · +13.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,750
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 29588 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 270The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 27
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,741−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 409,665
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 912
- Median household income
- $72,839+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,750
- Median home value
- $233,800
- Jobs located here
- 478,475
- Daytime population
- 994,716Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sullivan County, NY | 84 | 10 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +2.7% | #38 of 1,792 |
| 2Rensselaer County, NY | 81 | 25 | 3.7 | $2.6M | −0.2% | #53 of 1,792 |
| 3Queens County, NY | 76 | 276 | 3.3 | $3.1M | −1.1% | #115 of 1,792 |
| 4Richmond County, NY | 74 | 100 | 5.9 | $2M | +1.3% | #141 of 1,792 |
| 5Kings County, NY | 72 | 394 | 3.9 | $2.7M | −2.5% | #176 of 1,792 |
| 6Tioga County, NY | 71 | 8 | 3.9 | $2.1M | −1.9% | #197 of 1,792 |
| 7Dutchess County, NY | 70 | 84 | 7.2 | $1.6M | +1.5% | #229 of 1,792 |
| 8Rockland County, NY | 69 | 91 | 8.8 | $1.5M | +5.9% | #250 of 1,792 |
| 9Oswego County, NY | 69 | 25 | 5.3 | $1.5M | +1.0% | #253 of 1,792 |
| 10Madison County, NY | 68 | 13 | 5.0 | $1.7M | −1.2% | #264 of 1,792 |
| 46Erie County, NY | 46 | 295 | 7.2 | $1.2M | −0.6% | #1,047 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Erie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gyms are in Erie County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 295 gyms in Erie County. 88 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 146 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 13.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.
How much do households in Erie County, NY spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $350.9M a year, or $857 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 295 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per gym. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 409,665 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, NY compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Erie County has 7.2 gyms per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.2M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Erie County would have about 270, against 295 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,806 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Erie County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 946,741 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 409,665 households. Median household income in Erie County is $72,839, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Erie County scores 46 for gyms (lower middle), #1,047 of 1,792 scored counties.
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