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Gyms in Rensselaer County, NY
The gyms in Rensselaer County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #53 of 1,792 scored counties
#2 of 57 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 25
- 6 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $63.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $956 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 96% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,510
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for gyms in Rensselaer County is 81 (high), #53 of 1,792 scored counties and #2 of 57 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Rensselaer County comes to about $63.8M a year: $956 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 96% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Rensselaer County has 25 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 51% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Rensselaer County in 2023. That is one for every 16,672 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. Population estimates put the population change in Rensselaer County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rensselaer 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 | Rensselaer County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 16,672 | 3,084 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.1% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $956 | $1,071 | $983 |
| Median household income | $87,915 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 87
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 256 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,510−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 66,686
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 653 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $87,915+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,086
- Median home value
- $258,400
- Jobs located here
- 52,657
- Daytime population
- 135,820Residents 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 |
Other business types in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 gyms in Rensselaer County. 6 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. 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 Rensselaer County, NY spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $63.8M a year, or $956 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 gyms on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 66,686 households in Rensselaer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rensselaer County, NY compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Rensselaer County has 3.7 gyms per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $2.6M, 96% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Rensselaer County would have about 49, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,672 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Rensselaer County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Rensselaer County at 160,510 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 66,686 households. Median household income in Rensselaer County is $87,915, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Rensselaer County scores 81 for gyms (high), #53 of 1,792 scored counties.
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