Fitness and classes · Small-town market · North Dakota
Gyms in the Dickinson, ND area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms in the Dickinson, ND area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #190 of 506 scored small-town markets
#1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $941 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,142
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 gyms in the Dickinson area. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 7.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in the Dickinson area spend about $14.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $941 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 6% 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.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Dickinson area in 2023. That is one for every 2,586 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $315K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Dickinson area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dickinson area grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, the Dickinson area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #190 of 506 scored small-town markets and #1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota.
How the Dickinson area compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Dickinson area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,586 | 2,956 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.5% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $941 | $922 | $983 |
| Median household income | $85,938 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $260K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $315K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Dickinson 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 Dickinson area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,142+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 15,515
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 4,492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $85,938
- Average household income
- $102,815
- Median home value
- $272,800
- Jobs located here
- 20,970
- Daytime population
- 39,418Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dickinson, ND | 56 | 12 | 7.7 | $1.2M | +0.7% | #190 of 506 |
| 2Wahpeton, ND-MN | 55 | 8 | 8.4 | $1M | 0.0% | #206 of 506 |
| 3Williston, ND | 52 | 15 | 9.9 | $1.1M | +1.4% | #237 of 506 |
Other business types in the Dickinson area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many gyms are in the Dickinson, ND area?
There are 12 gyms on map listings in the Dickinson area as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 6 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 the Dickinson, ND area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $14.6M a year, or $941 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 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 15,515 households in the Dickinson area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dickinson, ND area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Dickinson area has 7.7 gyms per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.2M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Dickinson area would have about 11, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,586 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Dickinson, ND area growing?
Population estimates put the Dickinson area at 39,142 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,515 households. The median household income in the Dickinson area is $85,938 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Dickinson area scores 56 for gyms (upper middle), #190 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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