Fitness and classes · Metro area · North Dakota
Gyms in the Minot, ND metro area
How the Minot, ND metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #308 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 30
- 8 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $29.7M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $991K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 75,694
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For gyms, the Minot metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #308 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Minot metro area comes to about $29.7M a year: $935 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 gyms, that is $991K per gym, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
The Minot metro area has 30 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Minot metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 3,531 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $674K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Minot metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Minot metro area declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Minot metro 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 | Minot metro area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $991K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,531 | 2,956 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.5% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $935 | $922 | $983 |
| Median household income | $78,200 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 237
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 308 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $674K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Minot metro 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 Minot metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 75,694−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 31,781
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $78,200+13.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,202
- Median home value
- $254,000
- Jobs located here
- 32,284
- Daytime population
- 74,187Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bismarck, ND | 67 | 32 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +4.5% | #51 of 387 |
| 2Fargo, ND-MN | 53 | 87 | 7.9 | $1.2M | +7.7% | #160 of 387 |
| 3Grand Forks, ND-MN | 47 | 33 | 7.6 | $1.1M | +0.8% | #227 of 387 |
| 4Minot, ND | 37 | 30 | 9.4 | $991K | −2.4% | #308 of 387 |
Other business types in the Minot metro 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 Minot, ND metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 gyms in the Minot metro area. 8 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 9 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 the Minot, ND metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $29.7M a year, or $935 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 gyms on map listings, it comes to $991K 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 31,781 households in the Minot metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Minot, ND metro area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Minot metro area has 9.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $991K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Minot metro area would have about 23, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,531 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Minot, ND metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Minot metro area at 75,694 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,781 households. Median household income in the Minot metro area is $78,200, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.9%, 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. The Minot metro area scores 37 for gyms (lower middle), #308 of 387 scored metro areas.
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