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Gyms in Franklin County, OH
The gyms in Franklin County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #808 of 1,792 scored counties
#43 of 77 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 471
- 126 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 195
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +14.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $529.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $957 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,361,536
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 471 gyms in Franklin County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in Franklin County spend about $529.3M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $957 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 14% 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 195 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Franklin County in 2023, up 14.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,836 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, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $14.3M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Franklin County.
Population estimates show Franklin County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #808 of 1,792 scored counties and #43 of 77 scored counties in Ohio.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Franklin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,836 | 3,758 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.7% | +8.7% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $957 | $884 | $983 |
| Median household income | $75,176 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 170 → 195All fitness and recreational sports centers · +14.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,836
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $65.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 471126 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 407The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 27
- Amount
- $14.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,361,536+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 553,099
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,504
- Median household income
- $75,176+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,381
- Median home value
- $288,400
- Jobs located here
- 814,719
- Daytime population
- 1,507,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, OH | 87 | 54 | 5.9 | $2.3M | +5.7% | #24 of 1,792 |
| 2Clermont County, OH | 83 | 46 | 5.4 | $1.9M | +3.9% | #47 of 1,792 |
| 3Greene County, OH | 79 | 45 | 6.6 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #81 of 1,792 |
| 4Portage County, OH | 78 | 31 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +1.0% | #88 of 1,792 |
| 5Morrow County, OH | 77 | 7 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #103 of 1,792 |
| 6Licking County, OH | 77 | 51 | 7.4 | $1.4M | +3.8% | #112 of 1,792 |
| 7Fairfield County, OH | 76 | 41 | 6.8 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #124 of 1,792 |
| 8Union County, OH | 76 | 22 | 9.1 | $1.4M | +16.5% | #127 of 1,792 |
| 9Lorain County, OH | 75 | 75 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #135 of 1,792 |
| 10Holmes County, OH | 72 | 8 | 6.0 | $1.6M | +1.7% | #184 of 1,792 |
| 43Franklin County, OH | 53 | 471 | 8.5 | $1.1M | +2.8% | #808 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Franklin County, OH?
There are 471 gyms on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 126 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 195 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 14.7% from 2019. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
How much do households in Franklin County, OH spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $529.3M a year, or $957 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 471 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 553,099 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, OH compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Franklin County has 8.5 gyms per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.1M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Franklin County would have about 407, against 471 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,836 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 1,361,536 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 553,099 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $75,176 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. 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. Franklin County scores 53 for gyms (upper middle), #808 of 1,792 scored counties.
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