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Gyms in Lorain County, OH
How Lorain County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #135 of 1,792 scored counties
#9 of 77 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 75
- 21 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +3.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $116.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $916 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 323,219
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
For gyms, Lorain County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #135 of 1,792 scored counties and #9 of 77 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms.
At $916 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Lorain County spend about $116.8M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 75 gyms, that is $1.6M per gym, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 75 gyms on map listings in Lorain County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 5.9 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 28 businesses with payroll in Lorain County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers, up 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 4,555 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, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Lorain County. Population estimates put the population change in Lorain County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lorain 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 | Lorain County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 4,555 | 3,758 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.7% | +8.7% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $916 | $884 | $983 |
| Median household income | $73,347 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 28All fitness and recreational sports centers · +3.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 328
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7521 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 90The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Lorain 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 Lorain County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 323,219+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 127,544
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 491 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 646
- Median household income
- $73,347+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,714
- Median home value
- $223,200
- Jobs located here
- 99,992
- Daytime population
- 270,084Residents 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 |
Other business types in Lorain 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 Lorain County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 75 gyms in Lorain County. 21 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 3.7% 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 Lorain County, OH spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $116.8M a year, or $916 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 75 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 127,544 households in Lorain County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lorain County, OH compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Lorain County has 5.9 gyms per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.6M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Lorain County would have about 90, against 75 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,555 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Lorain County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Lorain County at 323,219 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 127,544 households. Median household income in Lorain County is $73,347, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. Lorain County scores 75 for gyms (high), #135 of 1,792 scored counties.
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