Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Ohio
Gyms in the Zanesville, OH area
How the Zanesville, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #137 of 506 scored small-town markets
#7 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 20
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $24.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $723 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 87,014
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 gyms in the Zanesville area. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Zanesville area comes to about $24.8M a year: $723 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 gyms, that is $1.2M per gym, 5% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Zanesville area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 4,908 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $355K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Zanesville area.
Population estimates show the Zanesville area grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, the Zanesville area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #137 of 506 scored small-town markets and #7 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.
How the Zanesville area 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 | Zanesville area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 4,908 | 3,758 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.7% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $723 | $884 | $983 |
| Median household income | $60,780 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $539K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 201 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $355K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Zanesville 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 Zanesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 87,014+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 34,357
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 130
- Median household income
- $60,780+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,210
- Median home value
- $182,200
- Jobs located here
- 34,629
- Daytime population
- 84,765Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Findlay, OH | 67 | 19 | 6.0 | $1.4M | +0.1% | #69 of 506 |
| 2New Philadelphia-Dover, OH | 64 | 17 | 4.4 | $1.6M | −0.9% | #97 of 506 |
| 3Defiance, OH | 64 | 9 | 5.9 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #102 of 506 |
| 4Greenville, OH | 63 | 12 | 5.6 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #114 of 506 |
| 5Chillicothe, OH | 63 | 17 | 5.7 | $1.3M | −0.8% | #115 of 506 |
| 6Athens, OH | 61 | 13 | 5.6 | $1.2M | +1.3% | #135 of 506 |
| 7Zanesville, OH | 61 | 20 | 5.8 | $1.2M | +0.7% | #137 of 506 |
| 8Bucyrus, OH | 59 | 5 | 2.8 | $2.4M | −0.3% | #155 of 506 |
| 9Coshocton, OH | 59 | 7 | 4.7 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #158 of 506 |
| 10Van Wert, OH | 58 | 5 | 4.3 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #167 of 506 |
Other business types in the Zanesville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in the Zanesville, OH area?
There are 20 gyms on map listings in the Zanesville area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 7 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 Zanesville, OH area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $24.8M a year, or $723 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 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 34,357 households in the Zanesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Zanesville, OH area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Zanesville area has 5.8 gyms per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Zanesville area would have about 19, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,908 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Zanesville, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Zanesville area at 87,014 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,357 households. The median household income in the Zanesville area is $60,780 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. 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 Zanesville area scores 61 for gyms (upper middle), #137 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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