Fitness and classes · County · Oklahoma
Gyms in Tulsa County, OK
How Tulsa County, OK compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,457 of 1,792 scored counties
#23 of 45 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 264
- 65 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 104
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $193.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $711 a household
- Spending per listing
- $734K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 698,782
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Tulsa County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #1,457 of 1,792 scored counties and #23 of 45 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Tulsa County comes to about $193.8M a year: $711 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $734K per gym, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Tulsa County has 264 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 9.7 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Tulsa County in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,619 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, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Tulsa County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tulsa County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Tulsa County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Tulsa County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $734K | $792K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,619 | 3,811 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +17.8% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $711 | $649 | $983 |
| Median household income | $69,009 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 95 → 104All fitness and recreational sports centers · +9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,012
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26465 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 149The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 698,782+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 272,422
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 570 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,194
- Median household income
- $69,009+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,310
- Median home value
- $230,400
- Jobs located here
- 375,335
- Daytime population
- 760,837Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Logan County, OK | 85 | 8 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +11.5% | #33 of 1,792 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 81 | 12 | 3.8 | $1.9M | +14.6% | #59 of 1,792 |
| 3Rogers County, OK | 77 | 19 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +7.1% | #107 of 1,792 |
| 4Grady County, OK | 65 | 12 | 5.8 | $1.2M | +7.7% | #374 of 1,792 |
| 5Creek County, OK | 61 | 14 | 5.0 | $1.2M | +4.4% | #502 of 1,792 |
| 6Canadian County, OK | 60 | 41 | 7.0 | $1.1M | +20.4% | #537 of 1,792 |
| 7McClain County, OK | 49 | 16 | 9.7 | $805K | +18.4% | #971 of 1,792 |
| 8Delaware County, OK | 45 | 12 | 7.0 | $810K | +3.8% | #1,114 of 1,792 |
| 9Osage County, OK | 44 | 10 | 5.8 | $1.1M | +2.2% | #1,127 of 1,792 |
| 10Garvin County, OK | 43 | 5 | 4.9 | $1.1M | +2.8% | #1,157 of 1,792 |
| 23Tulsa County, OK | 32 | 264 | 9.7 | $734K | +4.2% | #1,457 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 264 gyms in Tulsa County. 65 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 9.5% 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 Tulsa County, OK spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $193.8M a year, or $711 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 264 gyms on map listings, it comes to $734K 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 272,422 households in Tulsa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tulsa County, OK compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Tulsa County has 9.7 gyms per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $734K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Tulsa County would have about 149, against 264 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,619 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Tulsa County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Tulsa County at 698,782 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 272,422 households. Median household income in Tulsa County is $69,009, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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. Tulsa County scores 32 for gyms (lower middle), #1,457 of 1,792 scored counties.
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