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Gyms in Fayette County, PA
How Fayette County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #910 of 1,792 scored counties
#39 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 29
- 3 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $35.7M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $647 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 123,021
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Fayette County spend about $35.7M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $647 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per gym, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 29 gyms on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Fayette County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 6,898 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.
Population estimates show Fayette County declined 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms, Fayette County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #910 of 1,792 scored counties and #39 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Fayette County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Fayette County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 6,898 | 3,222 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.0% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $647 | $926 | $983 |
| Median household income | $58,236 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 8All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 293 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 123,021−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 55,182
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 791 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $58,236+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,754
- Median home value
- $143,200
- Jobs located here
- 37,583
- Daytime population
- 110,057Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 88 | 12 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +7.2% | #21 of 1,792 |
| 2Adams County, PA | 84 | 18 | 4.4 | $2M | +3.6% | #41 of 1,792 |
| 3York County, PA | 74 | 103 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +3.6% | #148 of 1,792 |
| 4Franklin County, PA | 73 | 30 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #164 of 1,792 |
| 5Lancaster County, PA | 69 | 129 | 6.1 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #246 of 1,792 |
| 6Berks County, PA | 68 | 86 | 5.3 | $1.7M | +2.7% | #265 of 1,792 |
| 7Lehigh County, PA | 68 | 84 | 5.8 | $1.6M | +2.7% | #266 of 1,792 |
| 8Northampton County, PA | 67 | 94 | 7.7 | $1.3M | +3.7% | #302 of 1,792 |
| 9Dauphin County, PA | 66 | 83 | 6.8 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #330 of 1,792 |
| 10Venango County, PA | 65 | 5 | 2.3 | $2.7M | −2.0% | #339 of 1,792 |
| 39Fayette County, PA | 50 | 29 | 5.3 | $1.2M | −4.3% | #910 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Fayette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Fayette County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 gyms in Fayette County. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 8 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 Fayette County, PA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $35.7M a year, or $647 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 55,182 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, PA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Fayette County has 5.3 gyms per 10,000 households, 30% 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 U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Fayette County would have about 28, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,898 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 123,021 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,182 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $58,236, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Fayette County scores 50 for gyms (upper middle), #910 of 1,792 scored counties.
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