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Gyms in Bamberg County, SC
How Bamberg County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $422 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 12,796
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Bamberg County comes to about $2M a year: $422 per household, 57% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no gyms in Bamberg County. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Bamberg County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Bamberg County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Bamberg County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no gyms on map listings, Bamberg County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Bamberg County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Bamberg County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $986K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,690 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.5% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $422 | $700 | $983 |
| Median household income | $44,370 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Bamberg 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 Bamberg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,796−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,644
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $44,370+41.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,606
- Median home value
- $97,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,526
- Daytime population
- 10,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kershaw County, SC | 77 | 11 | 4.1 | $1.6M | +11.6% | #105 of 1,792 |
| 2Georgetown County, SC | 73 | 13 | 4.8 | $1.5M | +3.8% | #168 of 1,792 |
| 3Dorchester County, SC | 71 | 37 | 5.9 | $1.3M | +10.1% | #215 of 1,792 |
| 4Berkeley County, SC | 71 | 61 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +18.7% | #218 of 1,792 |
| 5Laurens County, SC | 69 | 10 | 3.7 | $1.4M | +6.2% | #255 of 1,792 |
| 6Jasper County, SC | 66 | 6 | 4.6 | $1.4M | +32.2% | #324 of 1,792 |
| 7Lancaster County, SC | 66 | 29 | 7.2 | $1.1M | +18.3% | #335 of 1,792 |
| 8Aiken County, SC | 65 | 37 | 5.3 | $1.3M | +7.3% | #367 of 1,792 |
| 9Oconee County, SC | 59 | 20 | 5.8 | $1.1M | +6.3% | #579 of 1,792 |
| 10York County, SC | 58 | 85 | 7.5 | $1.2M | +8.1% | #617 of 1,792 |
| Bamberg County, SC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −3.5% |
Other business types in Bamberg County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Bamberg County, SC?
There are no gyms on map listings in Bamberg County as of September 2026. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Bamberg County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bamberg County, SC spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $2M a year, or $422 per household. That is 57% below the U.S. average (an index of 43, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 4,644 households in Bamberg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bamberg County, SC compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Bamberg County has no gyms on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Bamberg County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is Bamberg County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Bamberg County at 12,796 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,644 households. Median household income in Bamberg County is $44,370, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.2%, 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. Bamberg County has no market score for gyms, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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