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Gyms in Bedford County, TN
How Bedford County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #232 of 1,792 scored counties
#8 of 55 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $634 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,273
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Bedford County spend about $12.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $634 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per gym, 19% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Bedford County has 8 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Bedford County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $379K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Bedford County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bedford County grew 9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms in Bedford County is 70 (upper middle), #232 of 1,792 scored counties and #8 of 55 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Bedford County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Bedford County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,593 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.8% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $634 | $703 | $983 |
| Median household income | $67,225 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 46 |
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
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $379K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Bedford 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 Bedford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,273+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,505
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $67,225+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,190
- Median home value
- $281,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,181
- Daytime population
- 45,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 83 | 7 | 4.1 | $2M | +7.7% | #45 of 1,792 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 76 | 10 | 4.4 | $1.6M | +7.0% | #123 of 1,792 |
| 3Jefferson County, TN | 74 | 7 | 3.2 | $1.9M | +9.3% | #142 of 1,792 |
| 4Robertson County, TN | 74 | 15 | 5.3 | $1.4M | +9.9% | #152 of 1,792 |
| 5Dickson County, TN | 72 | 10 | 4.6 | $1.5M | +7.7% | #186 of 1,792 |
| 6Maury County, TN | 72 | 20 | 4.7 | $1.5M | +16.0% | #189 of 1,792 |
| 7Tipton County, TN | 70 | 8 | 3.5 | $1.9M | +2.0% | #221 of 1,792 |
| 8Bedford County, TN | 70 | 8 | 4.1 | $1.5M | +9.7% | #232 of 1,792 |
| 9Cheatham County, TN | 69 | 9 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +4.1% | #257 of 1,792 |
| 10Greene County, TN | 67 | 11 | 3.9 | $1.4M | +5.0% | #300 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Bedford 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Bedford County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 gyms in Bedford County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Bedford County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bedford County, TN spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $12.4M a year, or $634 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 19,505 households in Bedford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bedford County, TN compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Bedford County has 4.1 gyms per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.5M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Bedford County would have about 10, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Bedford County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Bedford County at 55,273 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,505 households. Median household income in Bedford County is $67,225, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. Bedford County scores 70 for gyms (upper middle), #232 of 1,792 scored counties.
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