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Gyms in Decatur County, TN
How Decatur County, TN 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $476 a household
- Spending per listing
- $544K
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,820
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 gyms in Decatur County. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.8, 16% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Decatur County comes to about $2.2M a year: $476 per household, 52% below the U.S. average. That is about $544K of household spending for each gym on map listings, 58% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Decatur County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Decatur County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 gyms on map listings, Decatur County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Decatur 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 | Decatur County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $544K | $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 | +3.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $476 | $703 | $983 |
| Median household income | $45,375 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 41 chain location
- 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,820+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,568
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 334 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $45,375+8.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,847
- Median home value
- $139,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,527
- Daytime population
- 10,690Residents 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 |
| Decatur County, TN | Not scored | 4 | 8.8 | $544K | +3.4% |
Other business types in Decatur County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many gyms are in Decatur County, TN?
There are 4 gyms on map listings in Decatur County as of September 2026. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Decatur County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Decatur County, TN spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $2.2M a year, or $476 per household. That is 52% below the U.S. average (an index of 48, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 gyms on map listings, it comes to $544K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,568 households in Decatur County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Decatur County, TN compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Decatur County has 8.8 gyms per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $544K, 58% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Decatur County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Decatur County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Decatur County at 11,820 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,568 households. The median household income in Decatur County is $45,375 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 8.0% 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. 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. Decatur County has no market score for gyms: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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