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Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Tennessee

Gyms in the Paris, TN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms in the Paris, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #263 of 506 scored small-town markets
#8 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.8M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $502 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,896
+2.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Paris area spend about $6.8M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $502 per household, 49% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 gyms, that is $1.1M per gym, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.

The Paris area has 6 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Paris area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in the Paris area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Paris area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #263 of 506 scored small-town markets and #8 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.

How the Paris area 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.

Gyms in Paris, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureParis areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.56.97.6
Spending per listing$1.1M$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)n/a3,5933,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.8%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$502$703$983
Median household income$50,613$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4946

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
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 the Paris area, 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 the Paris area

Population, 2025 estimate
32,896+2.3% since 2020
Households
13,452
Median age
46.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
562 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$50,613+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,597
Median home value
$160,200
Jobs located here
11,204
Daytime population
30,134Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for gyms, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Paris area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelbyville, TN7684.1$1.5M+9.7%#24 of 506
2Athens, TN75124.5$1.3M+8.2%#27 of 506
3Greeneville, TN73113.9$1.4M+5.0%#32 of 506
4Lewisburg, TN7375.1$1.3M+10.5%#33 of 506
5Crossville, TN67134.6$1.2M+8.0%#73 of 506
6Sevierville, TN63225.5$1.1M+2.5%#117 of 506
7Lawrenceburg, TN5684.7$1.1M+6.2%#191 of 506
8Paris, TN4964.5$1.1M+2.3%#263 of 506
9Cookeville, TN45376.3$888K+7.6%#312 of 506
10Winchester, TN43148.0$753K+6.4%#338 of 506

Other business types in the Paris area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gyms are in the Paris, TN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 gyms in the Paris area. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Paris area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Paris, TN area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $6.8M a year, or $502 per household. That is 49% below the U.S. average (an index of 51, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 13,452 households in the Paris area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Paris, TN area compare with the U.S. for gyms?

The Paris area has 4.5 gyms per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.1M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Paris area would have about 5, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is the Paris, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Paris area at 32,896 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,452 households. Median household income in the Paris area is $50,613, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Paris area scores 49 for gyms (lower middle), #263 of 506 scored small-town markets.

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