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Gyms in Ellis County, TX
The gyms in Ellis County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #708 of 1,792 scored counties
#38 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 67
- 25 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $64.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $903 a household
- Spending per listing
- $967K
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 240,867
- +24.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 gyms in Ellis County. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
At $903 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Ellis County spend about $64.8M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $967K of household spending for each gym on map listings, 26% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Ellis County was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 3,120 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $627K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Ellis County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ellis County grew 24.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms in Ellis County is 56 (upper middle), #708 of 1,792 scored counties and #38 of 126 scored counties in Texas.
How Ellis County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Ellis County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $967K | $970K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,120 | 3,173 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +24.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $903 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $99,595 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 23All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 174
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6725 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $627K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Ellis 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 Ellis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 240,867+24.0% since 2020
- Households
- 71,759
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 936 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 228
- Median household income
- $99,595+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,930
- Median home value
- $348,600
- Jobs located here
- 60,835
- Daytime population
- 167,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 85 | 10 | 5.8 | $1.7M | +22.6% | #35 of 1,792 |
| 2Waller County, TX | 80 | 12 | 6.5 | $1.3M | +21.9% | #73 of 1,792 |
| 3Medina County, TX | 75 | 8 | 4.5 | $1.6M | +11.4% | #134 of 1,792 |
| 4Fort Bend County, TX | 71 | 233 | 8.0 | $1.4M | +17.4% | #212 of 1,792 |
| 5Denton County, TX | 70 | 293 | 8.1 | $1.4M | +16.9% | #236 of 1,792 |
| 6Upshur County, TX | 69 | 6 | 3.9 | $1.6M | +8.2% | #244 of 1,792 |
| 7Guadalupe County, TX | 66 | 41 | 6.3 | $1.4M | +15.8% | #325 of 1,792 |
| 8Polk County, TX | 65 | 9 | 4.6 | $1.3M | +5.9% | #368 of 1,792 |
| 9Liberty County, TX | 65 | 17 | 5.5 | $1.3M | +31.3% | #371 of 1,792 |
| 10Brazoria County, TX | 65 | 108 | 8.1 | $1.2M | +12.2% | #375 of 1,792 |
| 38Ellis County, TX | 56 | 67 | 9.3 | $967K | +24.0% | #708 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Ellis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gyms are in Ellis County, TX?
There are 67 gyms on map listings in Ellis County as of September 2026. 25 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
How much do households in Ellis County, TX spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $64.8M a year, or $903 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 gyms on map listings, it comes to $967K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,759 households in Ellis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ellis County, TX compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Ellis County has 9.3 gyms per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $967K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Ellis County would have about 50, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,120 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Ellis County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ellis County at 240,867 people in 2025, up 24.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,759 households. The median household income in Ellis County is $99,595 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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. Ellis County scores 56 for gyms (upper middle), #708 of 1,792 scored counties.
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