Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Texas
Gyms in the Gainesville, TX area
How the Gainesville, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #304 of 506 scored small-town markets
#12 of 37 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 18
- 5 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $695K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,461
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Gainesville area spend about $12.5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $757 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $695K of household spending for each gym on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
The Gainesville area has 18 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 28%, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 10.9 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Gainesville area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show the Gainesville area grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, the Gainesville area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #304 of 506 scored small-town markets and #12 of 37 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Gainesville area 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 | Gainesville area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $695K | $970K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,173 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $757 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $73,932 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 41 |
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
- 185 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Gainesville 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 Gainesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,461+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,528
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 875 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $73,932+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,815
- Median home value
- $240,400
- Jobs located here
- 14,462
- Daytime population
- 37,643Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Palestine, TX | 70 | 7 | 4.0 | $1.4M | +3.2% | #53 of 506 |
| 2Fredericksburg, TX | 69 | 9 | 7.8 | $1.1M | +6.6% | #56 of 506 |
| 3Bay City, TX | 64 | 6 | 3.9 | $1.6M | +0.5% | #98 of 506 |
| 4Mineral Wells, TX | 64 | 6 | 5.3 | $1.2M | +8.2% | #105 of 506 |
| 5Kerrville, TX | 63 | 14 | 6.2 | $1.1M | +2.5% | #118 of 506 |
| 6Brenham, TX | 61 | 12 | 7.8 | $963K | +7.0% | #141 of 506 |
| 7Granbury, TX | 60 | 19 | 7.4 | $1.1M | +13.6% | #150 of 506 |
| 8Corsicana, TX | 52 | 13 | 6.8 | $903K | +8.2% | #238 of 506 |
| 9Lufkin, TX | 50 | 20 | 6.2 | $952K | +1.9% | #255 of 506 |
| 10Bonham, TX | 50 | 11 | 8.6 | $833K | +9.2% | #256 of 506 |
| 12Gainesville, TX | 46 | 18 | 10.9 | $695K | +6.5% | #304 of 506 |
Other business types in the Gainesville area
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 the Gainesville, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 gyms in the Gainesville area. 5 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Gainesville area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Gainesville, TX area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $12.5M a year, or $757 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 gyms on map listings, it comes to $695K 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 16,528 households in the Gainesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gainesville, TX area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Gainesville area has 10.9 gyms per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $695K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Gainesville area would have about 10, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is the Gainesville, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Gainesville area at 44,461 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,528 households. Median household income in the Gainesville area is $73,932, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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 Gainesville area scores 46 for gyms (lower middle), #304 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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