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Gyms in Galveston County, TX
How Galveston County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #627 of 1,792 scored counties
#30 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 126
- 35 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $124.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $883 a household
- Spending per listing
- $985K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 372,207
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Galveston County comes to about $124.2M a year: $883 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 126 gyms, that is $985K per gym, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 126 gyms on map listings in Galveston County as of September 2026. Of those, 35 are chain locations, or 28%, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 18% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Galveston County in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,137 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $9.2M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Galveston County.
Population estimates put the population change in Galveston County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms in Galveston County is 58 (upper middle), #627 of 1,792 scored counties and #30 of 126 scored counties in Texas.
How Galveston 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 | Galveston County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $985K | $970K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 4,137 | 3,173 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.0% | +18.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $883 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $86,105 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33 → 34All fitness and recreational sports centers · +3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 664
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12635 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $9.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Galveston 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 Galveston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 372,207+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 140,660
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 379 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 946
- Median household income
- $86,105+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,259
- Median home value
- $314,600
- Jobs located here
- 122,596
- Daytime population
- 313,358Residents 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 |
| 30Galveston County, TX | 58 | 126 | 9.0 | $985K | +5.9% | #627 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Galveston 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 Galveston County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 126 gyms in Galveston County. 35 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.
How much do households in Galveston County, TX spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $124.2M a year, or $883 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 126 gyms on map listings, it comes to $985K 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 140,660 households in Galveston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Galveston County, TX compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Galveston County has 9.0 gyms per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $985K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Galveston County would have about 95, against 126 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,137 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Galveston County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Galveston County at 372,207 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,660 households. Median household income in Galveston County is $86,105, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.4%, 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. Galveston County scores 58 for gyms (upper middle), #627 of 1,792 scored counties.
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