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Gyms in Tom Green County, TX
How Tom Green 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,564 of 1,792 scored counties
#99 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 37
- 14 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $29.9M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $639 a household
- Spending per listing
- $808K
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,602
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Tom Green County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #1,564 of 1,792 scored counties and #99 of 126 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Tom Green County spend about $29.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $639 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That works out to $808K per gym, 38% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Tom Green County has 37 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.9, 4% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Tom Green County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 2,922 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tom Green County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Tom Green 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 | Tom Green County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $808K | $970K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,922 | 3,173 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $639 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $68,370 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 16All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 325
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3714 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,602+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 46,756
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,590
- Median home value
- $197,000
- Jobs located here
- 47,889
- Daytime population
- 118,619Residents 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 |
| 99Tom Green County, TX | 27 | 37 | 7.9 | $808K | +0.4% | #1,564 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 gyms in Tom Green County. 14 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. 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 Tom Green County, TX spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $29.9M a year, or $639 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 gyms on map listings, it comes to $808K 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 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tom Green County, TX compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Tom Green County has 7.9 gyms per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $808K, 38% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 23, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,922 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. 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. Tom Green County scores 27 for gyms (lower middle), #1,564 of 1,792 scored counties.
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