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Gyms in Carroll County, VA
The gyms in Carroll County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $510 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 64% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 68% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,299
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $510 per household (48% below the U.S. average), households in Carroll County spend about $6.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 64% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Carroll County has 3 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 68% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Carroll County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $290K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Carroll County.
Population estimates show Carroll County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 gyms on map listings, Carroll County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Carroll County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Carroll County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 2,759 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.6% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $510 | $960 | $983 |
| Median household income | $54,484 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $290K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,299+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,576
- Median age
- 48.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 475 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $54,484+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,718
- Median home value
- $156,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,943
- Daytime population
- 23,365Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Powhatan County, VA | 90 | 5 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +7.0% | #11 of 1,792 |
| 2New Kent County, VA | 90 | 6 | 6.5 | $1.6M | +21.2% | #16 of 1,792 |
| 3Spotsylvania County, VA | 89 | 33 | 6.3 | $1.7M | +10.5% | #20 of 1,792 |
| 4Orange County, VA | 86 | 5 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +10.1% | #29 of 1,792 |
| 5Isle of Wight County, VA | 85 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +6.7% | #32 of 1,792 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 83 | 12 | 3.7 | $2.1M | +6.6% | #44 of 1,792 |
| 7Stafford County, VA | 81 | 27 | 5.2 | $2.5M | +8.3% | #54 of 1,792 |
| 8Frederick County, VA | 81 | 16 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +8.8% | #56 of 1,792 |
| 9Louisa County, VA | 80 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.5M | +13.6% | #63 of 1,792 |
| 10Suffolk city, VA | 80 | 18 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +10.4% | #67 of 1,792 |
| Carroll County, VA | Not scored | 3 | 2.4 | $2.1M | +0.5% |
Other business types in Carroll County
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 Carroll County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 gyms in Carroll County. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Carroll County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carroll County, VA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $6.4M a year, or $510 per household. That is 48% below the U.S. average (an index of 52, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 gyms on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 12,576 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, VA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Carroll County has 2.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $2.1M, 64% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Carroll County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Carroll County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,299 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $54,484, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Carroll County has no market score for gyms: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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