Fitness and classes · County · Virginia
Gyms in Chesterfield County, VA
How Chesterfield County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #180 of 1,792 scored counties
#14 of 72 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 81
- 39 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- All fitness and recreational sports centers · +18.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $137.7M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $983 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 397,148
- +8.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 81 gyms in Chesterfield County. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 24% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Chesterfield County comes to about $137.7M a year: $983 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 31% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chesterfield County in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,695 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, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $702K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chesterfield County.
Population estimates put the population change in Chesterfield County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Chesterfield County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #180 of 1,792 scored counties and #14 of 72 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Chesterfield 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 | Chesterfield County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,695 | 2,759 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.2% | +9.6% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $983 | $960 | $983 |
| Median household income | $101,931 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 52All fitness and recreational sports centers · +18.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,572
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8139 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $702K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 397,148+8.7% since 2020
- Households
- 140,155
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 424 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 892
- Median household income
- $101,931+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,631
- Median home value
- $366,000
- Jobs located here
- 149,426
- Daytime population
- 346,516Residents 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 |
| 14Chesterfield County, VA | 72 | 81 | 5.8 | $1.7M | +8.7% | #180 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County, VA?
Chesterfield County has 81 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 39 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
How much do households in Chesterfield County, VA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $137.7M a year, or $983 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,155 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chesterfield County, VA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Chesterfield County has 5.8 gyms per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.7M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 106, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,695 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Chesterfield County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 397,148 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,155 households. The median household income in Chesterfield County is $101,931 a year, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.4% 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. Chesterfield County scores 72 for gyms (upper middle), #180 of 1,792 scored counties.
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