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Gyms in Grays Harbor County, WA
How Grays Harbor County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #46 of 1,792 scored counties
#4 of 29 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 14
- 3 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $26.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $855 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,144
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for gyms in Grays Harbor County is 83 (high), #46 of 1,792 scored counties and #4 of 29 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 gyms in Grays Harbor County. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 39% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
At $855 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Grays Harbor County spend about $26.2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 44% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Grays Harbor County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 10,209 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grays Harbor County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Grays Harbor County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Grays Harbor County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 10,209 | 2,908 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $855 | $1,386 | $983 |
| Median household income | $64,414 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $526K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 143 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,144+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 30,628
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $64,414+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,833
- Median home value
- $314,000
- Jobs located here
- 21,888
- Daytime population
- 66,472Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewis County, WA | 92 | 10 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +6.7% | #4 of 1,792 |
| 2Mason County, WA | 90 | 7 | 2.7 | $4.1M | +7.8% | #9 of 1,792 |
| 3Franklin County, WA | 90 | 15 | 5.0 | $2.3M | +5.6% | #12 of 1,792 |
| 4Grays Harbor County, WA | 83 | 14 | 4.6 | $1.9M | +3.0% | #46 of 1,792 |
| 5Thurston County, WA | 82 | 77 | 6.5 | $1.9M | +2.8% | #48 of 1,792 |
| 6Snohomish County, WA | 81 | 201 | 6.4 | $2.4M | +4.9% | #55 of 1,792 |
| 7Stevens County, WA | 80 | 9 | 4.6 | $2M | +6.6% | #64 of 1,792 |
| 8Cowlitz County, WA | 80 | 27 | 6.1 | $1.6M | +3.5% | #69 of 1,792 |
| 9Clark County, WA | 77 | 126 | 6.4 | $2M | +5.3% | #99 of 1,792 |
| 10Pierce County, WA | 76 | 226 | 6.4 | $2.1M | +2.5% | #118 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County, WA?
There are 14 gyms on map listings in Grays Harbor County as of September 2026. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
How much do households in Grays Harbor County, WA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $26.2M a year, or $855 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,628 households in Grays Harbor County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grays Harbor County, WA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Grays Harbor County has 4.6 gyms per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.9M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Grays Harbor County would have about 20, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,209 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Grays Harbor County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Grays Harbor County at 78,144 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,628 households. The median household income in Grays Harbor County is $64,414 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. Grays Harbor County scores 83 for gyms (high), #46 of 1,792 scored counties.
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