Fitness and classes · County · West Virginia
Gyms in Brooke County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms in Brooke County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,731 of 1,792 scored counties
#21 of 23 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $569 a household
- Spending per listing
- $786K
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,142
- −6.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for gyms in Brooke County is 12 (low), #1,731 of 1,792 scored counties and #21 of 23 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Brooke County spend about $5.5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $569 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. That is about $786K of household spending for each gym on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 7 gyms on map listings in Brooke County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. That is 7.2 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Brooke County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Brooke County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Brooke County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Brooke County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 5.3 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $786K | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 6,175 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.6% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.0% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $569 | $595 | $983 |
| Median household income | $54,316 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 36 |
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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Brooke 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 Brooke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,142−6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,675
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 89 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 245
- Median household income
- $54,316+5.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,922
- Median home value
- $141,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,914
- Daytime population
- 19,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 91 | 8 | 3.5 | $2.7M | +9.2% | #7 of 1,792 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 85 | 10 | 2.0 | $3.8M | +13.7% | #31 of 1,792 |
| 3Preston County, WV | 52 | 5 | 3.9 | $1.5M | −0.6% | #826 of 1,792 |
| 4Putnam County, WV | 51 | 18 | 7.7 | $1M | −1.0% | #888 of 1,792 |
| 5Mineral County, WV | 47 | 5 | 4.5 | $1.4M | −0.4% | #1,013 of 1,792 |
| 6Ohio County, WV | 46 | 10 | 5.5 | $1.1M | −4.4% | #1,052 of 1,792 |
| 7Hancock County, WV | 43 | 5 | 3.9 | $1.5M | −4.5% | #1,153 of 1,792 |
| 8Greenbrier County, WV | 37 | 5 | 3.4 | $1.4M | −4.0% | #1,314 of 1,792 |
| 9Kanawha County, WV | 35 | 47 | 6.1 | $982K | −4.3% | #1,379 of 1,792 |
| 10Cabell County, WV | 34 | 24 | 6.1 | $959K | −3.2% | #1,406 of 1,792 |
| 21Brooke County, WV | 12 | 7 | 7.2 | $786K | −6.0% | #1,731 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Brooke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Brooke County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 gyms in Brooke County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Brooke County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Brooke County, WV spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $5.5M a year, or $569 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 gyms on map listings, it comes to $786K 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 9,675 households in Brooke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brooke County, WV compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Brooke County has 7.2 gyms per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $786K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Brooke County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Brooke County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Brooke County at 21,142 people in 2025, down 6.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,675 households. Median household income in Brooke County is $54,316, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.5%, 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. Brooke County scores 12 for gyms (low), #1,731 of 1,792 scored counties.
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