Fitness and classes · County · West Virginia
Gyms in Greenbrier County, WV
How Greenbrier County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,314 of 1,792 scored counties
#8 of 23 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.1M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $479 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,578
- −4.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $479 per household (51% below the U.S. average), households in Greenbrier County spend about $7.1M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 5 gyms, that is $1.4M per gym, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Greenbrier County has 5 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 55% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Greenbrier County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Greenbrier County declined 4.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Greenbrier County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #1,314 of 1,792 scored counties and #8 of 23 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Greenbrier 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 | Greenbrier County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 5.3 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $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 | −4.0% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $479 | $595 | $983 |
| Median household income | $48,218 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 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
- 50 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,578−4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 14,788
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,020 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $48,218+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,064
- Median home value
- $149,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,698
- Daytime population
- 31,539Residents 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 |
Other business types in Greenbrier County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Clothing and laundry
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Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Greenbrier County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 gyms in Greenbrier County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Greenbrier County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Greenbrier County, WV spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $7.1M a year, or $479 per household. That is 51% below the U.S. average (an index of 49, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 14,788 households in Greenbrier County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Greenbrier County, WV compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Greenbrier County has 3.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.4M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending.
How fast is Greenbrier County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Greenbrier County at 31,578 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,788 households. Median household income in Greenbrier County is $48,218, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. Greenbrier County scores 37 for gyms (lower middle), #1,314 of 1,792 scored counties.
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