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Gyms in Ritchie County, WV
How Ritchie County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $482 a household
- Spending per listing
- $408K
- 69% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,034
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ritchie County spend about $1.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $482 per household, 51% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 gyms, that is $408K per gym, 69% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 4 gyms on map listings in Ritchie County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 55% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Ritchie County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Ritchie County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Ritchie 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 | Ritchie County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 5.3 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $408K | $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 | −4.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $482 | $595 | $983 |
| Median household income | $50,582 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Ritchie 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 Ritchie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,034−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 3,389
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 452 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $50,582
- Average household income
- $67,031
- Median home value
- $115,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,714
- Daytime population
- 7,791Residents 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 |
| Ritchie County, WV | Not scored | 4 | 11.8 | $408K | −4.6% |
Other business types in Ritchie County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many gyms are in Ritchie County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 gyms in Ritchie County. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Ritchie County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ritchie County, WV spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $1.6M a year, or $482 per household. That is 51% below the U.S. average (an index of 49, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 gyms on map listings, it comes to $408K 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 3,389 households in Ritchie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ritchie County, WV compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Ritchie County has 11.8 gyms per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $408K, 69% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Ritchie County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Ritchie County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Ritchie County at 8,034 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,389 households. Median household income in Ritchie County is $50,582, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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