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Gyms in Door County, WI

How Door County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #624 of 1,792 scored counties
#18 of 55 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
13
5 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
3
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$13.5M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $903 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.7
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,616
+1.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 gyms in Door County. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 8.7 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.

Households in Door County spend about $13.5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $903 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 gyms, that is $1M per gym, 20% below 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Door County in 2023. That is one for every 4,995 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $716K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Door County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Door County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Door County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #624 of 1,792 scored counties and #18 of 55 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Door County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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.

Gyms in Door County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureDoor CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.77.47.6
Spending per listing$1M$1.2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)4,9952,9663,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.1%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$903$921$983
Median household income$74,795$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5841

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
132
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
135 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$716K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Door 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 Door County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,616+1.6% since 2020
Households
14,986
Median age
53.6
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
482 sq. mi.
People per square mile
63
Median household income
$74,795+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,001
Median home value
$342,600
Jobs located here
12,670
Daytime population
28,917Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for gyms, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Door County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Calumet County, WI77125.6$1.8M+2.9%#101 of 1,792
2Washington County, WI74376.5$1.7M+1.8%#147 of 1,792
3Oconto County, WI7063.6$2.4M+2.9%#219 of 1,792
4Marathon County, WI69366.2$1.4M+1.0%#256 of 1,792
5Manitowoc County, WI67195.4$1.4M+0.4%#293 of 1,792
6Clark County, WI6664.7$1.7M+1.2%#310 of 1,792
7Racine County, WI65435.3$1.7M+0.4%#350 of 1,792
8Columbia County, WI63197.9$1.2M−0.7%#432 of 1,792
9Walworth County, WI62368.4$1.2M+0.8%#466 of 1,792
10Winnebago County, WI61405.5$1.6M+1.4%#480 of 1,792
18Door County, WI58138.7$1M+1.6%#624 of 1,792

Other business types in Door County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gyms are in Door County, WI?

There are 13 gyms on map listings in Door County as of September 2026. 5 of them (38%) 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 Door County, WI spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $13.5M a year, or $903 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,986 households in Door County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Door County, WI compare with the U.S. for gyms?

Door County has 8.7 gyms per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Door County would have about 10, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,995 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is Door County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Door County at 30,616 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,986 households. The median household income in Door County is $74,795 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. Door County scores 58 for gyms (upper middle), #624 of 1,792 scored counties.

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