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Gyms in Sweetwater County, WY
How Sweetwater County, WY 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 #599 of 1,792 scored counties
#4 of 12 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $17.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $999 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,267
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 gyms in Sweetwater County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 6.9 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Sweetwater County comes to about $17.5M a year: $999 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 12% 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 Sweetwater County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,500 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 Sweetwater County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms, Sweetwater County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #599 of 1,792 scored counties and #4 of 12 scored counties in Wyoming.
How Sweetwater County compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Sweetwater County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,500 | 2,704 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $999 | $1,015 | $983 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $328K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,267−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,502
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 10,427 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $75,034+0.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,925
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,166
- Daytime population
- 41,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Campbell County, WY | 73 | 14 | 7.8 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #171 of 1,792 |
| 2Laramie County, WY | 69 | 29 | 6.7 | $1.5M | +2.2% | #249 of 1,792 |
| 3Lincoln County, WY | 60 | 7 | 8.4 | $1.4M | +7.8% | #527 of 1,792 |
| 4Sweetwater County, WY | 58 | 12 | 6.9 | $1.5M | −2.2% | #599 of 1,792 |
| 5Albany County, WY | 58 | 11 | 6.4 | $1.4M | +3.9% | #604 of 1,792 |
| 6Natrona County, WY | 53 | 28 | 8.3 | $1.2M | +0.3% | #805 of 1,792 |
| 7Park County, WY | 50 | 15 | 11.3 | $864K | +5.1% | #940 of 1,792 |
| 8Sheridan County, WY | 49 | 12 | 8.7 | $1.1M | +7.2% | #963 of 1,792 |
| 9Carbon County, WY | 48 | 5 | 8.2 | $1.2M | −3.4% | #983 of 1,792 |
| 10Teton County, WY | 44 | 16 | 16.3 | $1.1M | −0.2% | #1,125 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Sweetwater County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Sweetwater County, WY?
There are 12 gyms on map listings in Sweetwater County as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 5 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 Sweetwater County, WY spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $17.5M a year, or $999 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,502 households in Sweetwater County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sweetwater County, WY compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Sweetwater County has 6.9 gyms per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.5M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Sweetwater County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,500 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Sweetwater County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Sweetwater County at 41,267 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,502 households. The median household income in Sweetwater County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 0.3% 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. Sweetwater County scores 58 for gyms (upper middle), #599 of 1,792 scored counties.
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