List of Gyms in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 290,518 gyms in the USA, one in every 220 US companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 893 firms employ 50 people or more. One in twenty-one fitness centers is based in New York, Houston, Miami, Austin and Phoenix. Below you find the largest fitness centers in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

290,518 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies290,5181 in220 US companiesCities9,999Largest cityNew York 3,383Sole traders4%Employees1-4 (94%)Revenue< $100K (71%)Email24%Phone48%Website35%

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A live view of all 290,518 fitness centers, sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, employee size, revenue, legal form or founding year, or search a firm by name.

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Adventist Health SYSTEM/SUNBELT, INC.	USA	Kissimmee	400 Celebration Pl	Osceola	34747-4970	*****.com	2001	$8,312,865,593	23	Corporation	N/A	591479658
2	Planet Fitness, INC.	USA	Hampton	4 Liberty Ln W	Rockingham	03842-1704	*****.com	1992	$1,324,144,000	4,020	Corporation	133	5704383
3	Trustmark Mutual Holding Company	USA	Lake Forest	400 N Field Dr	Lake	60045-4809	*****.com	2004	$454,912,104	7,872	Corporation	45	N/A
4	Self Esteem Brands, LLC	USA	Saint Paul	111 Weir Dr	Ramsey	55125-3200	*****.com	2010	$377,020,828	301	Corporation	25	733383100025
5	Anytime Fitness LLC	USA	Woodbridge	16705 River Ridge Blvd	Prince William	22191-4645	*****.com	2008	$375,934,000	6	Corporation	2	S2244681
6	Anytime Fitness, LLC	USA	Saint Paul	111 Weir Dr	Ramsey	55125-3200	*****.com	2009	$375,934,000	150	Corporation	25	3607338-2
7	Planet Fitness Franchising LLC	USA	Hampton	4 Liberty Ln W	Rockingham	03842-1704	*****.com	2019	$350,145,000	56	Corporation	133	6930621
8	Anytime Fitness LLC	USA	Jacksonville	1523 Chaffee Rd S	Duval	32221-1899	*****.com	2010	$317,009,000	6		N/A	N/A
9	Xponential Fitness, INC.	USA	Irvine	17877 von Karman Ave Ste 100	Orange	92614-4227	*****.com	2017	$314,879,000	340	Corporation	48	7800154
10	Fitness International, LLC	USA	Irvine	3161 Michelson Dr Ste 600	Orange	92612-4406	*****.com	1996	$157,082,646	2,010	Corporation	451	199727210046
11	Wellpower L.L.C.	USA	Lone Tree	8200 Park Meadows Dr Ste 8230	Douglas	80124-2746	N/A	2019	$145,817,271	4	Corporation	N/A	20111324024
12	Life Fitness, LLC	USA	Rosemont	9525 Bryn Mawr Ave	St. Clair	60018-5249	*****.com	2018	$122,131,775	1,950	Corporation	36	7155426
13	Honors Holdings, LLC	USA	Atlanta	120 Interstate North Pkwy Se Ste 308	Fulton	30339-2157	*****.com	2014	$120,000,000	1,500	Corporation	4	14056721
14	Equinox Holdings, INC.	USA	New York	31 Hudson Yards	New York	10001-2170	*****.com?cid=gmb	1998	$118,787,361	8,000	Corporation	287	2974583
15	Crunch Franchising LLC	USA	New York	622 3rd Ave	New York	10017-6707	N/A	2013	$84,439,000	30	Corporation	N/A	225145697
16	Snap Fitness, INC.	USA	Chanhassen	2411 Galpin Ct Ste 111	Carver	55317-4519	*****.com	2003	$56,793,000	2	Corporation	N/A	651624-2
17	Athletes' Performance, INC.	USA	Phoenix	2629 E Rose Garden Ln	Maricopa	85050-4605	*****.com	2006	$51,016,816	3,500	Corporation	24	N/A
18	Crunch, LLC	USA	New York	220 W 19th St	New York	10011-4035	*****.com	2019	$47,697,669	1,500	Corporation	33	4708471
19	24 Hour Fitness USA, LLC	USA	San Ramon	12647 Alcosta Blvd Ste 500	Contra Costa	94583	*****.com	2026	$47,539,695	7,148	Corporation	272	19961076250
20	Rachas, INC.	USA	San Diego	1011 Camino del Rio S Ste 350	San Diego	92108-3580	*****.com	2010	$47,422,032	818	Corporation	26	3091421
21	Soulcycle INC.	USA	New York	609 Greenwich St Grnd Fl	New York	10014-3691	*****.com	2006	$46,362,061	1,000	Corporation	66	N/A
22	New Seabury Properties, L.L.C.	USA	Mashpee	22 Seanest Dr	Barnstable	02649-4628	*****.com	1998	$44,221,599	150	Corporation	1733	2781319
23	Life Fitness Sales, INC.	USA	Franklin Park	10601 Belmont Ave	Cook	60131-1500	*****.com	2019	$41,243,368	725	Corporation	36	2760039
24	Mad Fitness Group, LLC	USA	Pikesville	1777 Reisterstown Rd Ste 135e	Baltimore County	21208-1318	N/A	2020	$39,208,260	81	Corporation	66	L21000004343
25	River Oaks Country Club	USA	Houston	1600 River Oaks Blvd	Harris	77019-1299	*****.net	1923	$36,675,766	275	Corporation	N/A	0003922901

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Largest fitness centers in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in New York, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Equinox Holdings is the largest fitness center in the USA by headcount. 893 firms employ 50 people or more; 382 employ 100 or more.

1New York8,000 staff
2Bronx5,221 staff
3Hampton4,020 staff
4Tulsa4,011 staff
5Austin2,800 staff
6Lac du Flambeau2,122 staff
7New York2,000 staff
8Rosemont1,950 staff
9Auburn Hills1,027 staff
10Christiansburg974 staff

By employee size · 289,865 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	271,739	94%
5-9	12,461	4%
10-19	3,101	1%
20-49	1,671	0.6%
50-99	511	0.2%
100-199	257	<0.1%
200-499	87	<0.1%
500-999	25	<0.1%
1,000+	13	<0.1%

94% have 1 to 4 people; 1,671 have 20 to 49; 893 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	196,706	71%
$100K-$500K	79,862	29%
$500K-$1M	1,390	0.5%
$1M-$5M	656	0.2%
$5M-$10M	71	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	59	<0.1%
$50M-$100M	3	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	12	<0.1%
$500M+	2	<0.1%

71% under $100,000; 656 between $1M and $5M; 147 above $5M.

How many gyms are there in the USA?

Gyms and fitness centers in the USA

290,518

21 October 2026

There are 290,518 gyms and fitness centers in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 220 US companies. About 57 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (11,954 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 273,225 94%
Head offices: 6,109
Branch offices: 11,184

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 7991.

205,380 of the 290,518 are corporations and LLCs (71%); 10,262 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 289,865 US fitness centers with a known headcount, 271,739 (94%) have one to four people, 12,461 have five to nine, 4,772 have ten to 49 and 893 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (196,706, 71%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 10284,200 98%
Small 10 to 494,772 2%
Medium 50 to 249855 0.3%
Large 250+38 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

147

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 76 more than $10 million.

11,954

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the USA?

New York has the most gyms in the USA (3,383), ahead of Houston (3,142), Miami (2,894), Austin (2,366) and Phoenix (2,298). Together the five hold one in twenty-one of them. Relative to their size, Gilbert, Chandler and San Diego have the most: 1.5 to 1.7 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,999 US cities have at least one fitness center; 3,827 have ten or more; 2,302 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Fitness centers per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.45. Gilbert has 1.7 times the national share.

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By county 1,785 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	8,972	3%
Maricopa	7,995	3%
Orange	6,126	2%
Miami-Dade	4,933	2%
Harris	4,339	1%
Cook	3,774	1%
San Diego	3,758	1%
Montgomery	3,412	1%
New York	3,390	1%
Ct	3,280	1%

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Fitness centers in New York

New York has 3,383 gyms and fitness centers, 0.5% of all 732,093 New York companies and on the national share. Nine in ten New York firms have fewer than five people; 55 have 50 or more. 75 new firms were entered in 2026, 42 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 2,991 · 88%
5-9: 193 · 6%
10-19: 79 · 2%
20-49: 63 · 2%
50+: 55 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 41 · 1%
Partnerships: 14 · 0.4%
Corporations and LLCs: 2,696 · 80%
Other or none: 632 · 19%

Of the US total: 1.2%
Of all New York companies: 0.5%
Against the national share: 1.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 75
Entered 2025: 164
Of USA's 2026 entries: 0.6%

Old

Before 1990: 42 · 1%
1990 or later: 3,341 · 99%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 1.9%

Reachable

Email: 922 · 27%
Phone: 1,744 · 52%
Website: 1,375 · 41%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,892 · 58%
$100K-$500K: 1,266 · 39%
$500K-$1M: 33 · 1%
$1M and more: 47 · 1%

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Newcomers in the USA in 2026

11,954 fitness centers were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 57 a working day, after 20,631 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.4% of the inflow.

18,1372022
20,9992023
20,4312024
20,6312025
11,9542026 so far

11,921 of this year's 11,954 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Costa Mesa58 staff
2Oxford20 staff
3Brooklyn19 staff
4Kingwood15 staff
5Hillsboro14 staff

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 15 US fitness centers from before 1900, 91 from before 1950 and 2,175 from before 1990.

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1. Boston
1853
1. Meriden
1854
1. Manchester
1867
1. Clinton
1884
1. Erie
1884
1. Birmingham

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2,175

US fitness centers date from before 1990

271

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

Fitness centers are easier to reach than the average US company: 48% list a phone number and 35% a website.

Email69,861 24%
Phone138,512 48%
Website100,682 35%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in twenty-eight US fitness centers work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Seven in ten are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders10,2624%
Partnerships1,7770.6%
Corporations and LLCs205,38071%
No form on record or other73,09925%

Single-site: 94%
Head offices: 6,109
Branches: 11,184

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 64 fitness centers for every one of the swimming pools in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Gyms	290,518	35%	94%
Sports Companies	244,230	19%	92%
Travel Agencies	176,700	20%	94%
Spa Resorts	52,478	90%	90%
Theaters	38,604	40%	84%
Swimming Pools	4,567	72%	82%

In other countries

The USA has more fitness centers than Brazil or Australia, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	290,518	4.5
Brazil	83,482	2.9
Australia	20,603	2.4
Canada	20,038	4.7
The UK	19,862	2.2

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Frequently asked questions

How many gyms are there in the USA?

There are 290,518 gyms and fitness centers in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 220 US companies.

Which is the largest fitness center in the USA?

Equinox Holdings in New York, with 8,000 staff. By revenue Planet Fitness in Hampton leads with $1.3 billion a year.

Which US city has the most gyms?

New York, with 3,383, ahead of Houston (3,142), Miami (2,894), Austin (2,366) and Phoenix (2,298). Relative to its size, Gilbert has the most: 1.7 times the national share.

How many fitness centers are there in New York?

3,383, which is 0.5% of all 732,093 New York companies and on the national share.

How big is a typical fitness center?

Small. 94% of the 289,865 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 893 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US gyms sole traders or companies?

One in twenty-eight (10,262) are sole traders, 0.6% are partnerships and 71% (205,380) are corporations and LLCs.

How many fitness centers started in 2026?

11,954 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 20,631 in 2025. 11,921 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest fitness center in the USA?

Union Boat Club in Boston, 1851, followed by Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Mens Christian Association in Meriden (1853) and The Granite Young Men's Christian Association in Manchester (1854). 15 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers gyms?

Our platform filters them on SIC 7991 (physical fitness facilities).

Can I download the full list?

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