Trends · data through September 2026

Gyms in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 153 stores from 107 gym chains in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. YMCA grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Anytime Fitness and Workout Anytime.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
107
Tracked stores
153
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked gym chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. YMCA and Anytime Fitness sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 YMCA - -3.3%
2 Anytime Fitness - -16.8%
3 Workout Anytime - -37.6%
4 Planet Fitness - -57.0%
  • YMCA
  • Carolina Panthers
  • Crunch Fitness
  • SureFire
  • Sportscenter Fitness and Athletic Club
  • The Fitness Factory
  • Hive Fitness
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

153 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 46 of the 153 stores (30%); 97 of the 107 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are gyms, against 4% across North Carolina.

  • YMCA (10)
  • Carolina Panthers (1)
  • Crunch Fitness (2)
  • SureFire (1)
  • Sportscenter Fitness and Athletic Club (1)
  • The Fitness Factory (1)
  • Hive Fitness (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Planet Fitness 21
  • 2 YMCA 10
  • 3 Workout Anytime 6
  • 4 Anytime Fitness 6
  • 5 Gold's Gym 3
  • 6 Jet Fitness 2
  • 7 Catawba River 2
  • 8 Life Time 2
  • 9 Charlotte Yoga 2
  • 10 Crunch Fitness 2
  • 11 Cooperstown Dreams Park 1
  • 12 Balanced Body 1
  • 13 Cougar's Den 1
  • 14 Cotswold P.E. 1
  • 15 The Training Room 1
  • 16 Iredell COAST Community Center 1
  • 17 Dilworth FIT 1
  • 18 Q Fitness and Wellness 1
  • 19 1776 Fitness Group 1
  • 20 CrossFit 77 1
  • 21 24/7 Total Fitness 1
  • 22 House of Steel 1
  • 23 Crossfit 1
  • 24 Sauna Culture 1
  • 25 West Cabarrus YMCA 1
  • 26 Elevate Fitness 1
  • 27 Hustle House Fitness 1
  • 28 My Gym Children's Fitness Center 1
  • 29 Pivot Performance 1
  • 30 Hollywood Fit 1
  • 31 QC Pump House 1
  • 32 Dallas Gym 1
  • 33 Champions Sports Performance 1
  • 34 Ott To Be Fit 1
  • 35 Adrenaline Cycle Studio 1
  • 36 Mountain Island Fitness 1
  • 37 Cardio Central 1
  • 38 Level Fitness Charlotte 1
  • 39 Crossboxp 1
  • 40 Ninja Nation 1
  • 41 Route 74 Fitness 1
  • 42 Endless Fitness 1
  • 43 LKN Athletic Club 1
  • 44 Lumber Yard Gym 1
  • 45 LA Fitness 1
  • 46 Inner Peaks Climbing Center 1
  • 47 Rowan Wrestling Academy 1
  • 48 Megaflex Gym Northlake 1
  • 49 Flex Gymnastics 1
  • 50 Core Athletics 1

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