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. Fitness 19 and YMCA sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitness 19 | ▲2 | +13.6% |
| 2 | YMCA | - | +11.8% |
| 3 | Anytime Fitness | ▲1 | -6.9% |
| 4 | Shred415 | - | -8.8% |
| 5 | Planet Fitness | - | -10.7% |
| 6 | First Ascent | ▲1 | -18.4% |
| 7 | The Edge Fitness Clubs | ▲1 | -22.6% |
| 8 | Aira Fitness | ▼2 | -26.7% |
| 9 | Fitness Premier | - | -27.4% |
| 10 | Blink Fitness | - | -44.7% |
| 11 | LA Fitness | ▼3 | -84.3% |
- United Center
- YMCA
- Life Time
- Planet Fitness
- Valparaiso Family YMCA
- Midtown Athletic Club
- Fitness Formula Clubs
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
505 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 150 of the 505 stores (30%); 271 of the 299 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are gyms, the same share as across Illinois.
- United Center (2)
- YMCA (15)
- Life Time (16)
- Planet Fitness (60)
- Valparaiso Family YMCA (1)
- Midtown Athletic Club (4)
- Fitness Formula Clubs (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Planet Fitness 60
- 2 Anytime Fitness 36
- 3 LA Fitness 23
- 4 Life Time 16
- 5 YMCA 15
- 6 Crunch Fitness 7
- 7 Aira Fitness 5
- 8 Blink Fitness 5
- 9 SPENGA 4
- 10 Shred415 4
- 11 Midtown Athletic Club 4
- 12 Fitness 19 3
- 13 First Ascent 3
- 14 The Edge Fitness Clubs 3
- 15 UFC GYM 3
- 16 Equinox 3
- 17 Fitness Premier 3
- 18 Cross Kicks Fitness 2
- 19 Powerhouse Gym 2
- 20 Ethos Training Systems 2
- 21 Body Tech Total Fitness 2
- 22 Top Fuel CrossFit 2
- 23 Fitness Formula Clubs 2
- 24 My Gym Children's Fitness Center 2
- 25 United Center 2
- 26 TM Martial Arts 1
- 27 FLO Fitness and Martial Arts 1
- 28 Huntley Cheer Association 1
- 29 B.R. Ryall YMCA 1
- 30 REPS Fitness and Nutrition Center 1
- 31 FIT at 500 1
- 32 Wintrust Sports Complex 1
- 33 Basecamp Fitness 1
- 34 Surge to New Levels Gym 1
- 35 CFX Homer Glen 1
- 36 Valparaiso Family YMCA 1
- 37 Lily Pad Mahjong Parlor 1
- 38 Shorewood Fitness 1
- 39 Redline Athletics Buffalo Grove 1
- 40 Ferrara Pan Fitness Factory 1
- 41 Outwork Fitness 1
- 42 One Touch Fight Team & Academy 1
- 43 Elmhurst YMCA 1
- 44 Pilsen's Fitness Center 1
- 45 ReClaim Fitness 1
- 46 FiTrain 1
- 47 Vertica Fitness 1
- 48 Heritage Crossing Field House 1
- 49 Krush Fitness 1
- 50 Orange Shoe Personal Fitness 1
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