Trends · data through September 2026

Gyms in Columbus, OH

Iceflower tracks 157 stores from 114 gym chains in Columbus, OH. Anytime Fitness grew fastest over the last year, ahead of YMCA and Planet Fitness.

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
114
Tracked stores
157
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. Anytime Fitness and YMCA sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Anytime Fitness - -2.1%
2 YMCA - -11.4%
3 Planet Fitness - -34.7%
  • YMCA
  • Crunch Fitness
  • Life Time
  • The Butcher Shop Fitness
  • Planet Fitness
  • Fit One Four
  • Next Level Fitness
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

157 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 37 of the 157 stores (24%); 98 of the 114 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are gyms, the same share as across Ohio.

  • YMCA (4)
  • Crunch Fitness (2)
  • Life Time (4)
  • The Butcher Shop Fitness (1)
  • Planet Fitness (20)
  • Fit One Four (1)
  • Next Level Fitness (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Planet Fitness 20
  • 2 Anytime Fitness 6
  • 3 YMCA 4
  • 4 Life Time 4
  • 5 Jazzercise 3
  • 6 Power Shack Fitness Center 2
  • 7 Lagree House 2
  • 8 The Spot Athletics 2
  • 9 Ronin Training Center 2
  • 10 System of Strength 2
  • 11 American Barbell 2
  • 12 Metro Fitness 2
  • 13 Esporta Fitness 2
  • 14 SPENGA 2
  • 15 Crunch Fitness 2
  • 16 Next Level Fitness 2
  • 17 Eastside Athletics 1
  • 18 Full Throttle Fitness 1
  • 19 Aerotique Columbus 1
  • 20 Whitehall Fit Spot 1
  • 21 Studio Glow Fitness 1
  • 22 McConnell Heart Health Center 1
  • 23 One More Rep 1
  • 24 Be Great Gym 1
  • 25 KSM Sports & Fitness 1
  • 26 The Swing Spot 1
  • 27 CrossFit Expedition 1
  • 28 Better Than Yesterday 1
  • 29 LA Fitness 1
  • 30 Your Body Your Choice Workout 1
  • 31 Movement Lab Ohio 1
  • 32 The Fitness Movement 1
  • 33 LIT Life + Yoga 1
  • 34 5.Life 1
  • 35 VO2 Fitness 1
  • 36 Steadfast Barbell 1
  • 37 Ohio Players Academy 1
  • 38 Friendship Fitness & Nutrition 1
  • 39 Jam Training 1
  • 40 RYZE Athletics 1
  • 41 Buckeye Volleyball Club 1
  • 42 Circleville Barbell Club 1
  • 43 Seven Studios 1
  • 44 Iron Dome Fitness 1
  • 45 CrossFit Torsion 1
  • 46 CrossFit 184 1
  • 47 Power Shack Gym Westerville 1
  • 48 Rise Fitness 1
  • 49 Grandview Pro Fitness 1
  • 50 Westside Barbell 1

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