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. Crunch Fitness and YMCA sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crunch Fitness | - | +10.6% |
| 2 | YMCA | - | +0.9% |
| 3 | Anytime Fitness | ▲1 | -7.0% |
| 4 | Workout Anytime | ▲1 | -7.8% |
| 5 | Triangle Fitness | ▲1 | -9.3% |
| 6 | TruFit Athletic Clubs | - | -18.6% |
| 7 | Neighborhood Barre | - | -22.1% |
| 8 | Fit For Life 24 | ▼2 | -34.7% |
| 9 | Crossfit | - | -35.6% |
| 10 | Gold's Gym | ▲1 | -39.4% |
| 11 | Planet Fitness | ▼2 | -63.7% |
| 12 | Fit 4 Life | - | -73.8% |
- YMCA
- Carolina Panthers
- Crunch Fitness
- Cape Fear Valley Healthplex
- Iron Forged Fitness
- Life Time
- Gold's Gym
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
558 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 151 of the 558 stores (27%); 333 of the 364 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are gyms, the same share as across the United States.
- YMCA (28)
- Carolina Panthers (1)
- Crunch Fitness (6)
- Cape Fear Valley Healthplex (1)
- Iron Forged Fitness (1)
- Life Time (7)
- Gold's Gym (10)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Planet Fitness 81
- 2 YMCA 28
- 3 Workout Anytime 20
- 4 Anytime Fitness 12
- 5 Gold's Gym 10
- 6 Life Time 7
- 7 Crunch Fitness 6
- 8 Triangle Fitness 4
- 9 TruFit Athletic Clubs 4
- 10 Crossfit 4
- 11 Elite Fitness 4
- 12 Fit 4 Life 3
- 13 Fit For Life 24 3
- 14 HiTONE Fitness 3
- 15 Neighborhood Barre 3
- 16 UNC Wellness Center 2
- 17 Olympus Athletic Club 2
- 18 Fuel Fitness 2
- 19 Charlotte Yoga 2
- 20 Bucked Up Fitness 2
- 21 The Fitness Factory 2
- 22 The Rock Fitness 2
- 23 Jet Fitness 2
- 24 Cheer Extreme Raleigh 2
- 25 New Millennium Fitness 2
- 26 Rock Solid Warrior 2
- 27 Catawba River 2
- 28 Victory Fitness 2
- 29 Southeastern Lifestyle Fitness Center 1
- 30 Soccer Shots Raleigh-Durham 1
- 31 Rocky River FC 1
- 32 Smithfield Recreation and Aquatics Center 1
- 33 Good Bodies 24/7 Fitness 1
- 34 Langley Gymnastics Training Center 1
- 35 BodyRok 1
- 36 Thrive Pilates Studio 1
- 37 Peaceful Dragon 1
- 38 CXBJJ Academy NC 1
- 39 High Point Rec 1
- 40 Ultimate Athlete 1
- 41 FirstHand Climbing 1
- 42 SocialFlex 24 Hour Gym 1
- 43 Warrior Tech 1
- 44 Unleashed Fitness 1
- 45 Tomlin Mill Pullers 1
- 46 Riverwood Athletic Club 1
- 47 South Wake Sports Academy 1
- 48 Deer Valley Athletic Club 1
- 49 Deep Well Athletics/CrossFit Deep Well 1
- 50 Perfect Fit 1
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