Trends · data through July 2026

Gyms in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 178 stores from 108 gyms chains in North Carolina. Orangetheory Fitness grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Life Time and Gold's Gym.

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
108
Tracked stores
178
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked gyms 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. Orangetheory Fitness and Life Time sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 O Orangetheory Fitness logo Orangetheory Fitness ▲2 -13.4%
2 L Life Time logo Life Time - -14.0%
3 G Gold's Gym logo Gold's Gym - -41.8%
4 P Planet Fitness logo Planet Fitness ▼2 -59.3%
  • YMCA
  • Crunch Fitness
  • Cape Fear Valley Healthplex
  • Royal Sports
  • Crossfit
  • Crossboxp
  • CrossFit MNC
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

178 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • YMCA (9)
  • Crunch Fitness (6)
  • Cape Fear Valley Healthplex (1)
  • Royal Sports (1)
  • Crossfit (2)
  • Crossboxp (1)
  • CrossFit MNC (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Planet Fitness logo Planet Fitness 42
  • 2 Y YMCA logo YMCA 9
  • 3 C Crunch Fitness logo Crunch Fitness 6
  • 4 O Orangetheory Fitness logo Orangetheory Fitness 6
  • 5 L Life Time logo Life Time 5
  • 6 G Gold's Gym logo Gold's Gym 3
  • 7 C Charlotte Yoga 2
  • 8 O Olympus Athletic Club 2
  • 9 T TruFit Athletic Clubs logo TruFit Athletic Clubs 2
  • 10 T Triangle Fitness 2
  • 11 C Crossfit logo Crossfit 2
  • 12 M Monroe Aquatics and Fitness Center 1
  • 13 H HiTONE Fitness logo HiTONE Fitness 1
  • 14 R Rising Tide Fitness 1
  • 15 T Topsul Fitness & Nutrition 1
  • 16 C Charlotte RIPS 1
  • 17 N NHRMC Employee Fitness Center 1
  • 18 G Greensboro Sportsplex 1
  • 19 P Perfect Fit 1
  • 20 N Nautilus Family Fitness 1
  • 21 S Stidham’s Lounge 1
  • 22 I Ironsmith Barbell logo Ironsmith Barbell 1
  • 23 A Aerial CLT 1
  • 24 N Northern Wellness and Fitness Center 1
  • 25 T The Club at Oak Branch 1
  • 26 N NO Limits Fitness 1
  • 27 A Axes and Armor Hatchet House 1
  • 28 E Eternal Fitness 1
  • 29 M Murphy Health & Fitness 1
  • 30 F Family Sports & Fitness 1
  • 31 F French Broad 1
  • 32 L Lifestyle Wellness and Spa 1
  • 33 C Capital Marketplace 1
  • 34 A Atlantic MMA 1
  • 35 F Fighter's First Gym 1
  • 36 D Durham YMCA 1
  • 37 F FrontLine Fitness 1
  • 38 A App State Fitness 1
  • 39 A AC Sandhills 1
  • 40 E Excel Body Fitness 1
  • 41 E Elite Fitness 1
  • 42 T The Lifting LAB 1
  • 43 H Healthy Treats 1
  • 44 C City of Brevard Sports Complex 1
  • 45 P Powered By Shaw Fitness 1
  • 46 1 1776 Fitness Group 1
  • 47 V Victory Fitness 1
  • 48 F FirstHand Climbing 1
  • 49 B Biltmore Fitness 1
  • 50 S Southside Power and Fitness 1

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