Trends · data through September 2026

Gyms in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 542 stores from 354 gym chains in North Carolina. Crunch Fitness grew fastest over the last year, ahead of YMCA and Triangle 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
354
Tracked stores
542
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. Crunch Fitness and YMCA sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Crunch Fitness logo Crunch Fitness - +8.4%
2 Y YMCA logo YMCA - +7.7%
3 T Triangle Fitness ▲1 -9.8%
4 W Workout Anytime logo Workout Anytime - -10.3%
5 A Anytime Fitness logo Anytime Fitness ▲1 -11.2%
6 E Elite Fitness Center - -11.6%
7 T TruFit Athletic Clubs logo TruFit Athletic Clubs - -17.1%
8 F Fit For Life 24 ▼2 -36.1%
9 C Crossfit logo Crossfit - -36.2%
10 G Gold's Gym logo Gold's Gym ▲1 -40.4%
11 P Planet Fitness logo Planet Fitness ▼1 -63.6%
  • YMCA
  • Carolina Panthers
  • Crunch Fitness
  • Cape Fear Valley Healthplex
  • Iron Forged Fitness
  • Life Time
  • Gold's Gym
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • 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 P Planet Fitness logo Planet Fitness 81
  • 2 Y YMCA logo YMCA 28
  • 3 W Workout Anytime logo Workout Anytime 20
  • 4 A Anytime Fitness logo Anytime Fitness 12
  • 5 G Gold's Gym logo Gold's Gym 10
  • 6 L Life Time logo Life Time 7
  • 7 C Crunch Fitness logo Crunch Fitness 6
  • 8 T TruFit Athletic Clubs logo TruFit Athletic Clubs 4
  • 9 T Triangle Fitness 4
  • 10 C Crossfit logo Crossfit 4
  • 11 H HiTONE Fitness logo HiTONE Fitness 3
  • 12 F Fit For Life 24 3
  • 13 E Elite Fitness Center 3
  • 14 T The Rock Fitness 2
  • 15 N New Millennium Fitness 2
  • 16 F Fuel Fitness 2
  • 17 O Olympus Athletic Club 2
  • 18 N Neighborhood Barre logo Neighborhood Barre 2
  • 19 B Bucked Up Fitness 2
  • 20 C Cape Fear Fitness 2
  • 21 C Cheer Extreme Raleigh 2
  • 22 R Rock Solid Warrior 2
  • 23 U UNC Wellness Center 2
  • 24 V Victory Fitness 2
  • 25 T The Fitness Factory 2
  • 26 C Charlotte Yoga 2
  • 27 N North Carolina Golf Academy 1
  • 28 N Natural Play 1
  • 29 S Soccer Shots Raleigh-Durham logo Soccer Shots Raleigh-Durham 1
  • 30 C ClubWorx logo ClubWorx 1
  • 31 T Top Gun Fitness Concord 1
  • 32 R RideUnited 1
  • 33 C Clinton 1
  • 34 S SocialFlex 24 Hour Gym 1
  • 35 G Good Bodies 24/7 Fitness 1
  • 36 R Rocky River FC 1
  • 37 W Warrior Tech 1
  • 38 L Langley Gymnastics Training Center 1
  • 39 T Thrive Pilates Studio 1
  • 40 B Bodyrok logo Bodyrok 1
  • 41 P Peaceful Dragon 1
  • 42 S Southeastern Lifestyle Fitness Center 1
  • 43 A Asheville Racquet Club 1
  • 44 C CXBJJ Academy NC 1
  • 45 O Ott To Be Fit 1
  • 46 S Smithfield Recreation and Aquatics Center 1
  • 47 F FirstHand Climbing 1
  • 48 C Carolina Prime Performance 1
  • 49 M MADabolic logo MADabolic 1
  • 50 B Body Shapers Gym & Fitness 1

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