Mako’s normalized Florida fitness search universe contains 18,822 venue records. Miami has the largest named-city count, followed by Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. Five class-based formats contain 3,808 records. These are complete counts for the declared normalized dataset, not an official census of every currently operating fitness venue across Florida.
The Florida total includes every canonical record assigned to Florida in the Mako compile-v13 normalized search universe. Each record contributes once to the state total and once to one of 14 primary reporting categories.
“Mapped” describes the analytical dataset. It does not mean an official body has confirmed that all 18,822 records are open, publicly accessible physical venues, or that every operating venue in Florida appears in the file. The source layer combines lead, directory, official, brand and other evidence families with different collection dates and verification depth.
The United States parent report applies the same identity and category rules across all US jurisdictions. The North American report explains why a normalized search universe is not interchangeable with an official NAICS establishment count or a current physical-market census.
Gyms and health clubs account for more than two in five Florida records. Martial arts schools rank second, followed by dance and movement studios and yoga studios.
| Normalized category | Florida records | Share of 18,822 |
|---|---|---|
| Gym / Health Club | 8,349 | 44.36% |
| Martial Arts / Combat School | 3,365 | 17.88% |
| Dance / Movement Studio | 1,922 | 10.21% |
| Yoga Studio | 1,447 | 7.69% |
| Pilates / Reformer / Barre Studio | 901 | 4.79% |
| Boutique HIIT / Functional Fitness Studio | 742 | 3.94% |
| CrossFit / Strength Gym | 643 | 3.42% |
| Personal / Small-Group Training | 469 | 2.49% |
| Aquatic / Swim Facility | 463 | 2.46% |
| Gymnastics / Cheer / Tumbling Facility | 418 | 2.22% |
| Indoor Cycling Studio | 75 | 0.40% |
| Multipurpose Recreation / Sports Center | 20 | 0.11% |
| Specialist Fitness Facility | 5 | 0.03% |
| Climbing / Bouldering Facility | 3 | 0.02% |
| Total | 18,822 | 100.00% |
Yoga, Pilates/reformer/barre, CrossFit/strength, boutique HIIT/functional fitness and indoor cycling form the five-format class-based core used throughout this series. Their 3,808 Florida records represent 20.23% of the state layer.
That core is an editorial operating definition, not a legal or industry-standard classification. A gym can offer yoga, reformer or cycling classes while remaining assigned to Gym / Health Club, because compile-v13 uses one primary category per record. Category share is therefore a record-distribution measure, not a complete inventory of every program available in the state.
The table also does not measure members, revenue, floor area, class capacity or visits. A single large club and a single small studio each contribute one record.
Miami has the largest named-city count, followed by Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. The city table uses 18,803 records with a populated city field; 19 Florida records have no named city and are excluded from the share denominator.
| Named city | Venue records | Share of 18,803 named-city records |
|---|---|---|
| Miami | 1,319 | 7.01% |
| Tampa | 883 | 4.70% |
| Orlando | 850 | 4.52% |
| Jacksonville | 692 | 3.68% |
| Sarasota | 398 | 2.12% |
| Boca Raton | 381 | 2.03% |
| Naples | 333 | 1.77% |
| Fort Lauderdale | 288 | 1.53% |
| St Petersburg | 262 | 1.39% |
| Fort Myers | 259 | 1.38% |
The ten cities contain 5,665 records, or 30.13% of the named-city layer. That is a distribution of standardized city fields, not a density, revenue, or market-share claim.
A Miami city count cannot be divided by a Miami metropolitan population, and separate municipalities cannot be combined selectively without a consistent metro assignment. Any defensible density study should map every record to official metropolitan statistical areas and use one dated population vintage from the U.S. Census Bureau’s state and local population program. This report makes no city-density, revenue, or market-share claim.
Florida has high coverage for street, city, postal, phone and coordinate fields. Its verified-row and generic-email coverage are much narrower.
| Public or workflow field | Florida records with field | Coverage of 18,822 |
|---|---|---|
| City | 18,803 | 99.90% |
| Coordinates | 18,785 | 99.80% |
| Street address | 18,384 | 97.67% |
| Postal code | 18,371 | 97.60% |
| Public phone | 17,455 | 92.74% |
| Public website | 16,375 | 87.00% |
| Public generic email | 616 | 3.27% |
| Verified-row flag | 135 | 0.72% |
Every Florida record retains an evidence URL. Evidence coverage is provenance coverage: it shows where a record or claim came from. It does not by itself prove current operating status, public access or first-party confirmation.
The review-row flag appears on 18,689 records, or 99.29%. That workflow field can reflect unverified status or a stated review reason, and the broader workbook allows verified and review flags to overlap. It must not be described as the share of false, closed or unusable venues.
The Florida public-plan layer is too narrow and heterogeneous to support a statewide price benchmark. The canonical-geography join contains 241 plan rows linked to 171 venues, or 0.91% of the Florida universe. Only 21 rows have a structured numeric price, all recorded in USD.
Offer rows mix product types and cadences. A low introductory offer, a class pack, a recurring membership and a short fixed-term product are not like-for-like observations. Averaging their raw amounts would produce a number with no stable commercial meaning.
The dataset also contains rows without a structured price. A missing value is not zero and does not mean the venue offers nothing publicly. It means that no numeric amount was captured in that row under the current extraction contract.
For these reasons, this report does not publish a Florida mean, median or range. The fitness studio pricing report separates plan presence, numeric-price availability, currency, cadence, quantity, fees, taxes and terms before permitting any like-for-like summary.
Only 135 Florida records carry the verified-row flag. That figure reflects the evidence and workflow architecture of compile-v13 rather than a statewide judgment about venue quality.
Much of the state layer comes from broad discovery and review workflows. Those sources are useful for building a closed search universe, but they do not establish a complete current physical-venue roster. Review reasons preserve unresolved questions such as open-now status, public access, physical-location qualification and the absence of a trusted external denominator.
For aggregate category and city counts, the normalized universe is the declared denominator. For any named venue, current price, operating-status statement or brand-level comparison, a fresh first-party source check is required at publication time.
Florida operators can use the map to understand the shape of the normalized competitive landscape. The state has a 20.23% five-format core, and yoga is especially visible within that core with 1,447 records. That helps frame where category-specific research and local competitive review may be useful.
The named-city layer also shows that the market is not represented by one city alone. Miami leads, but Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and a long tail of Gulf and Atlantic communities contribute substantial record counts. A local operator should compare a consistently defined trade area rather than substitute the statewide distribution for direct competition.
Public visibility and verification must remain separate. Florida has 87.00% website coverage and 92.74% phone coverage, but verified-row coverage is only 0.72%. Strong contact-field coverage makes the dataset useful for market discovery; it does not convert every record into a current first-party-confirmed competitor.
Finally, venue presence cannot reveal whether members are returning on their normal cadence. The gym-management software guide covers operating-system choices, while Mako Pulse starts with customer-level attendance and membership data to surface descriptive retention signals.
The normalized Mako Florida layer contains 18,822 canonical venue records. It is complete for the declared compile-v13 dataset, not an official census of every currently operating physical venue in Florida.
Miami has 1,319 named-city records, Tampa 883, Orlando 850 and Jacksonville 692. The shares use 18,803 Florida records with a populated city field. They are city-record counts, not density, revenue, or market-share rankings.
Gym / Health Club leads with 8,349 records, followed by Martial Arts / Combat School with 3,365, Dance / Movement Studio with 1,922 and Yoga Studio with 1,447. These are record shares, not revenue or membership shares.
The overlay contains 241 Florida-linked plan rows covering 171 venues, but only 21 rows contain a structured numeric USD price. Because they mix offer types and represent a tiny subset, this report does not calculate a statewide average.
The Florida layer is dominated by broad discovery and review workflows. Verified status is field-specific, and a fresh first-party check is required for named venue, price or current-status claims.
It is complete only for the closed normalized Mako search universe. No official agency or independent audit has proven that it contains every operating physical venue in Florida.
A Florida map can show where categories and public records concentrate. It cannot show which members inside one venue have stopped attending on their normal cadence.
Mako Pulse surfaces descriptive, rules-based retention signals for operator review. Open Pulse for free to examine that customer-level layer.
