Contents
- Indoor sports facility revenue statistics: annual U.S. fitness-center revenue
- Indoor sports facility revenue statistics: taxable and tax-exempt center revenue
- Indoor sports facility revenue statistics: proposed indoor-complex revenue
- indoor sports facility revenue: Indoor court and family-entertainment revenue benchmarks
- indoor sports facility revenue: Leased-space and facility-area revenue benchmarks
- Sources
Indoor sports facility revenue statistics: annual U.S. fitness-center revenue
The national revenue series offers a useful measure of the broader fitness and recreational sports center sector, but it is not a count or average of indoor sports facilities. The U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) series covers all establishments in the category and reports dollars in thousands. The figures below preserve that unit: for example, 25,802,000 means 25,802,000 thousand U.S. dollars, not 25,802,000 individual dollars. These are annual reported revenues, not projections or facility-level results. (FRED, Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers, All Establishments: Revenue)
| Year | Revenue (thousands of U.S. dollars) |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 25,802,000 |
| 2014 | 26,999,000 |
| 2015 | 28,836,000 |
| 2016 | 31,224,000 |
| 2017 | 33,042,000 |
| 2018 | 33,590,193 |
| 2019 | 35,058,461 |
| 2020 | 23,746,445 |
| 2021 | 29,445,860 |
| 2022 | 36,042,321 |
| 2023 | 39,644,984 |
| 2024 | 43,559,523 |
The listed national observations rise from 2013 through 2019, fall in 2020, and then rise in each subsequent year through 2024. The series therefore provides a longer historical context for the sector, including a pronounced interruption in the sequence. It does not explain what produced any change; the numbers alone cannot establish causes such as closures, demand shifts, prices, or changes in facility mix.
The scope matters when applying these statistics to an indoor sports business plan. “Fitness and recreational sports centers” is a broad industry category, not an indoor-only classification. It does not reveal how much revenue comes from courts, skating, fitness memberships, or other activity types, and it does not show revenue per establishment. A proposed venue should not treat a national total as a direct estimate of its own sales. (FRED, series metadata and annual observations)
Indoor sports facility revenue statistics: taxable and tax-exempt center revenue
AIES also separates fitness and recreational sports center revenue by tax status. In the taxable series, the population is establishments subject to federal income tax. The annual figures use the same unit—thousands of U.S. dollars—and cover 2013 through 2024. (FRED, Taxable: Revenue)
| Year | Taxable revenue (thousands of U.S. dollars) |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 19,737,000 |
| 2014 | 20,598,000 |
| 2015 | 22,297,000 |
| 2016 | 24,379,000 |
| 2017 | 25,965,000 |
| 2018 | 26,506,370 |
| 2019 | 27,796,014 |
| 2020 | 18,403,275 |
| 2021 | 23,447,006 |
| 2022 | 29,137,061 |
| 2023 | 32,056,654 |
| 2024 | 35,601,529 |
This taxable series follows a broad pattern similar to the all-establishment series: it records increasing annual values through 2019, a lower observation in 2020, and increases from 2021 to 2024. The values are aggregate revenues for the defined taxable population, not figures for a typical business or for a particular operating model. (FRED, taxable series)
For 2024, the tax-exempt series reports 7,957,994 thousand U.S. dollars. FRED identifies the series as “Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers, Tax Exempt: Revenue,” with annual frequency and units of thousands of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted. This is a single year’s observation here, so it does not support a comparison of tax-exempt revenue trends over time. (FRED, Tax Exempt: Revenue)
Taxable and tax-exempt are statistical categories, not descriptions of a facility’s sport, size, or revenue strategy. Neither series isolates indoor venues, and the one exempt observation should not be read as a complete breakdown of all-establishment revenue. These data are most useful for understanding the broad industry categories and their reported scale, not for predicting sales at an individual center.
Indoor sports facility revenue statistics: proposed indoor-complex revenue
A Victoria, Texas, sports facility assessment gives a project-specific planning example. Its October 2023 report presents annual revenue expectations for a proposed indoor facility measuring 125,450 square feet. The table supplies low, mid, and high scenarios: $866,780, $1,539,743, and $2,521,685, respectively. These are modeled expectations for a proposal, not recorded operating results. (City of Victoria, Sports Facility Assessment Overview, PDF p. 41)
| Proposed indoor facility scenario | Modeled annual revenue expectation |
|---|---|
| Low | $866,780 |
| Mid | $1,539,743 |
| High | $2,521,685 |
The report states that where a facility lands within the range depends on location, business and operating model, and pricing. That qualification is central to interpreting the scenarios: they express a range of modeled expectations rather than a guaranteed result or a measured average for comparable facilities. The assessment’s square-foot figure describes the proposed facility’s area; it should not be mistaken for the court-area denominator used in a separate benchmark below. (City of Victoria, Sports Facility Assessment Overview, PDF p. 41)
The same assessment presents comparable indoor sports tourism facility benchmarks for court revenue, including gate revenue. It reports $4.00 per square foot of court area at low performance, $8.00 at mid performance, and $11.00 at high performance. These are benchmark thresholds by court area, not the proposed facility’s actual revenue and not rates per square foot of total building area. (City of Victoria, Sports Facility Assessment Overview, PDF p. 40)
indoor sports facility revenue: Indoor court and family-entertainment revenue benchmarks
The Victoria assessment also lists a family entertainment center (FEC) benchmark. Its denominator is FEC area, which makes it distinct from the court-area measure and from total facility area. The three performance levels are $25.00, $40.00, and $70.00 per square foot of FEC area. They describe comparable-facility benchmarks, not realized revenue at the proposed Victoria venue. (City of Victoria, Sports Facility Assessment Overview, PDF p. 40)
| Comparable-facility revenue measure | Low performance | Mid performance | High performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Court revenue, including gate (per square foot of court area) | $4.00 | $8.00 | $11.00 |
| Family entertainment center revenue (per square foot of FEC area) | $25.00 | $40.00 | $70.00 |
| Total revenue (per square foot) | $7.00 | $12.00 | $20.00 |
For total revenue per square foot, the report also describes a range of $7 to $20 and lists low, mid, and high benchmark points of $7.00, $12.00, and $20.00. The endpoints match the stated range, while the mid-performance entry supplies an intermediate reference. The report presents the points for comparable indoor sports tourism facilities; they are not actuals for a single facility or a forecast for every venue. (City of Victoria, Sports Facility Assessment Overview, PDF p. 40)
These measures should stay separate when comparing business concepts. A court-revenue figure uses court area; an FEC figure uses FEC area; the total-revenue measure is per square foot without the narrower area label shown for those components. Applying one rate to another denominator would change what the metric means. The assessment supports reading them as separate benchmarks rather than combining them into a new estimate.
indoor sports facility revenue: Leased-space and facility-area revenue benchmarks
Three more assessment measures use different area bases. Leased-space revenue is reported per square foot of leased area, with low, mid, and high performance benchmarks of $15.00, $25.00, and $35.00. The food-and-beverage and sponsorship-and-advertising benchmarks instead use total facility area. Keeping the denominator attached to each figure is necessary for a meaningful comparison. (City of Victoria, Sports Facility Assessment Overview, PDF p. 40)
| Comparable-facility revenue measure | Area denominator | Low performance | Mid performance | High performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leased space | Leased area | $15.00 | $25.00 | $35.00 |
| Food and beverage | Total facility area | $0.60 | $1.25 | $2.50 |
| Sponsorship and advertising | Total facility area | $0.60 | $1.00 | $2.00 |
Food-and-beverage revenue is benchmarked at $0.60 per square foot of total facility area at low performance, $1.25 at mid performance, and $2.50 at high performance. Sponsorship and advertising is benchmarked at $0.60, $1.00, and $2.00 per square foot of total facility area across the same performance labels. These are separate revenue types in the report; the figures do not establish that every facility has either stream or that one can be added to another without further information. (City of Victoria, Sports Facility Assessment Overview, PDF p. 40)
Taken together, the assessment’s per-area figures offer planning references for distinct parts of an indoor sports tourism venue, while the proposed facility scenarios give a modeled annual total for one project. They have different scopes and evidence: benchmark levels for comparable facilities versus low, mid, and high expectations for a 125,450-square-foot proposal. The report identifies location, business and operating model, and pricing as factors behind where expectations may fall, but the listed statistics do not determine the result for another project. (City of Victoria, Sports Facility Assessment Overview, PDF pp. 40–41)