10 Fitness gym to close Springfield location

The Springfield location of an Arkansas-based gym operator is slated to close.

A letter sent to members and posted online indicates 10 Fitness will close effective Sept. 23. A company spokesperson, who declined to be named, confirmed the upcoming closure this morning.

"Over the past several years, the Springfield fitness market has become increasingly competitive, and unfortunately this location is no longer financially sustainable," the letter reads. "With our current lease coming to an end, we made the difficult decision not to renew it."

The company intends to stop processing membership payments on Sept. 9 for individuals on bi-weekly billing, according to the letter.

In Springfield, 10 Fitness operates at 1444 S. Glenstone Ave. in the Glen Isle Center.

According to its website, 10 Fitness offers amenities such as cardio cinema, 24/7 massage and tanning, a recovery room and a women's room.

San Francisco-based MMCG Invest, a commercial real estate feasibility consulting firm, called the U.S. fitness and gym industry a “highly competitive market” in a lengthy report on the sector issued in August 2025, noting the fitness and gym sector is “fragmented but increasingly dominated by large multisite operators” and is capitalizing “on post-pandemic demand for wellness.”

But that trend appears to be flattening. Boston-based nonprofit Health and Fitness Association, in a report from earlier this year analyzing first-quarter traffic trends at over 10,000 U.S. gyms, found that fitness facilities opened this year with “record” foot traffic per location. While year-over-year growth has gone on for 20 consecutive quarters, HFA’s research found average monthly visits per visitor were down 1.3% in the first quarter of 2026, even as visits per location were up 1% over last year.

MMCG’s report authors forecast that by 2030, U.S. revenues from fitness and gym industry firms are projected to climb to roughly $55 billion, up from roughly $45 billion last year.