Some 68.9 million consumers ages 6 and older were members of a fitness facility in 2022, an increase of 3.7% over 2021 and a record number of the industry, while overall facility users (a combination of members and non-member users) rose 8.1% to 82.7 million people. This, according to the 2023 U.S. Health & Fitness Consumer Report from IHRSA, the Health & Fitness Association, a global community of health and fitness industry leaders. The member number is higher than in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic when the U.S. industry had 64.2 million members.