Personal Trainers · Columbus OH
Booking software for personal trainers in Columbus
For 2023, County Business Patterns records 285 establishments with payroll in NAICS 713940, fitness and recreational sports centers, across the Columbus metro. 95 of the 285 sat in the under-five-employees size class, and trainers working alone with no payroll are not in these counts.
BookAndGo gives Columbus personal trainers one booking page for every session type, recurring weekly slots for regulars, and email confirmations and reminders, so the calendar runs itself while you coach.
Online booking around the clock
Clients book from your page any time, and the slot comes off your calendar the moment they do.
Email confirmations and reminders
Every booking is confirmed and reminded by email, so fewer clients forget.
Invoices from the booking
Raise an invoice from the appointment, with the sales tax rate you set.
Built for Columbus personal trainers
Columbus counted 285 employer fitness centers, 13.0 per 100,000 residents and 131st of 387 metros, and only a third, 95, had fewer than five staff. Seventy-three had twenty or more. Franklin County had 195 and Delaware County 43. A market weighted toward larger clubs is one where trainers often build a following inside a gym, and a personal booking page is how that following stays with the trainer.
Delaware County has 18.5 fitness centers per 100,000 residents, Franklin County 14.6. Delaware is also the fast-growing county, up 11.1 percent since the 2020 base. Metro-wide it is one employer fitness center for every 7,700 or so residents, and the busiest suburban market is north of the city. Dublin, Westerville and German Village clients can each book the location nearest them, and a Franklin County trainer stops spending lunch hours confirming addresses.
Within Ohio, Franklin County ranks 8th of 82 counties with 20,000 or more residents for fitness centers per 100,000 people, at 14.6; Shelby County is at 16.7 and Miami County is at 14.4.
Measured as employer fitness centers per 100,000 residents, Columbus sits between Kennewick, WA at 13.0 and Kansas City, MO at 12.9, the metros ranked either side of it. For businesses in the class that holds independent personal training, Columbus has 5.6 per 100,000, next to Rochester, MN at 5.7 and Jackson, MI at 5.6.
Census builds this metro from ten counties or equivalents, including Delaware County, Fairfield County and Franklin County, so read these as regional numbers rather than a city count. Independent trainers' own businesses fall in a second Census class, all other personal services (NAICS 812990), which had 124 establishments in the Columbus metro. Within the mixed personal services class, Franklin County had 76, Delaware County 27 and Fairfield County 5. 107 of its 124 had fewer than five employees.
Franklin County led with 195, ahead of Delaware County at 43 and Fairfield County at 16. That puts 68 percent of the metro total in Franklin County. By headcount, 95 had fewer than five employees, 57 had five to nine, 60 had ten to nineteen, 47 had twenty to forty-nine, 18 had fifty to ninety-nine, 7 had a hundred to 249 and the other 1 had 250 or more.
Set a maximum headcount on any service and clients book their own spot in a bootcamp or small-group session. After a session BookAndGo can send a review request, so happy clients leave a review while the workout is fresh.
Frequently asked
How many gyms are there in Columbus?
County Business Patterns 2023 recorded 285 fitness and recreational sports centers with paid employees in the Columbus, OH metro. That class covers gyms and fitness, Pilates and yoga studios, and also pools, rinks and tennis clubs, so it is a little wider than gyms.
Can clients book recurring sessions?
Yes. Book a client into the same time every week or every two weeks in one action. Each session is its own appointment with its own reminder, and the whole series can be rescheduled or canceled together.
Does it work for online coaching?
Yes. Add an online location with your Zoom or Google Meet link, and every booking confirmation includes it, so clients join without you sending anything.
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