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Muay Thai Gyms by the Numbers, 2026
We mapped every muay thai gym in America — 3,149 gyms with 234,322 customer reviews between them. Here's what the data says: how much a class actually costs, which states have the most gyms per resident, where the muay thai capitals are, and what else these gyms train under one roof. (Journalists & bloggers: cite freely with a link.)
How much does muay thai cost? The one-line answer
The most-asked question in the sport, answered from the 154 gyms in the directory that publicly post a price: the median drop-in muay thai class is about $40, with most gyms landing between $25 and $75 a class. The full picture — price bands, what's driving the spread, and the state-by-state index — is on the Muay Thai Class Cost Index.
Which states have the most muay thai gyms per capita?
Nationally there are about 9.3 muay thai gyms per million residents. The per-capita crown goes to New Jersey at 18 gyms per million — 171 gyms for a state of 9.5 million people — with New Hampshire at 14.2 and Colorado at 13.6 close behind. Muay thai clusters where combat-sports culture runs deep, not simply where the most people live — which is why the gap between the top and bottom of this table is worth a look before you go hunting for your first gym. At the other end, Wyoming has just 3.4 per million.
| # | State | Gyms | Per million people |
| 1 | New Jersey | 171 | 18 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 20 | 14.2 |
| 3 | Colorado | 81 | 13.6 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 96 | 13.5 |
| 5 | California | 526 | 13.3 |
| 6 | Virginia | 105 | 11.9 |
| 7 | Utah | 39 | 11.1 |
| 8 | Alaska | 8 | 10.8 |
| 9 | Delaware | 11 | 10.5 |
| 10 | Florida | 244 | 10.4 |
| 11 | New York | 200 | 10.1 |
| 12 | Nevada | 33 | 10.1 |
| 13 | Connecticut | 37 | 10.1 |
| 14 | Idaho | 20 | 10 |
| 15 | District of Columbia | 7 | 10 |
What else do muay thai gyms teach?
Muay thai gyms are rarely muay-thai-only — 94.5% also train at least one other martial art under the same roof, an average of 3.7 other disciplines each. The most common companions: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (75.5%), Kickboxing (71.7%), MMA (63.3%), Boxing (60.3%). That's the real shape of the American muay thai gym — a striking-and-grappling house, not a single-style studio.
| Discipline also taught | Gyms | Share |
| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) | 2,379 | 75.5% |
| Kickboxing | 2,258 | 71.7% |
| MMA | 1,994 | 63.3% |
| Boxing | 1,900 | 60.3% |
| Wrestling | 1,054 | 33.5% |
| Karate | 744 | 23.6% |
| Judo | 630 | 20% |
| Krav Maga | 120 | 3.8% |
America's muay thai capitals
The cities with the most muay thai gyms in the directory, by raw count. Top of the list: San Diego, CA (24) · Austin, TX (22) · Houston, TX (21). The full ranking — raw count and per resident — is on America's Muay Thai Capitals.
| # | City | Muay thai gyms |
| 1 | San Diego, CA | 24 |
| 2 | Austin, TX | 22 |
| 3 | Houston, TX | 21 |
| 4 | Philadelphia, PA | 21 |
| 5 | San Antonio, TX | 20 |
| 6 | New York, NY | 19 |
| 7 | Chicago, IL | 19 |
| 8 | Los Angeles, CA | 19 |
| 9 | Brooklyn, NY | 18 |
| 10 | Seattle, WA | 18 |
America's densest muay thai cities
Muay thai gyms per 100k residents, cities over 50k population. Raw counts favor the biggest metros, so this table is the other lens — the mid-size cities where gyms cluster hardest per resident.
| # | City | Gyms | Per 100k |
| 1 | Fountain Valley, CA | 5 | 8.9 |
| 2 | Flagstaff, AZ | 6 | 7.7 |
| 3 | Rockwall, TX | 4 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Conway, AR | 5 | 7.1 |
| 5 | Sarasota, FL | 4 | 6.9 |
| 6 | Boca Raton, FL | 7 | 6.8 |
| 7 | National City, CA | 4 | 6.8 |
| 8 | Medford, MA | 4 | 6.7 |
| 9 | White Plains, NY | 4 | 6.4 |
| 10 | Sanford, FL | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Ocoee, FL | 3 | 5.9 |
| 12 | Alpharetta, GA | 4 | 5.9 |
| 13 | Rockville, MD | 4 | 5.8 |
| 14 | Santa Barbara, CA | 5 | 5.7 |
| 15 | Deerfield Beach, FL | 5 | 5.5 |
Inside the gyms
Of the 3,149 gyms in the directory, 1,905 are genuine muay thai gyms — the art of eight limbs is on their schedule — with the rest being martial-arts and combat-fitness gyms whose muay thai classes earn them a place here. From our review and website mining so far (these counts are floors — they require evidence, and enrichment is ongoing):
| Gyms that… | Count | Share |
| Are beginner-friendly (all levels welcome) | 2,421 | 77% |
| Run kids & youth classes | 2,783 | 88% |
| Advertise a free trial or intro class | 1,832 | 58% |
| Offer private / one-on-one lessons | 1,416 | 45% |
| Run non-contact fitness / cardio classes | 1,441 | 46% |
| Have a fight team / competition track | 2,215 | 70% |
| Offer women's classes | 413 | 13% |
Small-town gyms worth the drive
Muay thai gyms in towns under 30,000 people that still pull hundreds or thousands of reviews — destination gyms that outdraw their whole zip code.
- Training Grounds Jiu-Jitsu & MMA — Westwood, NJ ★ 5
- Revolution Dojo Katy — Katy, TX ★ 5
- Marshall Arts MMA Academy — Ridgeland, MS ★ 4.9
- Danny Savery Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Somerset, MA — Somerset, MA ★ 5
- FS Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness — Katy, TX ★ 5
- Crown BJJ — Bluffdale, UT ★ 5
- Creighton Mixed Martial Arts Academy — Suwanee, GA ★ 5
- SBG Atlanta - Buford — Buford, GA ★ 4.9
- Strikezone Mixed Martial Arts — Moorestown, NJ ★ 5
- FITBJJ - Boxing, MMA, Muay Thai And Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu — Alcoa, TN ★ 5
- Weavers Boxing Gym — Garden City, MI ★ 4.9
- Kaizen MMA - Mechanicsburg — Mechanicsburg, PA ★ 5
- TNT Martial Arts & Fitness — Cayce, SC ★ 4.8
- Atomic Jiu-Jitsu — Buda, TX ★ 5
- VITAL BROTHERS BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU ACADEMY — Mountain Home, ID ★ 5
More data: the full stats suite
Each deep-dive below is its own dataset page with a downloadable CSV — cite freely with a link.
- The Muay Thai Class Cost Index — how much a class costs, nationally and by state: median drop-in, price bands, and the coverage behind the numbers.
- America's Muay Thai Capitals — the cities with the most muay thai gyms, raw count and per resident.
- The Best Cities for Muay Thai — gym density × gym quality, scored for every US city over 50k.
- Chains & disciplines: does muay thai have a national chain? — the fragmentation story plus what 94.5% of gyms teach besides muay thai.
- America's most underserved muay thai cities — the biggest US cities with zero or one muay thai gym.