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America's Most Underserved Muay Thai Cities (2026)
The flip side of the muay thai capitals: big American cities where you can barely find a gym inside the city limits. These are the 30 most populous US cities (100,000+ residents) with zero or one muay thai gym in our 3,149-gym national directory — 7.5 million people between them. If you've ever thought about opening a muay thai gym, this is the market-gap list. Updated 2026-07-18.
The list
Top of the table: Memphis, Tennessee — 610,919 people, a single muay thai gym. The biggest city with none at all is Baltimore, Maryland (568,271 residents — 5 of the 30 cities are at zero). Many of these are big suburbs in major metros, which is exactly the point: the anchor city's gyms are a drive away, and the local walk-in market is unclaimed.
| # | City | Population | Muay thai gyms in directory |
| 1 | Memphis, TN | 610,919 | 1 |
| 2 | Baltimore, MD | 568,271 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland, OH | 365,379 | 1 |
| 4 | Newark, NJ | 317,303 | 1 |
| 5 | St. Paul, MN | 307,465 | 0 |
| 6 | North Las Vegas, NV | 294,034 | 1 |
| 7 | Fort Wayne, IN | 273,203 | 1 |
| 8 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 258,575 | 1 |
| 9 | Irving, TX | 258,060 | 1 |
| 10 | Garland, TX | 250,431 | 1 |
| 11 | Cape Coral, FL | 233,025 | 1 |
| 12 | Fremont, CA | 228,192 | 1 |
| 13 | San Bernardino, CA | 224,775 | 1 |
| 14 | Moreno Valley, CA | 213,919 | 0 |
| 15 | Yonkers, NY | 211,040 | 0 |
| 16 | Fayetteville, NC | 209,496 | 1 |
| 17 | Tallahassee, FL | 205,089 | 1 |
| 18 | Little Rock, AR | 204,774 | 1 |
| 19 | Overland Park, KS | 202,893 | 1 |
| 20 | Mobile, AL | 201,367 | 1 |
| 21 | Birmingham, AL | 196,357 | 1 |
| 22 | Montgomery, AL | 195,818 | 1 |
| 23 | Providence, RI | 194,706 | 1 |
| 24 | Chattanooga, TN | 191,496 | 1 |
| 25 | Akron, OH | 189,664 | 1 |
| 26 | Clarksville, TN | 185,690 | 1 |
| 27 | Ontario, CA | 185,285 | 1 |
| 28 | Newport News, VA | 183,056 | 1 |
| 29 | Cary, NC | 182,659 | 0 |
| 30 | Aurora, IL | 180,710 | 1 |
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