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title: "Research on independent gyms in India | GymSetora"
description: "GymSetora research on how independent Indian gyms run: payments, software, retention, entry hardware and GST, with the method, sample and sources shown."
url: https://www.gymsetora.com/research
updated: 2026-10-23
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# Research on independent gyms in India

How independent Indian gyms really run — payments, software, retention, entry hardware and GST — from GymSetora's own benchmark of gym owners, with the sample, method and limits published next to every figure.

- [Research · 2026](https://www.gymsetora.com/research/state-of-gyms-2026)

  State of independent gyms in India 2026

  Benchmark of 50 independent gyms in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune: UPI vs static QR, registers vs software, 90-day dropout, biometric failures and GST invoices.

  Read the report

## How we do research

- Gym-level answers from owners only, aggregated. No member names, phone numbers, payments or attendance records.
- No gym is named, and every figure states who it is a share of.
- Estimates and differences between groups are labelled as such, with their limits.
- Third-party market figures link to their source with the date we read it.
- Free to quote with credit and a link to the report.

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