SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.,
Jan. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- MINDBODY, Inc. (NASDAQ: MB), the leading technology
platform for the fitness, beauty and wellness services industries,
today released the MINDBODY Wellness Index, a first-of-its-kind
research study ranking the overall strength of the top 50 major
wellness markets in the U.S. through a comprehensive analysis of
consumer attitudes and behaviors together with wellness business
performance.
"We set out to create an index that takes a detailed look at the
overall wellness marketplace in America's largest cities," said
Rick Stollmeyer, MINDBODY CEO and
co-founder. "The insights from our first survey are
fascinating. It shows the wellness market is strong overall,
but there is still plenty of room for growth. For example, the
Washington D.C. area reports that
only 40 percent of residents rate fitness as a priority."
The findings reveal that less than half of Americans report a
desire to prioritize fitness in their lives, and that time and cost
are the leading barriers to leading and maintaining a healthy
lifestyle.
"The wellness industry is poised for growth and based on our
research there is clearly enormous opportunity for wellness
products and services to expand in the years ahead," said
Stollmeyer. "Even the strongest wellness markets in our index hold
room for improvement. Our goal is to continue helping people across
America lead healthier, happier lives by connecting them to the
wellness services that matter most to them."
The MINDBODY Wellness Index identified Austin-Round Rock,
Tex. as the strongest wellness market among the Top 50 Major
Metros, with Riverside-San
Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.
as the weakest.
Top 10 Strongest Wellness Markets in America as measured by
the MINDBODY Wellness Index
1. Austin-Round Rock,
TX
2. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward,
CA
3. Raleigh, NC
4. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood,
CO
5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton,
MA-NH
6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
7. Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
8. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa
Clara, CA
9. Salt Lake City, UT
10. San
Diego-Carlsbad, CA
About the MINDBODY Wellness Index
The MINDBODY
Wellness Index ranks the overall health of the top 50 metropolitan
statistical areas (MSA) in the United
States. It encompasses the supply side (business success
factors for fitness, beauty and wellness businesses) and the demand
side (or consumer health behaviors and attitudes). Business success
factors were culled from the MINDBODY marketplace and third-party
data from sources such as the U.S. Census, Google and other
business listing services. Consumer behaviors and attitudes were
gathered from a survey of 16,412 individuals across the U.S. who
took part in an online survey between
October 26 and November 12, 2018. For more information about
the factors used to calculate these rankings, and for the full
report, visit
https://www.mindbodyonline.com/resources/wellness-index-2019?gate=yes.
About MINDBODY
MINDBODY, Inc. (NASDAQ: MB) is the
leading technology platform for the fitness, beauty and wellness
services industries. Local entrepreneurs worldwide use MINDBODY's
integrated software and payments platform to run, market and grow
their businesses. Consumers use MINDBODY to more easily find,
engage and transact with fitness, wellness and beauty providers in
their local communities. For more information on how MINDBODY is
helping people lead healthier, happier lives by connecting the
world to fitness, beauty and wellness, visit
mindbodyonline.com.
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