Burlington · gyms

Web design for
gyms in Burlington.

This page is the Burlington slice of a survey of 59 gyms and fitness studios — every listing on Google Maps, every website opened by hand. 0 of the 55 sites do not work on a phone.

Gyms and fitness studios listed in Burlington59
Gyms with a working website55
No website on the Burlington listing at all3
Site that does not load or is parked3
Working but visibly dated7
Gyms whose site fails on a phone0 (0%)
Still served without HTTPS1
Copyright line 2011 or earlier2
No opening hours on the Google listing1
Median Google reviews among Burlington gyms80
Median Google rating in Burlington4.8

Those 59 listings were checked one at a time. 7 of the 55 sites came through with nothing wrong; the rest had at least one of the problems above.

What they are built on

7 platforms,
no clear winner.

We identified 7 different platforms behind the 55 sites in Burlington. WordPress accounts for 15 of them. 1 sit on a free or entry-level builder — a fair reading of how much the business has put into being found.

WordPress15 (27%)
Squarespace6 (11%)
Wix2 (4%)
Webflow2 (4%)
Shopify2 (4%)
Hand-built or unidentified28 (51%)

What actually breaks

No enquiry form anywhere on the site
on 15 of them.

Sorted by how often it appears, the fault list for gyms in Burlington starts with no enquiry form anywhere on the site (15 sites) and page title does not name the city they work in (14). Both are cheap to fix and neither requires rebuilding anything.

Gyms in Burlington with no enquiry form15 of 55
Page titles that never say “Burlington”14 of 55
Gyms with no structured data14 of 55
Gyms measuring nothing at all13 of 55
Gyms dating themselves in the footer11 of 55
Gyms letting Google write their description11 of 55

We would start at the bottom of that list, not the top — no structured data for google to read affects fewer sites here (14), which means fixing it puts you ahead of the 41 that already have it right only if the basics are done too.

Who you are up against

548 reviews
from the top five.

The five most-reviewed gyms in Burlington hold 1,309, 1,123, 1,032, 630, 628. The middle of the field sits at 80, the lower quarter below 27 and the upper quarter above 199. 24 of the 59 are past 100 reviews and 28 hold a rating of 4.9 or better.

Burlington holds 59 of the 1,495 gyms and fitness studios we found across the GTA, which ranks it 5th among the 26 places we surveyed. Review counts are not comparable between trades, so none of this means anything outside gyms.

Quietest quarter of Burlington gymsunder 27 reviews
Median gym in Burlington80 reviews
Busiest quarterover 199 reviews
Most-reviewed gym in Burlington1,309 reviews
Top five running a secure, mobile site2 of 5

What this means for you

An opening in
Burlington.

Only 2 of the five most-reviewed gyms in Burlington run a secure, mobile site — and those five hold 4,722 reviews between them. When the most visible names in a market look dated, being the one that does not is cheaper than out-reviewing them.

The 3 gyms and fitness studios in Burlington with no site at all start at $590; a practice replacing something older sits higher. Either way it is paid after delivery, not before. Full pricing.

Questions

What people ask us.

How many gyms are there in Burlington?

59 listings, of which 7 have a website with nothing technically wrong with it. The remaining 52 are either missing a site, running a broken one, or running one with at least one fault we could see from outside.

How many Google reviews do I need to compete in Burlington?

To be average in Burlington you need 80. To be in the top quarter you need more than 199. To be visible next to the busiest gym here you would need 1,309, which took them years. 28 of the 59 already hold a 4.9 rating, so the rating is not what separates them.

What does a website for a gym in Burlington cost?

Between $590 and $3,900 depending on the size of the practice and how many services need their own page, paid after the site is built and you have seen it. Hosting, edits, your Google Business Profile and ongoing SEO run $129 to $990 a month, cancellable any month.

Two minutes

Where does your
own site land?

Everything above came from opening real websites. Yours takes ten seconds: we load it the way a customer would and say what we find, including when the honest answer is that nothing needs doing.

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rebuilding?

Send us the address and what you do. We will look at what is there and tell you whether a rebuild is worth the money, or whether the problem is somewhere else entirely.

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