Annual Ranking Report

2025 North American Annual Ranking Report

Which equipment actually carries your floor, and which individual machines work hardest per unit. Measured across the ecofit network, not surveyed, not estimated.

Ecofit Networks · Published August 5, 2026

What is in it

Two rankings for every equipment category. Share of facility usage tells you what your members actually did. Average daily use per unit tells you how hard each machine had to work to deliver it. Read together, they show you where you are short on equipment and where you are carrying dead weight.

The strength rankings are the ones that change a buy. Strength is where the floor space goes, and it is where the spread between what gets purchased and what gets used is widest. Four categories are broken out: selectorized, plate loaded, jungle gym, and multi station.

The cardio half of this report is published openly in Equipment Intelligence Is a Category Now.

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Strength rankings

Percentages are each category's share of total facility strength usage, so the four charts below are on one common scale and can be read against each other. A single jungle gym adjustable pulley station carries more of the average floor's strength usage than any other piece in the building.

Selectorized

Percent of facility strength usage.

Leg Extension5.3%
Dual Pec Fly / Rear Delt5.3%
Seated Leg Curl3.4%
Seated Biceps Curl3.1%
Seated Ab Crunch3.1%
Seated Leg Press2.7%
Chest Press2.6%
Inner / Outer Thigh2.4%
Seated Row2.3%
Lat Pulldown2.2%
Shoulder Press2.0%
Seated Triceps Extension1.5%
Seated Dip / Triceps Press1.5%
Prone Leg Curl1.5%
Chin Dip Assist1.4%
Lateral Raise1.3%
Outer Thigh1.2%
Rotary Torso1.1%

Leg extension and dual pec fly tie for the top of the selectorized line, but they are not equally busy per unit. Dual pec fly runs 6.36 hours a day per machine against leg extension's 5.08.

Plate Loaded

Percent of facility strength usage.

Smith Machine4.7%
Half Rack3.5%
Bench Rack3.0%
Angled Leg Press2.8%
Chest Press1.1%
Seated Incline Press0.9%
Glute Drive / Thrust0.9%
Squat0.8%
Hack Squat0.8%

The dedicated squat rack is the weakest performer on the plate loaded line, at 0.8 percent of strength usage and 1.54 hours a day per unit. Members are squatting in the half racks and the Smith.

Jungle Gym

Percent of facility strength usage.

Adjustable Pulley7.9%
Lat Pulldown4.3%
Low Row2.8%
Triceps Pushdown / Pulldown1.0%

At 7.9 percent, the jungle gym adjustable pulley is the single highest usage share of any strength category in the report, and it runs 4.80 hours a day per unit.

Multi Station

Percent of facility strength usage.

Dual Adjustable Pulley4.9%
Adjustable Cable Crossover0.9%

Cable stations dominate on both lines. Between jungle gym and multi station, adjustable pulley formats account for more than 12 percent of all facility strength usage.

Where share and workload disagree on the strength floor

Same test as the cardio side. A category that ranks modestly on share but high on hours per unit is one you are short of. A category that ranks high on share but low per unit is one you have too many of.

Inner / Outer Thigh

2.4% share, but 6.33 hrs per unit

Dual Pec Fly / Rear Delt

5.3% share, and 6.36 hrs per unit

Squat Rack

0.8% share, only 1.54 hrs per unit

Shoulder Press

2.0% share, only 2.77 hrs per unit

View all 33 strength categories as a data table

Category	Type	Share of strength usage	Avg daily use per unit
Adjustable Pulley	Jungle Gym	7.9%	4.80
Leg Extension	Selectorized	5.3%	5.08
Dual Pec Fly / Rear Delt	Selectorized	5.3%	6.36
Dual Adjustable Pulley	Multi Station	4.9%	3.11
Smith Machine	Plate Loaded	4.7%	4.31
Lat Pulldown	Jungle Gym	4.3%	4.32
Half Rack	Plate Loaded	3.5%	3.35
Seated Leg Curl	Selectorized	3.4%	4.24
Seated Biceps Curl	Selectorized	3.1%	3.59
Seated Ab Crunch	Selectorized	3.1%	4.20
Bench Rack	Plate Loaded	3.0%	4.21
Angled Leg Press	Plate Loaded	2.8%	3.69
Low Row	Jungle Gym	2.8%	3.28
Seated Leg Press	Selectorized	2.7%	4.41
Chest Press	Selectorized	2.6%	3.46
Inner / Outer Thigh	Selectorized	2.4%	6.33
Seated Row	Selectorized	2.3%	3.52
Lat Pulldown	Selectorized	2.2%	3.36
Shoulder Press	Selectorized	2.0%	2.77
Seated Triceps Extension	Selectorized	1.5%	3.53
Seated Dip / Triceps Press	Selectorized	1.5%	4.55
Prone Leg Curl	Selectorized	1.5%	4.05
Chin Dip Assist	Selectorized	1.4%	3.37
Lateral Raise	Selectorized	1.3%	4.71
Outer Thigh	Selectorized	1.2%	4.47
Chest Press	Plate Loaded	1.1%	3.21
Rotary Torso	Selectorized	1.1%	3.76
Triceps Pushdown / Pulldown	Jungle Gym	1.0%	2.32
Seated Incline Press	Plate Loaded	0.9%	3.83
Glute Drive / Thrust	Plate Loaded	0.9%	2.64
Adjustable Cable Crossover	Multi Station	0.9%	3.98
Squat	Plate Loaded	0.8%	1.54
Hack Squat	Plate Loaded	0.8%	2.44

Source: ecofit 2025 North American Annual Ranking Report. Share of strength usage is the percent of total facility strength usage attributable to each category. Average daily use per unit is hours per day per individual machine. Cardio rankings are published in full at Equipment Intelligence Is a Category Now.

How to read this against your own floor

Network averages are a benchmark, not a plan. The value is in the gap. If your adjustable pulley stations run well above 4.80 hours a day, you are short of them and members are queuing. If your squat racks run above 1.54, you have a stronger free weight culture than the average club and your next buy should reflect that.

That comparison is what ecofit does continuously. Your own floor tells you what happened. The network tells you where it is going.

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