Gyms in Vancouver that AI assistants recommend
We asked ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini the four questions a buyer asks when looking for gyms in Vancouver, three times each, in English, and counted who they named. These are the businesses named in two or more of the 36 answers.
Names are printed as the assistants wrote them. We have not checked that any of them is good, open, or real.
- Answers
- 36
- Businesses named
- 39
- Named only once
- 17
- Named by 2+ assistants
- 10 of 22
- Named again on a rerun
- 62%
Edition October 2026. Download the data
Asked for gyms in Vancouver, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini most often named Steve Nash Fitness (67% of answers), Equinox (50%) and Club16 Trevor Linden Fitness (47%). Across 36 answers they named 39 different businesses, 17 of them only once. Each of four buyer questions was asked three times, in English, in October 2026.
The ranking
The AI Recommendation Rate is the fraction of the 36 answers that named a business. The range under it is a 95% confidence interval: where two ranges overlap, the gap between those businesses could be chance.
| # | Business | AI Recommendation Rate | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini | Questions | Avg. position | With search |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Nash FitnessAlso written Steve Nash Fitness World, Steve Nash Fitness Clubs, Steve Nash Fitness ClubIs this your business? | 95%: 50 to 80% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 4 of 4 | 1.3 | 0% |
| 2 | EquinoxAlso written Equinox Vancouver, Equinox West Georgia StreetIs this your business? | 95%: 35 to 66% | 58% | 8% | 83% | 4 of 4 | 2.8 | 100% |
| 3 | Club16 Trevor Linden FitnessAlso written Club 16 Trevor Linden FitnessIs this your business? | 95%: 32 to 63% | 42% | 0% | 100% | 4 of 4 | 2.4 | 0% |
| 4 | Fitness WorldIs this your business? | 95%: 20 to 50% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4 of 4 | 1.9 | 100% |
| 5 | YMCA of Greater VancouverAlso written YMCA Vancouver, Robert Lee YMCA, Vancouver YMCAIs this your business? | 95%: 20 to 50% | 58% | 42% | 0% | 3 of 4 | 2.8 | 0% |
| 6 | YYOGAAlso written YYogaIs this your business? | 95%: 18 to 47% | 8% | 25% | 58% | 4 of 4 | 4.5 | 0% |
| 7 | World Gym VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 16 to 44% | 0% | 83% | 0% | 4 of 4 | 4.4 | 0% |
| 8 | Fit4LessAlso written Fit4Less VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 14 to 41% | 0% | 75% | 0% | 4 of 4 | 3.4 | 0% |
| 9 | Anytime FitnessIs this your business? | 95%: 14 to 41% | 0% | 0% | 75% | 3 of 4 | 4 | 0% |
| 10 | F45 TrainingAlso written F45 Training VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 14 to 41% | 17% | 33% | 25% | 2 of 4 | 4.4 | 0% |
| 11 | Innovative FitnessAlso written Innovative Fitness VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 12 to 38% | 0% | 58% | 8% | 4 of 4 | 5.3 | 0% |
| 12 | GoodLife FitnessIs this your business? | 95%: 10 to 35% | 0% | 58% | 0% | 3 of 4 | 2.1 | 0% |
| 13 | Gold’s GymAlso written Gold's Gym Vancouver, Gold's Gym, Gold’s Gym VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 10 to 35% | 33% | 0% | 25% | 2 of 4 | 4.1 | 100% |
| 14 | Orangetheory FitnessAlso written Orangetheory Fitness Vancouver, OrangeTheory FitnessIs this your business? | 95%: 8 to 32% | 25% | 17% | 8% | 1 of 4 | 4.7 | 0% |
| 15 | CrossFit VancouverAlso written Crossfit VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 6 to 29% | 0% | 25% | 17% | 3 of 4 | 6.4 | 0% |
| 16 | YWCA Health & Wellness CentreAlso written YWCA Fitness Centre VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 4 to 25% | 0% | 33% | 0% | 3 of 4 | 4.5 | 0% |
| 17 | The Bar Method VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 4 to 25% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 4 of 4 | 4.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Vancouver Community Centre fitness centresAlso written Vancouver Community Centre Fitness CentresIs this your business? | 95%: 3 to 22% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 1 of 4 | 1.7 | 0% |
| 19 | The Fitness LabIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 2 of 4 | 4.5 | 0% |
| 20 | The Yard AthleticsIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 1 of 4 | 4.5 | 0% |
| 21 | The Dailey Method VancouverIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 1 of 4 | 5 | 0% |
| 22 | Hollyburn Country ClubIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 0% | 17% | 0% | 1 of 4 | 8 | 0% |
Each assistant column is the share of that assistant's own answers. Questions counts how many of the four produced the name at least once; position is where it came in the answer's list, 1 being first. 17 more names came up in a single answer and are counted above but not listed.
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What each assistant said
The same questions, the same number of times, and often different names. Each column is one assistant's top five from the ranking above, with the share of its own answers that named them.
| # | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitness World100% | Steve Nash Fitness100% | Steve Nash Fitness100% |
| 2 | Equinox58% | World Gym Vancouver83% | Club16 Trevor Linden Fitness100% |
| 3 | YMCA of Greater Vancouver58% | Fit4Less75% | Equinox83% |
| 4 | Club16 Trevor Linden Fitness42% | Innovative Fitness58% | Anytime Fitness75% |
| 5 | Gold’s Gym33% | GoodLife Fitness58% | YYOGA58% |
Named here? Put it on your site
Every business in the ranking was named in two or more answers. The badge says that and nothing more: no position, because the ranges above do not support one. It links back to this page, so anyone can check.
<a href="https://aigrow.gg/index/gyms/vancouver"><img src="https://aigrow.gg/badges/index/2026-10/gyms/vancouver.svg" width="312" height="100" alt="Named by AI assistants: Gyms in Vancouver, AIGROW AI Visibility Index, October 2026"></a>The questions
Asked word for word, three times each, to every assistant. The prompt is the one the free scan uses. No web search, no location and no chat history, so every answer starts from the same place.
- 1What is the best gym in Vancouver?
- 2I want to join a gym in Vancouver. Which ones would you recommend?
- 3Which gym in Vancouver is good for beginners?
- 4Where can I find a gym in Vancouver with good group classes?
On this page the same questions were also asked with web search on, 1 answers. 100% of the businesses named with search were also named without it; the With search column above is each business's share of those answers.
How to read this page
- What it measures
- Which names these models produce when asked cold, from what they learned in training. It is not a review, a rating or our recommendation, and a business missing here may simply be one the models were never shown.
- Why the ranges matter
- 36 answers is a sample. Asked again next month, most shares will move by a few points; the ranges say how far they could move by chance alone.
- One business, several spellings
- Branches, legal suffixes and spellings of one business are merged, and the other spellings are printed under its name. Names that might be two businesses are kept apart.
- A name is wrong
- If a business here is closed, misnamed or yours and you want it removed, tell us. We correct or remove it when the page is next published.
Where the assistants look
The sites read most often, with web search on, before the assistants answer about this category in Canada. From the AI Source Map: 5 answers.
- reddit.com
- Read in 80% of the answers
- birdeye.com
- Read in 60% of the answers
- wikipedia.org
- Read in 60% of the answers
Elsewhere in the Index
- Also in Vancouver
- DentistsLawyersAccountantsPlumbersReal estate agenciesRestaurants
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Edition October 2026 · published by Guglielmo Paesano, founder of AIGROW · data under CC BY 4.0