84 Key Life Coaching Statistics for 2024

84 Key Life Coaching Statistics

This is the complete up-to-date list of the important statistics related to life coaching for 2024 I have curated by going through more than 127 sources.

Every six months, I remove the old, outdated statistics and replace them with new ones. That means these are all relevant and fresh.

On this page you’ll find hand-picked stats about:

• Industry Trends
• Demographics
• Opportunities
• Income
• Training and Certifications
• Challenges

And a whole lot more.

So without further ado, let’s see the stats!

Contents

01.
Market, Growth, and Opportunities

02.
Demographics

03.
Income

04.
Impact on Clients

05.
Training and Certification

06.
Covid-19 Impact and Challenges

07.
Post-Covid Trends

01.

Market, Growth, and Opportunities

Let’s start with the most important statistics about the life coaching market, its size and market value, its growth, and the opportunities in this sector. I got these stats from studies, surveys, reports, and articles. Read on!

1. Life coaching is the second-fastest-growing industry in the world with an average yearly growth of 6.7%.  (Source)

2. Globally, the number of life coaches went up by 33% from 2016 to 2020.  (Source)

3. Latin America and the Caribbean region showed the most growth with a 174% increase while Eastern Europe was in second place at 40%. (Source)

4. There are an estimated 4,380,000 coaches globally. (Source)


5. There are an estimated 1,790,000 coaches in the US. (Source)


6. The demand for life coaches is still trending upwards and the industry is expected to keep growing at about a 5.4% growth rate. (Source)


7. The global market size of the coaching industry is over USD 15 billion. (Source)







8. The estimated market value of the coaching industry in the US rose from $707 million in 2011 to $1.02 billion in 2016. This is an increase of almost 30% over 5 years. (Source)


9. The market value of the coaching industry is predicted to reach USD 1.34 billion by the year 2022. (Source)


10. 25% to 40% of all Fortune 500 companies include executive coaching as a part of their standard leadership training for their top executives and best performers. (Source)


11. 63% of organizations that offered coaching to their employees reported higher revenue and income growth among their competitors. (Source)
11.  90% of all the surveyed life coaches said they currently have active clients. (Source)


12. 94% of coaches said they offered services such as consulting, training, or facilitation services in addition to coaching. (Source)







13. Coach practitioners who offered additional services, gave 44% of their time to coaching while dividing the rest of their time between their other services. (Source)







14. The global health coaching industry was valued at USD 6.14 billion in 2019 and was expected to continue its growth of approximately 6.8% to cross USD 8 billion by the year 2022. (Source)


15. North America shows the highest share in the global health coaching industry, with the US market showing an expected growth rate of 2.7% for this year and a rate of 5.4% per year for the next three years till 2025. (Source)


16. As of 2020, the market value of the US health coaching sector alone was estimated at USD 7.1 billion and is expected to grow to USD 8.87 billion by 2025. (Source)


17. There are approximately 128,000 health coaches in the U.S. market as compared to 109,000 health coaches in 2018. (Source)


18. Within the health coaching sector, the market value of the weight-loss sub-sector was approximately USD 738 million in 2018 and is predicted to increase to USD 1.05 billion by 2022. (Source)


19. Business coaching is another niche that has been showing an increase in popularity since 2016. The market size of the business coaching industry in the US has shown a growth of approximately 1.2% since 2016 and was valued at USD 11.6 billion (measured by revenue) in 2021. (Source)


20. From 2014 to 2019, the growth rate of the business coaching sector in the US was about 5.6%. (Source)


21. The prevalence of coaching is up by 38% in the last 8 years from 117 countries in 2012 to 161 countries in 2020. (Source)

02.

Demographics

Divided into three categories - age or generation of the coach practitioners, gender-related stats about life coaches, and the types of clients that are served by the coaches - this section sheds light on the mix of people involved in the life coaching sector. 

23. The majority of life coaches fall under the Gen X bracket globally (51%), with Baby Boomers coming up second at 38%. (Source)