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Martial arts and dance studios in Butler County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for martial arts and dance studios in Butler County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $473 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 18,100
- −4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Butler County spend about $3.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $473 per household, 52% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each studio on map listings. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
There are 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Butler County as of September 2026. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Butler County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, Butler County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the martial arts and dance studios counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Butler County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.9M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,642 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.6% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $473 | $656 | $983 |
| Median household income | $44,755 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Butler County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,100−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,597
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $44,755+10.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,109
- Median home value
- $99,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,659
- Daytime population
- 17,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 87 | 10 | 2.4 | $3.4M | +18.0% | #10 of 1,334 |
| 2Autauga County, AL | 73 | 7 | 3.1 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #121 of 1,334 |
| 3St. Clair County, AL | 72 | 8 | 2.3 | $3M | +7.1% | #127 of 1,334 |
| 4Shelby County, AL | 65 | 36 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +6.5% | #252 of 1,334 |
| 5Tuscaloosa County, AL | 62 | 25 | 2.8 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #328 of 1,334 |
| 6Lee County, AL | 62 | 20 | 2.9 | $2.3M | +8.6% | #329 of 1,334 |
| 7Coffee County, AL | 62 | 7 | 3.3 | $2M | +6.3% | #340 of 1,334 |
| 8Morgan County, AL | 61 | 9 | 1.8 | $3.7M | +2.6% | #344 of 1,334 |
| 9Cullman County, AL | 61 | 9 | 2.5 | $2.4M | +6.7% | #350 of 1,334 |
| 10Marshall County, AL | 59 | 13 | 3.6 | $1.8M | +6.0% | #418 of 1,334 |
| Butler County, AL | Not scored | 2 | 2.6 | $1.8M | −4.8% |
Other business types in Butler County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
- Gyms, studios and classes21
- Gyms
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Butler County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 martial arts and dance studios in Butler County. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Butler County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Butler County, AL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $3.6M a year, or $473 per household. That is 52% below the U.S. average (an index of 48, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per studio. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which martial arts and dance studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,597 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, AL compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Butler County has 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending.
How fast is Butler County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 18,100 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,597 households. The median household income in Butler County is $44,755 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Butler County has no market score for martial arts and dance studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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