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Martial arts and dance studios in Elmore County, AL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for martial arts and dance studios in Elmore County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #419 of 1,334 scored counties
#11 of 26 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
13
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.1M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $702 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.0
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
91,577
+4.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Elmore County comes to about $23.1M a year: $702 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 martial arts and dance studios, that is $1.8M per studio, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.

Elmore County has 13 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Elmore County in 2023. That is one for every 10,952 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Elmore County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios in Elmore County is 59 (upper middle), #419 of 1,334 scored counties and #11 of 26 scored counties in Alabama.

How Elmore 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.

Martial arts and dance studios in Elmore County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureElmore CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.03.54.9
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.9M$2M
Households per official establishment10,9525,6423,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.6%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$702$656$983
Median household income$78,243$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5951

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$435K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
131 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Elmore 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 Elmore County

Population, 2025 estimate
91,577+4.2% since 2020
Households
32,856
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
619 sq. mi.
People per square mile
145
Median household income
$78,243+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,745
Median home value
$223,900
Jobs located here
20,312
Daytime population
74,014Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Elmore County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL87102.4$3.4M+18.0%#10 of 1,334
2Autauga County, AL7373.1$2.4M+5.1%#121 of 1,334
3St. Clair County, AL7282.3$3M+7.1%#127 of 1,334
4Shelby County, AL65364.1$2.3M+6.5%#252 of 1,334
5Tuscaloosa County, AL62252.8$2.4M+3.8%#328 of 1,334
6Lee County, AL62202.9$2.3M+8.6%#329 of 1,334
7Coffee County, AL6273.3$2M+6.3%#340 of 1,334
8Morgan County, AL6191.8$3.7M+2.6%#344 of 1,334
9Cullman County, AL6192.5$2.4M+6.7%#350 of 1,334
10Marshall County, AL59133.6$1.8M+6.0%#418 of 1,334
11Elmore County, AL59134.0$1.8M+4.2%#419 of 1,334

Other business types in Elmore County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many martial arts and dance studios are in Elmore County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 martial arts and dance studios in Elmore County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.

How much do households in Elmore County, AL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $23.1M a year, or $702 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 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 32,856 households in Elmore County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Elmore County, AL compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?

Elmore County has 4.0 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.8M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Elmore County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,952 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

How fast is Elmore County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Elmore County at 91,577 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,856 households. The median household income in Elmore County is $78,243 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Elmore County scores 59 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #419 of 1,334 scored counties.

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