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Martial arts and dance studios in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

The martial arts and dance studios in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.9M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,200 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,549
−2.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 martial arts and dance studios in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households.

Households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough spend about $6.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $1,200 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per studio. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which martial arts and dance studios share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in 2023. That is one for every 1,911 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ketchikan Gateway Borough declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, Ketchikan Gateway Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Ketchikan Gateway Borough compares

The same measures for Alaska 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKetchikan Gateway BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.55.54.9
Spending per listing$3.4M$2.3M$2M
Households per official establishment1,9112,6523,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.6%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$1,200$1,271$983
Median household income$92,885$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$126K
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
3The 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
13,549−2.6% since 2020
Households
5,732
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
4,857 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,287
Median home value
$393,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Ketchikan Gateway Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK69235.8$2.2M+10.4%#187 of 1,334
2Anchorage Municipality, AK55645.9$2.4M−1.3%#513 of 1,334
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK53205.5$2.2M−1.4%#569 of 1,334
4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK52156.2$1.8M+5.1%#615 of 1,334
5Juneau City and Borough, AK31129.1$1.5M−1.8%#1,125 of 1,334
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AKNot scored23.5$3.4M−2.6%

Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

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

Questions

How many martial arts and dance studios are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?

There are 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough as of September 2026. 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $6.9M a year, or $1,200 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per studio. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?

Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,911 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough has no market score for martial arts and dance studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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