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Martial arts and dance studios in Carroll County, AR
The martial arts and dance studios in Carroll County, AR, 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $546 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,263
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $546 per household (44% below the U.S. average), households in Carroll County spend about $6.2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 3 martial arts and dance studios, that is $2.1M per studio, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
Carroll County has 3 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Carroll County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, Carroll County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Carroll County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Carroll County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.6M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,963 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $546 | $617 | $983 |
| Median household income | $54,230 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 37 |
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
- 30 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,263+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,347
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 630 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $54,230+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,165
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 11,469
- Daytime population
- 28,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Carroll County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 67 | 17 | 3.4 | $2.1M | +7.6% | #228 of 1,334 |
| 2Benton County, AR | 50 | 63 | 5.6 | $1.6M | +16.0% | #680 of 1,334 |
| 3Lonoke County, AR | 45 | 16 | 5.6 | $1.2M | +3.5% | #834 of 1,334 |
| 4Faulkner County, AR | 41 | 24 | 4.9 | $1.4M | +8.2% | #924 of 1,334 |
| 5Washington County, AR | 41 | 52 | 5.4 | $1.3M | +9.9% | #925 of 1,334 |
| 6White County, AR | 41 | 14 | 4.7 | $1.1M | +4.2% | #930 of 1,334 |
| 7Pope County, AR | 40 | 7 | 2.9 | $2M | +2.5% | #934 of 1,334 |
| 8Crawford County, AR | 39 | 8 | 3.4 | $1.7M | +4.1% | #964 of 1,334 |
| 9Craighead County, AR | 35 | 20 | 4.5 | $1.4M | +4.8% | #1,043 of 1,334 |
| 10Pulaski County, AR | 34 | 68 | 3.9 | $1.7M | +1.3% | #1,055 of 1,334 |
| Carroll County, AR | Not scored | 3 | 2.6 | $2.1M | +3.6% |
Other business types in Carroll County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Carroll County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 martial arts and dance studios in Carroll County. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Carroll County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carroll County, AR spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $6.2M a year, or $546 per household. That is 44% below the U.S. average (an index of 56, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 11,347 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, AR compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Carroll County has 2.6 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2.1M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending.
How fast is Carroll County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,263 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,347 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $54,230 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.6% 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. Carroll County has no market score for martial arts and dance studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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