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Martial arts and dance studios in the Russellville, AR area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for martial arts and dance studios in the Russellville, AR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #159 of 378 scored small-town markets
#1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.3M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $560 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
57% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
84,932
+1.6% 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 7 martial arts and dance studios in the Russellville area. None of them are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Russellville area comes to about $18.3M a year: $560 per household, 43% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 30% above the U.S. figure of $2M. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which martial arts and dance studios share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Russellville area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 3,630 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Russellville area grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For martial arts and dance studios, the Russellville area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #159 of 378 scored small-town markets and #1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.

How the Russellville area 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.

Martial arts and dance studios in Russellville, AR area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureRussellville areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.13.94.9
Spending per listing$2.6M$1.6M$2M
Households per official establishment3,6304,9633,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$560$617$983
Median household income$57,102$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score5337

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$412K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 the Russellville area, 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 the Russellville area

Population, 2025 estimate
84,932+1.6% since 2020
Households
32,671
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,741 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$57,102+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,829
Median home value
$165,100
Jobs located here
34,546
Daytime population
84,258Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Russellville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Arkansas

Small-town markets in Arkansas ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Russellville, AR5372.1$2.6M+1.6%#159 of 378
2Searcy, AR44144.7$1.1M+4.2%#241 of 378
3Paragould, AR35105.6$977K+3.4%#302 of 378
4Harrison, AR2594.9$1.1M+2.4%#348 of 378
5El Dorado, AR1764.0$1.4M−5.2%#364 of 378
6Malvern, AR1775.7$899K+1.1%#366 of 378
7Camden, AR754.8$1.1M−3.6%#374 of 378
8Magnolia, AR578.3$647K−3.7%#376 of 378
9Pine Bluff, AR4145.2$966K−5.6%#377 of 378

Other business types in the Russellville area

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

Questions

How many martial arts and dance studios are in the Russellville, AR area?

There are 7 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in the Russellville area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.

How much do households in the Russellville, AR area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $18.3M a year, or $560 per household. That is 43% below the U.S. average (an index of 57, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 32,671 households in the Russellville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Russellville, AR area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?

The Russellville area has 2.1 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2.6M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, the Russellville area would have about 9, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,630 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

How fast is the Russellville, AR area growing?

Population estimates put the Russellville area at 84,932 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,671 households. Median household income in the Russellville area is $57,102, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Russellville area scores 53 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #159 of 378 scored small-town markets.

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