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Martial arts and dance studios in Ventura County, CA
How Ventura County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #604 of 1,334 scored counties
#37 of 47 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 190
- 13 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 119
- +25.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $428.9M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,530 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 830,851
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ventura County spend about $428.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $1,530 per household, 56% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
Ventura County has 190 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 7% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 39% above the U.S. rate of 4.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Ventura County was 119 in 2023, up 25.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,356 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.6M have gone to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Ventura County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ventura County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For martial arts and dance studios, Ventura County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #604 of 1,334 scored counties and #37 of 47 scored counties in California.
How Ventura County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Ventura County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,356 | 2,601 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.3% | +20.6% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $1,530 | $1,435 | $983 |
| Median household income | $109,797 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 95 → 119+25.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 978
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19013 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 213The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Ventura 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 Ventura County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 830,851−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 280,360
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,841 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 455
- Median household income
- $109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $144,867
- Median home value
- $822,700
- Jobs located here
- 321,509
- Daytime population
- 755,963Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 90 | 7 | 2.4 | $4.1M | +8.2% | #4 of 1,334 |
| 2Madera County, CA | 89 | 13 | 2.9 | $3.7M | +7.4% | #7 of 1,334 |
| 3Calaveras County, CA | 85 | 5 | 2.7 | $4.3M | +2.8% | #13 of 1,334 |
| 4Kern County, CA | 79 | 101 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +2.3% | #50 of 1,334 |
| 5San Joaquin County, CA | 79 | 125 | 5.1 | $2.5M | +5.5% | #54 of 1,334 |
| 6Tulare County, CA | 78 | 52 | 3.6 | $2.7M | +2.4% | #60 of 1,334 |
| 7Merced County, CA | 78 | 36 | 4.2 | $2.2M | +5.1% | #62 of 1,334 |
| 8Yolo County, CA | 77 | 27 | 3.5 | $3.8M | +3.1% | #64 of 1,334 |
| 9San Benito County, CA | 77 | 10 | 4.9 | $3.2M | +8.6% | #66 of 1,334 |
| 10Lake County, CA | 73 | 8 | 3.0 | $3.1M | −0.6% | #110 of 1,334 |
| 37Ventura County, CA | 52 | 190 | 6.8 | $2.3M | −1.5% | #604 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Ventura 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 classes50
- Gyms56
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios45
- Martial arts and dance studios52
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Ventura County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 190 martial arts and dance studios in Ventura County. 13 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023, up 25.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Ventura County, CA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $428.9M a year, or $1,530 per household. That is 56% above the U.S. average (an index of 156, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 190 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 280,360 households in Ventura County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ventura County, CA compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Ventura County has 6.8 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2.3M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Ventura County would have about 213, against 190 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,356 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Ventura County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Ventura County at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. The median household income in Ventura County is $109,797 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% 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. Ventura County scores 52 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #604 of 1,334 scored counties.
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