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Martial arts and dance studios in Yolo County, CA

The martial arts and dance studios in Yolo County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #64 of 1,334 scored counties
#8 of 47 scored counties in California

Listings
27
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$101.8M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,327 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
87% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
224,410
+3.1% since 2020

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What this means

Yolo County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #64 of 1,334 scored counties and #8 of 47 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for martial arts and dance studios.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Yolo County comes to about $101.8M a year: $1,327 per household, 35% above the U.S. average. Spread across 27 martial arts and dance studios, that is $3.8M per studio, 87% above the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.

There are 27 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Yolo County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Yolo County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 4,036 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.1M has gone to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Yolo County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Yolo County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Yolo 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.

Martial arts and dance studios in Yolo County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureYolo CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.55.84.9
Spending per listing$3.8M$2.5M$2M
Households per official establishment4,0362,6013,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.6%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$1,327$1,435$983
Median household income$91,752$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7757

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 19
Employees, 2023
173
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
271 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$2.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Yolo 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 Yolo County

Population, 2025 estimate
224,410+3.1% since 2020
Households
76,693
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,013 sq. mi.
People per square mile
218
Median household income
$91,752+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$123,237
Median home value
$620,700
Jobs located here
106,545
Daytime population
233,348Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across California

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

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA9072.4$4.1M+8.2%#4 of 1,334
2Madera County, CA89132.9$3.7M+7.4%#7 of 1,334
3Calaveras County, CA8552.7$4.3M+2.8%#13 of 1,334
4Kern County, CA791013.5$2.8M+2.3%#50 of 1,334
5San Joaquin County, CA791255.1$2.5M+5.5%#54 of 1,334
6Tulare County, CA78523.6$2.7M+2.4%#60 of 1,334
7Merced County, CA78364.2$2.2M+5.1%#62 of 1,334
8Yolo County, CA77273.5$3.8M+3.1%#64 of 1,334
9San Benito County, CA77104.9$3.2M+8.6%#66 of 1,334
10Lake County, CA7383.0$3.1M−0.6%#110 of 1,334

Other business types in Yolo 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 Yolo County, CA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 27 martial arts and dance studios in Yolo County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.

How much do households in Yolo County, CA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $101.8M a year, or $1,327 per household. That is 35% above the U.S. average (an index of 135, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 76,693 households in Yolo County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Yolo County has 3.5 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $3.8M, 87% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Yolo County would have about 51, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,036 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

How fast is Yolo County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Yolo County at 224,410 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,693 households. The median household income in Yolo County is $91,752 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Yolo County scores 77 for martial arts and dance studios (high), #64 of 1,334 scored counties.

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