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Martial arts and dance studios in Lake County, FL

How Lake County, FL 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #655 of 1,334 scored counties
#17 of 44 scored counties in Florida

Listings
76
1 chain location (1%)
Official establishments
35
−18.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$115M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $699 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
456,068
+18.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 76 martial arts and dance studios in Lake County. One of them (1%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 6% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Households in Lake County spend about $115M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $699 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 25% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction, down 18.6% from 2019. That is one for every 4,700 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Lake County grew 18.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lake County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #655 of 1,334 scored counties and #17 of 44 scored counties in Florida.

How Lake County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Lake County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.65.24.9
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.5M$2M
Households per official establishment4,7003,2973,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−18.6%+21.6%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+18.1%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$699$764$983
Median household income$73,161$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5134

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
43 → 35−18.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
150
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
761 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
57The 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 Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
456,068+18.1% since 2020
Households
164,497
Median age
47.1
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
954 sq. mi.
People per square mile
433
Median household income
$73,161+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,160
Median home value
$318,400
Jobs located here
120,029
Daytime population
357,515Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Florida

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL8160.9$8.4M+21.1%#32 of 1,334
2St. Lucie County, FL70352.5$2.7M+21.4%#162 of 1,334
3Indian River County, FL70223.1$2.5M+7.7%#165 of 1,334
4Flagler County, FL69214.0$1.9M+21.0%#191 of 1,334
5Charlotte County, FL67323.5$1.9M+15.5%#231 of 1,334
6Lee County, FL661213.7$2.1M+14.4%#246 of 1,334
7Collier County, FL65694.2$2.3M+10.6%#254 of 1,334
8Walton County, FL63185.2$1.7M+22.9%#317 of 1,334
9Nassau County, FL62174.3$2M+17.4%#338 of 1,334
10Manatee County, FL61714.0$2M+16.6%#360 of 1,334
17Lake County, FL51764.6$1.5M+18.1%#655 of 1,334

Other business types in Lake 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 Lake County, FL?

Lake County has 76 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (1%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023, down 18.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Lake County, FL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $115M a year, or $699 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 164,497 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lake County has 4.6 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.5M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Lake County would have about 57, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,700 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 456,068 people in 2025, up 18.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 164,497 households. Median household income in Lake County is $73,161, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. Lake County scores 51 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #655 of 1,334 scored counties.

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