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Martial arts and dance studios in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for martial arts and dance studios in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #365 of 387 scored metro areas
#22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
1,459
99 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
944
+23.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.9B
On memberships, classes and admissions · $807 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
27% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,391,072
+4.2% 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

The Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is 28 (lower middle), #365 of 387 scored metro areas and #22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,459 martial arts and dance studios in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. 99 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area comes to about $1.9B a year: $807 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 36% 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 944 businesses with payroll in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction, up 23.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,473 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 32 SBA-backed loans worth $12.6M have gone to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.25.24.9
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.5M$2M
Households per official establishment2,4733,2973,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.2%+21.6%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$807$764$983
Median household income$76,527$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score2834

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
944+23.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,947
Annual payroll, 2023
$135.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,45999 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
934The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
32
Amount
$12.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,391,072+4.2% since 2020
Households
2,334,797
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
5,067 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,233
Median household income
$76,527+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,472
Median home value
$443,300
Jobs located here
2,820,583
Daytime population
6,365,054Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL8160.9$8.4M+21.1%#3 of 387
2Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL67223.1$2.5M+7.7%#54 of 387
3Punta Gorda, FL65323.5$1.9M+15.5%#68 of 387
4Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL641213.7$2.1M+14.4%#70 of 387
5Naples-Marco Island, FL62694.2$2.3M+10.6%#83 of 387
6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL571003.5$1.8M+19.8%#123 of 387
7Homosassa Springs, FL57233.2$1.8M+11.1%#124 of 387
8Sebring, FL56143.0$1.8M+9.7%#132 of 387
9Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL56384.3$1.6M+15.7%#133 of 387
10Ocala, FL55553.3$1.7M+17.3%#141 of 387
22Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL281,4596.2$1.3M+4.2%#365 of 387

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Questions

How many martial arts and dance studios are in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area?

There are 1,459 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area as of September 2026. 99 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 944 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023, up 23.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $1.9B a year, or $807 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,459 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 2,334,797 households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 6.2 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.3M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area would have about 934, against 1,459 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,473 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area at 6,391,072 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,334,797 households. Median household income in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is $76,527, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 28 for martial arts and dance studios (lower middle), #365 of 387 scored metro areas.

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