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Martial arts and dance studios in Bartow County, GA
How Bartow County, GA 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #452 of 1,334 scored counties
#15 of 56 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $759 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,800
- +10.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 martial arts and dance studios in Bartow County. None of them are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Bartow County comes to about $31M a year: $759 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per studio, 10% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Bartow County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 4,535 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Bartow County grew 10.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios in Bartow County is 58 (upper middle), #452 of 1,334 scored counties and #15 of 56 scored counties in Georgia.
How Bartow County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Bartow County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.8M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,535 | 3,891 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $759 | $792 | $983 |
| Median household income | $82,243 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $900K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Bartow 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 Bartow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,800+10.5% since 2020
- Households
- 40,819
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 459 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $82,243+43.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,843
- Median home value
- $289,000
- Jobs located here
- 44,974
- Daytime population
- 102,506Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Coweta County, GA | 81 | 16 | 2.8 | $3.2M | +9.2% | #35 of 1,334 |
| 2Walton County, GA | 81 | 9 | 2.5 | $3.1M | +16.0% | #37 of 1,334 |
| 3Newton County, GA | 78 | 6 | 1.5 | $4.7M | +11.2% | #56 of 1,334 |
| 4Houston County, GA | 75 | 16 | 2.5 | $2.9M | +8.5% | #80 of 1,334 |
| 5Paulding County, GA | 72 | 24 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +12.7% | #136 of 1,334 |
| 6Barrow County, GA | 68 | 8 | 2.6 | $2.7M | +18.7% | #202 of 1,334 |
| 7Effingham County, GA | 67 | 10 | 4.1 | $2M | +14.1% | #230 of 1,334 |
| 8Troup County, GA | 64 | 6 | 2.2 | $2.7M | +5.0% | #277 of 1,334 |
| 9Oconee County, GA | 64 | 7 | 4.7 | $2.6M | +6.9% | #280 of 1,334 |
| 10Douglas County, GA | 64 | 17 | 3.3 | $2.3M | +6.6% | #285 of 1,334 |
| 15Bartow County, GA | 58 | 17 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +10.5% | #452 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Bartow 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 classes47
- Gyms44
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios64
- Martial arts and dance studios58
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Bartow County, GA?
There are 17 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Bartow County 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 Bartow County, GA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $31M a year, or $759 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 40,819 households in Bartow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bartow County, GA compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Bartow County has 4.2 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.8M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Bartow County would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,535 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is Bartow County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Bartow County at 120,800 people in 2025, up 10.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,819 households. Median household income in Bartow County is $82,243, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.2%, 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. Bartow County scores 58 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #452 of 1,334 scored counties.
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