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Martial arts and dance studios in Douglas County, IL

How Douglas County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.6M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $845 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
19,880
+0.5% 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

At $845 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $6.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no martial arts and dance studios in Douglas County. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Douglas County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Douglas County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no martial arts and dance studios on map listings, Douglas County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Douglas County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Douglas County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.64.9
Spending per listingn/a$2.3M$2M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,6033,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.1%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$845$1,054$983
Median household income$77,320$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,880+0.5% since 2020
Households
7,765
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
417 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$77,320+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,377
Median home value
$150,400
Jobs located here
8,030
Daytime population
18,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IL7463.1$3.2M+0.4%#89 of 1,334
2Kendall County, IL67245.3$2.4M+9.9%#223 of 1,334
3Monroe County, IL6675.1$2.4M−0.3%#240 of 1,334
4Ogle County, IL6473.4$2.7M−0.7%#276 of 1,334
5LaSalle County, IL63143.1$2.8M−1.5%#299 of 1,334
6McHenry County, IL63665.6$2.2M+2.5%#307 of 1,334
7Will County, IL621285.2$2.4M+2.2%#323 of 1,334
8McLean County, IL62294.1$2.4M+0.1%#326 of 1,334
9Sangamon County, IL61344.0$2.3M−1.0%#353 of 1,334
10Cook County, IL589304.4$2.4M−1.3%#429 of 1,334
Douglas County, ILNot scored00.0n/a+0.5%

Other business types in Douglas 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 Douglas County, IL?

There are no martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Douglas County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Douglas County, IL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $6.6M a year, or $845 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 7,765 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Douglas County has no martial arts and dance studios on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Douglas County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

How fast is Douglas County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 19,880 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,765 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $77,320 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.3% 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. Douglas County has no market score for martial arts and dance studios, having none on map listings.

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