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Martial arts and dance studios in Montgomery County, IL

How Montgomery 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.4M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $741 a household
Spending per listing
$8.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
28,076
−0.6% 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

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Montgomery County comes to about $8.4M a year: $741 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.4M of household spending for each studio on map listings. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.

Montgomery County has 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates show Montgomery County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, Montgomery County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.94.64.9
Spending per listing$8.4M$2.3M$2M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,6033,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.1%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$741$1,054$983
Median household income$63,620$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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,076−0.6% since 2020
Households
11,319
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
704 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$63,620+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,686
Median home value
$112,300
Jobs located here
8,950
Daytime population
26,022Residents 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 Montgomery 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
Montgomery County, ILNot scored10.9$8.4M−0.6%

Other business types in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 martial arts or dance studio in Montgomery County. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Montgomery County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $8.4M a year, or $741 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, it comes to $8.4M 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 11,319 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montgomery County has 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Montgomery County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 28,076 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,319 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $63,620 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.6% 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. Montgomery County has no market score for martial arts and dance studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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