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Martial arts and dance studios in the Ottawa, IL area
How the Ottawa, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #80 of 378 scored small-town markets
#2 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 22
- 4 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51.7M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $835 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,902
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 martial arts and dance studios in the Ottawa area. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 7% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 27% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Households in the Ottawa area spend about $51.7M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $835 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per studio, 16% above 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 the Ottawa area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 7,733 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Ottawa area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Ottawa area scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #80 of 378 scored small-town markets and #2 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Ottawa area 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.
| Measure | Ottawa area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,733 | 3,603 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.1% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $835 | $1,054 | $983 |
| Median household income | $72,230 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $689K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 224 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 the Ottawa 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 Ottawa area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,902−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 61,866
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,164 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $72,230+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,689
- Median home value
- $156,400
- Jobs located here
- 52,301
- Daytime population
- 131,372Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ottawa area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochelle, IL | 70 | 7 | 3.4 | $2.7M | −0.7% | #47 of 378 |
| 2Ottawa, IL | 65 | 22 | 3.6 | $2.3M | −1.6% | #80 of 378 |
| 3Effingham, IL | 64 | 7 | 3.9 | $2.3M | −0.9% | #86 of 378 |
| 4Marion-Herrin, IL | 58 | 8 | 2.8 | $2.8M | +0.2% | #132 of 378 |
| 5Danville, IL | 57 | 6 | 2.0 | $3.4M | −3.7% | #137 of 378 |
| 6Galesburg, IL | 53 | 6 | 2.9 | $2.3M | −4.1% | #160 of 378 |
| 7Taylorville, IL | 49 | 5 | 3.7 | $2M | −1.5% | #199 of 378 |
| Burlington, IA-IL | 47 | 7 | 3.5 | $2M | −2.5% | #212 of 378 |
| 8Jacksonville, IL | 47 | 6 | 4.0 | $2M | −3.1% | #213 of 378 |
| 9Dixon, IL | 45 | 6 | 4.5 | $1.8M | −3.4% | #224 of 378 |
Other business types in the Ottawa area
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 classes57
- Gyms64
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios63
- Martial arts and dance studios65
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in the Ottawa, IL area?
There are 22 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in the Ottawa area as of September 2026. 4 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.
How much do households in the Ottawa, IL area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $51.7M a year, or $835 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 61,866 households in the Ottawa area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ottawa, IL area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
The Ottawa area has 3.6 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2.3M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, the Ottawa area would have about 26, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,733 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ottawa, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Ottawa area at 145,902 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,866 households. Median household income in the Ottawa area is $72,230, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.2%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Ottawa area scores 65 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #80 of 378 scored small-town markets.
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