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Martial arts and dance studios in Steuben County, IN

How Steuben County, IN 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 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.7M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $831 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
45% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,799
+1.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 martial arts and dance studios in Steuben County. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Steuben County comes to about $11.7M a year: $831 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 45% 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Steuben County in 2023. That is one for every 4,686 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Steuben County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, Steuben County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Steuben County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Steuben County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureSteuben CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.83.64.9
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.4M$2M
Households per official establishment4,6864,9033,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.1%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$831$864$983
Median household income$74,911$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$17K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Steuben 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 Steuben County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,799+1.0% since 2020
Households
14,058
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
309 sq. mi.
People per square mile
112
Median household income
$74,911+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,356
Median home value
$216,200
Jobs located here
15,877
Daytime population
34,843Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IN93144.9$2.8M+13.5%#2 of 1,334
2Hancock County, IN8872.1$5.2M+13.5%#9 of 1,334
3Warrick County, IN8552.0$5.3M+4.4%#11 of 1,334
4Morgan County, IN8472.5$3.8M+4.4%#16 of 1,334
5Bartholomew County, IN81113.3$2.9M+4.3%#39 of 1,334
6Clark County, IN81173.3$2.5M+7.5%#40 of 1,334
7Madison County, IN74122.2$3.2M+3.8%#90 of 1,334
8Hendricks County, IN74304.5$2.6M+10.2%#98 of 1,334
9Johnson County, IN72243.8$2.7M+7.4%#131 of 1,334
10Hamilton County, IN71725.2$2.8M+10.9%#147 of 1,334
Steuben County, INNot scored42.8$2.9M+1.0%

Other business types in Steuben 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 Steuben County, IN?

There are 4 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Steuben County as of September 2026. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.

How much do households in Steuben County, IN spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $11.7M a year, or $831 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 14,058 households in Steuben County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Steuben County has 2.8 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2.9M, 45% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Steuben County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,686 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

How fast is Steuben County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Steuben County at 34,799 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,058 households. Median household income in Steuben County is $74,911, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Steuben County has no market score for martial arts and dance studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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