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Martial arts and dance studios in Shawnee County, KS
How Shawnee County, KS 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #672 of 1,334 scored counties
#9 of 21 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 34
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $61.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $811 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,607
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $811 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Shawnee County spend about $61.2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That works out to $1.8M per studio, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
Shawnee County has 34 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 6%, against 7% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Shawnee County classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction. That is one for every 5,804 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Shawnee County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Shawnee County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #672 of 1,334 scored counties and #9 of 21 scored counties in Kansas.
How Shawnee County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Shawnee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,804 | 4,178 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.3% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $811 | $911 | $983 |
| Median household income | $67,104 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 131
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 342 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,6070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,458
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 544 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 327
- Median household income
- $67,104+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,163
- Median home value
- $180,900
- Jobs located here
- 103,349
- Daytime population
- 200,016Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Shawnee County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Butler County, KS | 74 | 10 | 3.9 | $2.4M | +3.1% | #100 of 1,334 |
| 2Wyandotte County, KS | 73 | 14 | 2.3 | $3.2M | +1.0% | #108 of 1,334 |
| 3Leavenworth County, KS | 71 | 11 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +3.2% | #145 of 1,334 |
| 4Pottawatomie County, KS | 69 | 5 | 5.3 | $1.9M | +6.9% | #190 of 1,334 |
| 5Johnson County, KS | 60 | 159 | 6.4 | $2.1M | +4.2% | #376 of 1,334 |
| 6Sedgwick County, KS | 58 | 89 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +2.6% | #447 of 1,334 |
| 7Saline County, KS | 56 | 7 | 3.1 | $2.4M | −1.6% | #484 of 1,334 |
| 8McPherson County, KS | 51 | 5 | 4.1 | $2M | −0.4% | #629 of 1,334 |
| 9Shawnee County, KS | 50 | 34 | 4.5 | $1.8M | 0.0% | #672 of 1,334 |
| 10Miami County, KS | 49 | 11 | 8.0 | $1.3M | +5.9% | #727 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Shawnee 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 classes50
- Gyms51
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios62
- Martial arts and dance studios50
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Shawnee County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 martial arts and dance studios in Shawnee County. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.
How much do households in Shawnee County, KS spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $61.2M a year, or $811 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 75,458 households in Shawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shawnee County, KS compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Shawnee County has 4.5 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.8M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Shawnee County would have about 30, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,804 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is Shawnee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Shawnee County at 178,607 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 75,458 households. The median household income in Shawnee County is $67,104 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Shawnee County scores 50 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #672 of 1,334 scored counties.
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