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Martial arts and dance studios in Shelby County, KY
How Shelby County, KY 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #222 of 1,334 scored counties
#4 of 28 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $779 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,243
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Shelby County comes to about $14.4M a year: $779 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per studio, 19% above the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
Shelby County has 6 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That comes to 3.2 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Shelby County in 2023. That is one for every 4,621 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Shelby County grew 6.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Shelby County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #222 of 1,334 scored counties and #4 of 28 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Shelby County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Shelby County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,621 | 6,598 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.3% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $779 | $643 | $983 |
| Median household income | $82,604 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $229K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,243+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 18,484
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 380 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 129
- Median household income
- $82,604+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,252
- Median home value
- $304,800
- Jobs located here
- 16,455
- Daytime population
- 41,644Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bullitt County, KY | 71 | 11 | 3.5 | $2.2M | +5.0% | #155 of 1,334 |
| 2Boone County, KY | 71 | 22 | 4.3 | $2.1M | +6.5% | #156 of 1,334 |
| 3Oldham County, KY | 70 | 14 | 6.1 | $1.9M | +4.9% | #172 of 1,334 |
| 4Shelby County, KY | 67 | 6 | 3.2 | $2.4M | +6.2% | #222 of 1,334 |
| 5Warren County, KY | 64 | 17 | 3.1 | $2.1M | +10.6% | #290 of 1,334 |
| 6Kenton County, KY | 61 | 28 | 4.2 | $1.9M | +3.9% | #363 of 1,334 |
| 7Jessamine County, KY | 60 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.1M | +7.8% | #375 of 1,334 |
| 8Scott County, KY | 60 | 10 | 4.4 | $1.8M | +8.2% | #385 of 1,334 |
| 9Daviess County, KY | 59 | 12 | 2.9 | $2.2M | +1.5% | #397 of 1,334 |
| 10Hardin County, KY | 59 | 15 | 3.4 | $2M | +2.4% | #413 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 classes66
- Gyms70
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios67
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Shelby County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 martial arts and dance studios in Shelby County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.
How much do households in Shelby County, KY spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $14.4M a year, or $779 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 18,484 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, KY compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Shelby County has 3.2 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2.4M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Shelby County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,621 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 51,243 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,484 households. The median household income in Shelby County is $82,604 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Shelby County scores 67 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #222 of 1,334 scored counties.
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