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Martial arts and dance studios in Wayne County, NY

How Wayne County, NY 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #786 of 1,334 scored counties
#27 of 59 scored counties in New York

Listings
17
2 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.1M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $783 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
91,250
+0.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 martial arts and dance studios in Wayne County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 12%, against 7% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Wayne County comes to about $30.1M a year: $783 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 12% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Wayne County classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction. That is one for every 4,801 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Wayne County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For martial arts and dance studios, Wayne County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #786 of 1,334 scored counties and #27 of 59 scored counties in New York.

How Wayne County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Wayne County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.45.54.9
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.9M$2M
Households per official establishment4,8012,7533,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.1%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$783$1,071$983
Median household income$74,506$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4638

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
50
Annual payroll, 2023
$478K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
172 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
91,250+0.1% since 2020
Households
38,404
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
604 sq. mi.
People per square mile
151
Median household income
$74,506+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,779
Median home value
$170,000
Jobs located here
27,479
Daytime population
75,376Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across New York

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sullivan County, NY69103.2$2.8M+2.7%#176 of 1,334
2Columbia County, NY64134.9$2.1M−2.1%#293 of 1,334
3Bronx County, NY63821.5$4.1M−3.8%#295 of 1,334
4Clinton County, NY63113.3$2.4M−2.0%#302 of 1,334
5Rensselaer County, NY59294.3$2.2M−0.2%#400 of 1,334
6Rockland County, NY59666.4$2.1M+5.9%#407 of 1,334
7Ontario County, NY59224.6$2M+0.6%#410 of 1,334
8Schenectady County, NY59324.8$1.9M+3.0%#415 of 1,334
9Kings County, NY583733.7$2.8M−2.5%#427 of 1,334
10Cortland County, NY5863.2$2.4M−1.9%#431 of 1,334
27Wayne County, NY46174.4$1.8M+0.1%#786 of 1,334

Other business types in Wayne 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 Wayne County, NY?

Wayne County has 17 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) 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 Wayne County, NY spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $30.1M a year, or $783 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 38,404 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 4.4 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.8M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Wayne County would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,801 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 91,250 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,404 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $74,506, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Wayne County scores 46 for martial arts and dance studios (lower middle), #786 of 1,334 scored counties.

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