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Martial arts and dance studios in Haywood County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for martial arts and dance studios in Haywood County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,242 of 1,334 scored counties
#62 of 64 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $603 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,369
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Haywood County scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #1,242 of 1,334 scored counties and #62 of 64 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Haywood County comes to about $16.3M a year: $603 per household, 39% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 martial arts and dance studios, that is $1.2M per studio, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
Haywood County has 14 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Haywood County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Haywood County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Haywood County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Haywood County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.6M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,753 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $603 | $743 | $983 |
| Median household income | $61,912 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Haywood 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 Haywood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,369+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 27,123
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 113
- Median household income
- $61,912+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,833
- Median home value
- $279,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,778
- Daytime population
- 52,805Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brunswick County, NC | 75 | 23 | 3.3 | $2.2M | +26.5% | #86 of 1,334 |
| 2Davidson County, NC | 74 | 17 | 2.4 | $2.6M | +6.6% | #99 of 1,334 |
| 3Davie County, NC | 73 | 5 | 2.9 | $2.6M | +6.9% | #117 of 1,334 |
| 4Harnett County, NC | 71 | 14 | 2.8 | $2.3M | +12.3% | #153 of 1,334 |
| 5Chatham County, NC | 63 | 16 | 4.8 | $2.1M | +11.0% | #309 of 1,334 |
| 6Johnston County, NC | 63 | 32 | 3.7 | $2.1M | +17.9% | #310 of 1,334 |
| 7Burke County, NC | 61 | 9 | 2.5 | $2.3M | +1.6% | #355 of 1,334 |
| 8Pender County, NC | 60 | 10 | 4.0 | $1.9M | +19.0% | #384 of 1,334 |
| 9Orange County, NC | 58 | 25 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +6.1% | #433 of 1,334 |
| 10Pitt County, NC | 57 | 21 | 2.8 | $2.1M | +5.4% | #465 of 1,334 |
| 62Haywood County, NC | 21 | 14 | 5.2 | $1.2M | +1.9% | #1,242 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Haywood 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 classes32
- Gyms59
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios20
- Martial arts and dance studios21
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Haywood County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 martial arts and dance studios in Haywood County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Haywood County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Haywood County, NC spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $16.3M a year, or $603 per household. That is 39% below the U.S. average (an index of 61, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 27,123 households in Haywood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Haywood County, NC compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Haywood County has 5.2 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.2M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Haywood County would have about 8, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Haywood County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Haywood County at 63,369 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,123 households. The median household income in Haywood County is $61,912 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.9% 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. Haywood County scores 21 for martial arts and dance studios (low), #1,242 of 1,334 scored counties.
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