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Martial arts and dance studios in Yancey County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for martial arts and dance studios in Yancey County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $616 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,084
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Yancey County spend about $5M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $616 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per studio. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
Yancey County has 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Yancey County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Yancey County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, Yancey County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Yancey 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 | Yancey County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $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 | +3.2% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $616 | $743 | $983 |
| Median household income | $58,709 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Yancey 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 Yancey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,084+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,130
- Median age
- 48.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $58,709+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,965
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,832
- Daytime population
- 17,017Residents 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 |
| Yancey County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 2.5 | $2.5M | +3.2% |
Other business types in Yancey County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Yancey County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 martial arts and dance studios in Yancey County. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Yancey County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Yancey County, NC spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $5M a year, or $616 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 8,130 households in Yancey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yancey County, NC compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Yancey County has 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Yancey County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Yancey County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Yancey County at 19,084 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,130 households. The median household income in Yancey County is $58,709 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.1% 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. Yancey County has no market score for martial arts and dance studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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