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Martial arts and dance studios in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area

How the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #104 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
146
9 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
58
+5.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$299.6M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $870 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
826,554
+1.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 146 martial arts and dance studios in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 6%, against 7% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Households in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area spend about $299.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $870 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 2% above 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.

Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. That is one for every 5,938 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #104 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureDayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.23.94.9
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.2M$2M
Households per official establishment5,9385,3923,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.5%+8.8%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$870$884$983
Median household income$71,739$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5959

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
58+5.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
606
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1469 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
149The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$2.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area, 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 the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
826,554+1.5% since 2020
Households
344,391
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,282 sq. mi.
People per square mile
637
Median household income
$71,739+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,671
Median home value
$201,100
Jobs located here
367,228
Daytime population
828,495Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Ohio

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH733343.9$2.7M+4.7%#21 of 387
2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN653864.3$2.3M+2.7%#67 of 387
3Mansfield, OH62142.8$2.4M−0.1%#81 of 387
4Sandusky, OH60163.1$2.7M−2.6%#95 of 387
5Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH591464.2$2.1M+1.5%#104 of 387
6Cleveland, OH553663.9$2.3M−0.8%#137 of 387
7Springfield, OH54162.9$2.6M−0.4%#142 of 387
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH47463.0$2M−2.6%#220 of 387
Wheeling, WV-OH45162.8$2.3M−3.6%#244 of 387
8Lima, OH45143.4$2.2M−1.2%#245 of 387

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Questions

How many martial arts and dance studios are in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area?

There are 146 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area as of September 2026. 9 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $299.6M a year, or $870 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 146 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 344,391 households in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?

The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area has 4.2 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2.1M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area would have about 149, against 146 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,938 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area at 826,554 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 344,391 households. Median household income in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area is $71,739, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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. The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area scores 59 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #104 of 387 scored metro areas.

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