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Martial arts and dance studios in Geauga County, OH

How Geauga County, OH 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 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #73 of 1,334 scored counties
#8 of 60 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$47M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,312 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
94% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
95,676
+0.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios in Geauga County is 76 (high), #73 of 1,334 scored counties and #8 of 60 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for martial arts and dance studios.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 martial arts and dance studios in Geauga County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 31% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Geauga County comes to about $47M a year: $1,312 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 94% 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 7 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Geauga County in 2023. That is one for every 5,115 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $885K have gone to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Geauga County. Population estimates show Geauga County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Geauga County 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 Geauga County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGeauga CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.43.94.9
Spending per listing$3.9M$2.2M$2M
Households per official establishment5,1155,3923,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.8%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$1,312$884$983
Median household income$107,860$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score7659

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7
Employees, 2023
29
Annual payroll, 2023
$358K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$885K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Geauga 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 Geauga County

Population, 2025 estimate
95,676+0.3% since 2020
Households
35,807
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
400 sq. mi.
People per square mile
238
Median household income
$107,860+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$142,932
Median home value
$331,100
Jobs located here
35,030
Daytime population
88,388Residents 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 counties in Ohio for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Geauga County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH8562.5$5.1M+16.5%#12 of 1,334
2Fairfield County, OH84254.1$2.5M+6.5%#20 of 1,334
3Pickaway County, OH8362.7$3.2M+7.4%#21 of 1,334
4Licking County, OH83253.6$2.8M+3.8%#22 of 1,334
5Warren County, OH80414.5$3M+5.7%#43 of 1,334
6Clermont County, OH79283.3$3.1M+3.9%#48 of 1,334
7Greene County, OH79284.1$2.6M+3.7%#52 of 1,334
8Geauga County, OH76123.4$3.9M+0.3%#73 of 1,334
9Lorain County, OH75473.7$2.5M+3.1%#82 of 1,334
10Delaware County, OH73445.3$3M+12.5%#112 of 1,334

Other business types in Geauga 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 Geauga County, OH?

There are 12 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Geauga County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.

How much do households in Geauga County, OH spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $47M a year, or $1,312 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 35,807 households in Geauga County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Geauga County has 3.4 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $3.9M, 94% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Geauga County would have about 23, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,115 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

How fast is Geauga County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Geauga County at 95,676 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,807 households. Median household income in Geauga County is $107,860, 34% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, 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. Geauga County scores 76 for martial arts and dance studios (high), #73 of 1,334 scored counties.

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