Market rankings · South Carolina
Martial arts and dance studios in South Carolina
Every metro area, small-town market and county in South Carolina, ranked by the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, with competitor counts and household spending for each.
- Listings
- 905
- 55 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 393
- +2.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On memberships, classes and admissions
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 12% below the U.S.
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Rank among states
- #30 of 51
- Market score 49 · Lower middle
A site report maps the martial arts and dance studios on map listings around any address in South Carolina by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
There are 905 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in South Carolina as of September 2026. 55 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Households in South Carolina spend about $1.5B a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $700 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
In 2023, official counts showed 393 businesses with payroll in South Carolina classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction, up 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 5,389 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 11.1% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $5.8M have gone to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in South Carolina.
Among the 50 states and DC, South Carolina ranks #30 for martial arts and dance studios, with a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle). Of the 10 scored metro areas in or partly in South Carolina, the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area scores highest (73). Of the 6 scored small-town markets in or partly in South Carolina, the Seneca area scores highest (78).
Every market in South Carolina for martial arts and dance studios
Download the ranking (CSV)Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in South Carolina, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.
Metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 73 | 32 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +12.0% | #22 of 387 |
| 2Spartanburg, SC | 55 | 51 | 3.6 | $1.8M | +14.3% | #140 of 387 |
| 3Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 49 | 61 | 3.8 | $1.7M | +20.9% | #204 of 387 |
| 4Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 49 | 188 | 5.6 | $1.5M | +10.7% | #206 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 47 | 97 | 4.2 | $1.7M | +4.7% | #232 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 42 | 591 | 5.5 | $1.6M | +10.1% | #268 of 387 |
| 5Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 42 | 189 | 4.9 | $1.4M | +9.0% | #271 of 387 |
| 6Columbia, SC | 41 | 153 | 4.5 | $1.5M | +6.0% | #280 of 387 |
| 7Florence, SC | 38 | 28 | 3.6 | $1.6M | +0.9% | #303 of 387 |
| 8Sumter, SC | 32 | 13 | 3.2 | $1.8M | −0.3% | #340 of 387 |
Small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seneca, SC | 78 | 7 | 2.0 | $3.2M | +6.3% | #12 of 378 |
| 2Murrells Inlet, SC | 78 | 7 | 2.6 | $2.8M | +3.8% | #13 of 378 |
| 3Newberry, SC | 48 | 5 | 3.3 | $1.7M | +4.8% | #209 of 378 |
| 4Gaffney, SC | 46 | 6 | 2.7 | $1.8M | +3.7% | #218 of 378 |
| 5Greenwood, SC | 45 | 15 | 4.0 | $1.4M | +1.7% | #230 of 378 |
| 6Orangeburg, SC | 21 | 11 | 3.3 | $1.5M | −0.9% | #357 of 378 |
Counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Georgetown County, SC | 74 | 7 | 2.6 | $2.8M | +3.8% | #95 of 1,334 |
| 2Beaufort County, SC | 73 | 28 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +8.9% | #115 of 1,334 |
| 3Oconee County, SC | 71 | 7 | 2.0 | $3.2M | +6.3% | #140 of 1,334 |
| 4Berkeley County, SC | 66 | 41 | 4.4 | $1.7M | +18.7% | #248 of 1,334 |
| 5Spartanburg County, SC | 61 | 45 | 3.4 | $1.9M | +15.6% | #364 of 1,334 |
| 6Lancaster County, SC | 58 | 18 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +18.3% | #453 of 1,334 |
| 7Aiken County, SC | 56 | 31 | 4.4 | $1.6M | +7.3% | #508 of 1,334 |
| 8Dorchester County, SC | 56 | 32 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +10.1% | #509 of 1,334 |
| 9York County, SC | 54 | 58 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +8.1% | #564 of 1,334 |
| 10Horry County, SC | 53 | 61 | 3.8 | $1.7M | +20.9% | #597 of 1,334 |
| 11Anderson County, SC | 52 | 38 | 4.5 | $1.4M | +7.7% | #622 of 1,334 |
| 12Pickens County, SC | 49 | 20 | 3.8 | $1.6M | +5.7% | #717 of 1,334 |
| 13Charleston County, SC | 47 | 115 | 6.4 | $1.4M | +6.4% | #766 of 1,334 |
| 14Richland County, SC | 46 | 71 | 4.2 | $1.6M | +4.6% | #795 of 1,334 |
| 15Greenville County, SC | 44 | 127 | 5.8 | $1.4M | +10.6% | #853 of 1,334 |
| 16Lexington County, SC | 43 | 64 | 5.2 | $1.4M | +7.7% | #873 of 1,334 |
| 17Cherokee County, SC | 41 | 6 | 2.7 | $1.8M | +3.7% | #908 of 1,334 |
| 18Newberry County, SC | 41 | 5 | 3.3 | $1.7M | +4.8% | #909 of 1,334 |
| 19Florence County, SC | 39 | 21 | 4.0 | $1.5M | +1.2% | #970 of 1,334 |
| 20Darlington County, SC | 38 | 7 | 2.7 | $2M | +0.1% | #975 of 1,334 |
| 21Sumter County, SC | 38 | 13 | 3.2 | $1.8M | −0.3% | #976 of 1,334 |
| 22Kershaw County, SC | 36 | 14 | 5.2 | $1.2M | +11.6% | #1,024 of 1,334 |
| 23Chesterfield County, SC | 28 | 6 | 3.4 | $1.4M | +3.4% | #1,170 of 1,334 |
| 24Chester County, SC | 21 | 5 | 3.8 | $1.3M | +2.2% | #1,239 of 1,334 |
| 25Orangeburg County, SC | 17 | 11 | 3.3 | $1.5M | −0.9% | #1,276 of 1,334 |
Show all 46 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Greenwood County, SC | 16 | 14 | 5.0 | $1.1M | +1.5% | #1,284 of 1,334 |
| 27Union County, SC | 5 | 6 | 5.2 | $864K | −1.4% | #1,323 of 1,334 |
| 28Dillon County, SC | 4 | 5 | 4.6 | $989K | −2.9% | #1,326 of 1,334 |
| Laurens County, SC | Not scored | 4 | 1.5 | $3.6M | +6.2% | |
| Colleton County, SC | Not scored | 3 | 1.8 | $3M | +2.2% | |
| Jasper County, SC | Not scored | 4 | 3.0 | $2M | +32.2% | |
| Clarendon County, SC | Not scored | 3 | 2.4 | $2.1M | +0.7% | |
| Williamsburg County, SC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −4.0% | |
| Marion County, SC | Not scored | 2 | 1.6 | $2.4M | −2.9% | |
| Edgefield County, SC | Not scored | 3 | 3.1 | $2.1M | +16.1% | |
| Marlboro County, SC | Not scored | 2 | 2.0 | $1.9M | −3.8% | |
| Abbeville County, SC | Not scored | 1 | 1.0 | $5.8M | +2.3% | |
| Fairfield County, SC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.6% | |
| Barnwell County, SC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.4% | |
| Saluda County, SC | Not scored | 3 | 3.9 | $1.4M | +4.1% | |
| Hampton County, SC | Not scored | 1 | 1.4 | $3.1M | −1.9% | |
| Lee County, SC | Not scored | 1 | 1.6 | $2.5M | −5.0% | |
| Calhoun County, SC | Not scored | 1 | 1.6 | $3.6M | +0.6% | |
| Bamberg County, SC | Not scored | 1 | 2.2 | $2M | −3.5% | |
| McCormick County, SC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +7.3% | |
| Allendale County, SC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −7.4% |
Markets with fewer than 5 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in South Carolina?
As of September 2026, map listings count 905 martial arts and dance studios in South Carolina. 55 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 393 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019.
How much do households in South Carolina spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $1.5B a year, or $700 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 905 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 2,117,989 households in South Carolina and national spending patterns by income.
How does South Carolina compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
South Carolina has 4.3 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.6M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, South Carolina would have about 735, against 905 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,389 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.1% for the U.S.
Which market in South Carolina has the highest market score for martial arts and dance studios?
Among 10 scored metro areas in or partly in South Carolina, the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area scores highest, at 73 (upper middle). Among 6 scored small-town markets in or partly in South Carolina, the Seneca area scores highest, at 78 (high). Among 28 scored counties in South Carolina, Georgetown County scores highest, at 74 (upper middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.
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. South Carolina scores 49 for martial arts and dance studios (lower middle), #30 of the 50 states and DC.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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