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Martial arts and dance studios in Marion County, SC
The martial arts and dance studios in Marion County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $4.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $394 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 28,242
- −2.9% since 2020
See the martial arts and dance studios around any address in Marion County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 martial arts and dance studios in Marion County. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.
Households in Marion County spend about $4.8M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $394 per household, 60% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each studio on map listings. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which martial arts and dance studios share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Marion County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, Marion County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Marion County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Marion County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $1.6M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,389 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.3% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $394 | $700 | $983 |
| Median household income | $36,301 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 2The 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 Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,242−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,177
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 489 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $36,301+13.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $51,314
- Median home value
- $93,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,602
- Daytime population
- 24,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| 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 |
| Marion County, SC | Not scored | 2 | 1.6 | $2.4M | −2.9% |
Other business types in Marion County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Marion County, SC?
There are 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Marion County as of September 2026. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Marion County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Marion County, SC spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $4.8M a year, or $394 per household. That is 60% below the U.S. average (an index of 40, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 12,177 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, SC compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Marion County has 2 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending.
How fast is Marion County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 28,242 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,177 households. Median household income in Marion County is $36,301, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.2%, 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. Marion 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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