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Martial arts and dance studios in Unicoi County, TN

How Unicoi County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.2M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $534 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
17,856
−0.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 martial arts or dance studio in Unicoi County. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Unicoi County comes to about $4.2M a year: $534 per household, 46% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per studio. 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 Unicoi County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Unicoi County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, Unicoi County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Unicoi County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Unicoi County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureUnicoi CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.33.94.9
Spending per listing$4.2M$1.8M$2M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,0983,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.1%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$534$703$983
Median household income$52,218$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

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
10 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 Unicoi 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 Unicoi County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,856−0.1% since 2020
Households
7,795
Median age
47.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
186 sq. mi.
People per square mile
95
Median household income
$52,218+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,417
Median home value
$189,600
Jobs located here
4,627
Daytime population
15,424Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Unicoi County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Loudon County, TN8262.5$3.2M+15.6%#27 of 1,334
2Fayette County, TN7163.5$2.3M+7.7%#154 of 1,334
3Cumberland County, TN6951.8$3M+8.0%#174 of 1,334
4Maury County, TN68122.8$2.5M+16.0%#204 of 1,334
5Dickson County, TN6573.2$2.2M+7.7%#257 of 1,334
6Robertson County, TN65103.5$2.1M+9.9%#262 of 1,334
7Tipton County, TN6352.2$3M+2.0%#297 of 1,334
8Sevier County, TN63112.7$2.2M+2.5%#305 of 1,334
9Hawkins County, TN6052.1$2.5M+5.0%#370 of 1,334
10Davidson County, TN581334.1$2M+4.2%#441 of 1,334
Unicoi County, TNNot scored11.3$4.2M−0.1%

Other business types in Unicoi 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 Unicoi County, TN?

Unicoi County has 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings 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 Unicoi County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Unicoi County, TN spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $4.2M a year, or $534 per household. That is 46% below the U.S. average (an index of 54, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 7,795 households in Unicoi County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Unicoi County has 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Unicoi County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Unicoi County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Unicoi County at 17,856 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,795 households. Median household income in Unicoi County is $52,218, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Unicoi County has no market score for martial arts and dance studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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