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Martial arts and dance studios in the Kerrville, TX area
How the Kerrville, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #170 of 378 scored small-town markets
#6 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $691 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,037
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 martial arts and dance studios in the Kerrville area. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Households in the Kerrville area spend about $15.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $691 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per studio, 22% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Kerrville area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 7,538 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kerrville area grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kerrville area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #170 of 378 scored small-town markets and #6 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Kerrville area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Kerrville area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.7M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,538 | 3,747 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.6% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $691 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $69,395 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $146K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Kerrville 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 Kerrville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,037+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 22,615
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,103 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $69,395+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,578
- Median home value
- $321,200
- Jobs located here
- 18,958
- Daytime population
- 49,388Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Kerrville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens, TX | 76 | 7 | 2.1 | $3M | +7.5% | #20 of 378 |
| 2Jacksonville, TX | 65 | 5 | 2.7 | $2.2M | +5.4% | #82 of 378 |
| 3Lufkin, TX | 62 | 9 | 2.8 | $2.1M | +1.9% | #103 of 378 |
| 4Fredericksburg, TX | 60 | 6 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +6.6% | #121 of 378 |
| 5Brenham, TX | 55 | 6 | 3.9 | $1.9M | +7.0% | #151 of 378 |
| 6Kerrville, TX | 53 | 10 | 4.4 | $1.6M | +2.5% | #170 of 378 |
| 7Granbury, TX | 49 | 14 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +13.6% | #205 of 378 |
| 8Paris, TX | 46 | 11 | 4.4 | $1.3M | +2.6% | #220 of 378 |
| 9Huntsville, TX | 42 | 9 | 3.5 | $1.5M | +9.5% | #249 of 378 |
| 10El Campo, TX | 41 | 7 | 4.4 | $1.6M | +1.2% | #254 of 378 |
Other business types in the Kerrville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
- Gyms, studios and classes50
- Gyms63
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios53
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in the Kerrville, TX area?
There are 10 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in the Kerrville area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.
How much do households in the Kerrville, TX area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $15.6M a year, or $691 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 22,615 households in the Kerrville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kerrville, TX area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
The Kerrville area has 4.4 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.6M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, the Kerrville area would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,538 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kerrville, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Kerrville area at 54,037 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,615 households. Median household income in the Kerrville area is $69,395, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Kerrville area scores 53 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #170 of 378 scored small-town markets.
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