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Martial arts and dance studios in the Midland, TX metro area
The martial arts and dance studios in the Midland, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #12 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 26
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $952 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 193,139
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios in the Midland metro area is 78 (high), #12 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for martial arts and dance studios.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Midland metro area comes to about $66.3M a year: $952 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
There are 26 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in the Midland metro area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 24% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Midland metro area was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 5,356 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Midland metro area grew 9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Midland metro 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 | Midland metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $1.7M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,356 | 3,747 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.6% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $952 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $92,952 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 119
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 261 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Midland metro 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 Midland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 193,139+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 69,624
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,815 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $92,952+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,045
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 119,441
- Daytime population
- 214,353Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Midland metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 78 | 26 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +9.8% | #12 of 387 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 72 | 16 | 2.5 | $2.8M | +5.0% | #24 of 387 |
| 3Amarillo, TX | 51 | 31 | 3.0 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #173 of 387 |
| 4College Station-Bryan, TX | 51 | 33 | 3.1 | $2.1M | +6.9% | #174 of 387 |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 51 | 1,471 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +10.6% | #176 of 387 |
| 6Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 50 | 1,269 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +10.3% | #187 of 387 |
| 7Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 50 | 565 | 5.7 | $1.8M | +14.0% | #188 of 387 |
| 8San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 49 | 442 | 4.6 | $1.7M | +9.5% | #203 of 387 |
| 9Sherman-Denison, TX | 48 | 28 | 5.1 | $1.4M | +12.8% | #215 of 387 |
| 10Lubbock, TX | 47 | 47 | 3.3 | $2M | +4.6% | #222 of 387 |
Other business types in the Midland metro 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 classes67
- Gyms55
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios63
- Martial arts and dance studios78
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in the Midland, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 martial arts and dance studios in the Midland metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.
How much do households in the Midland, TX metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $66.3M a year, or $952 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 69,624 households in the Midland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Midland, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
The Midland metro area has 3.7 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2.5M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, the Midland metro area would have about 33, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,356 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is the Midland, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Midland metro area at 193,139 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,624 households. The median household income in the Midland metro area is $92,952 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Midland metro area scores 78 for martial arts and dance studios (high), #12 of 387 scored metro areas.
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