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Martial arts and dance studios in Franklin County, VT
How Franklin County, VT compares with other counties and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #849 of 1,334 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,177
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $863 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $17.2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
There are 11 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 12% above the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Franklin County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #849 of 1,334 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Vermont.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Franklin County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.7M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,298 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $863 | $927 | $983 |
| Median household income | $81,313 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 21 |
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
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,177+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,963
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 631 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $81,313+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,753
- Median home value
- $306,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,183
- Daytime population
- 43,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Windsor County, VT | 64 | 8 | 3.2 | $3M | −0.7% | #273 of 1,334 |
| 2Caledonia County, VT | 48 | 5 | 3.8 | $2.1M | +0.8% | #730 of 1,334 |
| 3Bennington County, VT | 45 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.2M | −1.8% | #812 of 1,334 |
| 4Lamoille County, VT | 45 | 5 | 4.2 | $2.1M | +1.4% | #813 of 1,334 |
| 5Franklin County, VT | 44 | 11 | 5.5 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #849 of 1,334 |
| 6Chittenden County, VT | 34 | 53 | 7.4 | $1.5M | +0.4% | #1,061 of 1,334 |
| 7Washington County, VT | 31 | 15 | 5.8 | $1.6M | −0.2% | #1,123 of 1,334 |
| 8Rutland County, VT | 25 | 19 | 7.5 | $1M | −1.4% | #1,208 of 1,334 |
| 9Windham County, VT | 23 | 12 | 6.1 | $1.4M | −1.4% | #1,220 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Franklin County
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 classes70
- Gyms72
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios44
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Franklin County, VT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 martial arts and dance studios in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Franklin County, VT spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $17.2M a year, or $863 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 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 19,963 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, VT compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Franklin County has 5.5 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.6M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Franklin County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 51,177 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,963 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $81,313 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Franklin County scores 44 for martial arts and dance studios (lower middle), #849 of 1,334 scored counties.
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