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Martial arts and dance studios in Covington city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for martial arts and dance studios in Covington city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $962K
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $373 a household
- Spending per listing
- $240K
- 88% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.5
- 3.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,680
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Covington city spend about $962K a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $373 per household, 62% below the U.S. average. That works out to $240K per studio, 88% 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 4 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Covington city as of September 2026. That comes to 15.5 for every 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Covington city, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Covington city declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Covington city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Covington city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.5 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $240K | $1.9M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,184 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $373 | $960 | $983 |
| Median household income | $41,944 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Covington city, 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 Covington city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,680−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,576
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,039
- Median household income
- $41,944
- Average household income
- $54,148
- Median home value
- $83,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,889
- Daytime population
- 6,867Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Covington city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, VA | 89 | 9 | 2.5 | $3.7M | +8.8% | #6 of 1,334 |
| 2Suffolk city, VA | 82 | 8 | 2.1 | $4.1M | +10.4% | #24 of 1,334 |
| 3Arlington County, VA | 81 | 31 | 2.8 | $4.9M | +2.1% | #33 of 1,334 |
| 4Culpeper County, VA | 80 | 7 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +9.3% | #45 of 1,334 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 76 | 5 | 5.4 | $2M | +21.2% | #75 of 1,334 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 74 | 11 | 3.4 | $2.3M | +6.6% | #103 of 1,334 |
| 7Goochland County, VA | 71 | 5 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +17.4% | #151 of 1,334 |
| 8Spotsylvania County, VA | 71 | 32 | 6.1 | $1.7M | +10.5% | #157 of 1,334 |
| 9Alexandria city, VA | 68 | 24 | 3.2 | $3.8M | +1.0% | #192 of 1,334 |
| 10Augusta County, VA | 67 | 5 | 1.6 | $4.4M | +1.8% | #211 of 1,334 |
| Covington city, VA | Not scored | 4 | 15.5 | $240K | −1.2% |
Other business types in Covington city
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Covington city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 martial arts and dance studios in Covington city. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Covington city: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Covington city, VA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $962K a year, or $373 per household. That is 62% below the U.S. average (an index of 38, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $240K 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 2,576 households in Covington city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Covington city, VA compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Covington city has 15.5 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $240K, 88% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Covington city would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Covington city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Covington city at 5,680 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,576 households. The median household income in Covington city is $41,944 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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