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Martial arts and dance studios in the Harrisonburg, VA metro area
How the Harrisonburg, VA metro area compares with other metro areas 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 #257 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 24
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $710 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 140,155
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Harrisonburg metro area spend about $35.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $710 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
The Harrisonburg metro area has 24 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 7% across the U.S. That comes to 4.8 for every 10,000 households, 2% 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 Harrisonburg metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 6,256 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Harrisonburg metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Harrisonburg metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For martial arts and dance studios, the Harrisonburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #257 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Harrisonburg metro area 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 | Harrisonburg metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.9M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,256 | 3,184 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $710 | $960 | $983 |
| Median household income | $75,065 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $896K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 244 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Harrisonburg 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 Harrisonburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 140,155+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,046
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 867 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $75,065+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,373
- Median home value
- $309,300
- Jobs located here
- 66,301
- Daytime population
- 138,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Harrisonburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Winchester, VA-WV | 63 | 21 | 3.8 | $2.2M | +6.5% | #77 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 58 | 1,322 | 5.6 | $2.2M | +3.3% | #110 of 387 |
| 2Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 50 | 15 | 2.9 | $2.3M | +3.2% | #179 of 387 |
| 3Charlottesville, VA | 50 | 40 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +3.1% | #180 of 387 |
| 4Richmond, VA | 47 | 256 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +5.5% | #226 of 387 |
| 5Lynchburg, VA | 47 | 37 | 3.6 | $1.8M | +2.9% | #227 of 387 |
| 6Harrisonburg, VA | 44 | 24 | 4.8 | $1.5M | +3.5% | #257 of 387 |
| 7Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 39 | 329 | 4.7 | $1.7M | +0.9% | #294 of 387 |
| 8Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 39 | 30 | 4.3 | $1.6M | −0.1% | #297 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 37 | 53 | 4.0 | $1.4M | +2.3% | #316 of 387 |
Other business types in the Harrisonburg 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 classes46
- Gyms48
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios44
- 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 the Harrisonburg, VA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 martial arts and dance studios in the Harrisonburg metro area. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.
How much do households in the Harrisonburg, VA metro area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $35.6M a year, or $710 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 50,046 households in the Harrisonburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Harrisonburg, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
The Harrisonburg metro area has 4.8 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.5M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, the Harrisonburg metro area would have about 18, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,256 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is the Harrisonburg, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Harrisonburg metro area at 140,155 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,046 households. The median household income in the Harrisonburg metro area is $75,065 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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 Harrisonburg metro area scores 44 for martial arts and dance studios (lower middle), #257 of 387 scored metro areas.
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