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Martial arts and dance studios in Fayette County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for martial arts and dance studios in Fayette County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,275 of 1,334 scored counties
#11 of 16 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $505 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,165
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
For martial arts and dance studios, Fayette County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #1,275 of 1,334 scored counties and #11 of 16 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Fayette County comes to about $8M a year: $505 per household, 49% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 martial arts and dance studios, that is $1.6M per studio, 20% 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 5 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Fayette County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Fayette County declined 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Fayette County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Fayette County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.8M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,375 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $505 | $595 | $983 |
| Median household income | $53,194 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 33 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,165−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,948
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 662 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $53,194+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,298
- Median home value
- $105,800
- Jobs located here
- 8,970
- Daytime population
- 33,530Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 70 | 17 | 3.3 | $2.2M | +13.7% | #170 of 1,334 |
| 2Jefferson County, WV | 67 | 10 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +9.2% | #227 of 1,334 |
| 3Putnam County, WV | 54 | 9 | 3.9 | $2M | −1.0% | #547 of 1,334 |
| 4Monongalia County, WV | 40 | 28 | 6.3 | $1.2M | +2.0% | #950 of 1,334 |
| 5Cabell County, WV | 32 | 15 | 3.8 | $1.5M | −3.2% | #1,096 of 1,334 |
| 6Harrison County, WV | 32 | 13 | 4.9 | $1.3M | −2.5% | #1,113 of 1,334 |
| 7Ohio County, WV | 30 | 6 | 3.3 | $1.9M | −4.4% | #1,137 of 1,334 |
| 8Wood County, WV | 29 | 11 | 3.1 | $1.9M | −2.1% | #1,151 of 1,334 |
| 9Kanawha County, WV | 29 | 39 | 5.1 | $1.2M | −4.3% | #1,161 of 1,334 |
| 10Mercer County, WV | 18 | 8 | 3.3 | $1.6M | −3.4% | #1,269 of 1,334 |
| 11Fayette County, WV | 17 | 5 | 3.1 | $1.6M | −5.6% | #1,275 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Fayette 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 classes13
- Gyms15
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios17
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Fayette County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 martial arts and dance studios in Fayette 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 Fayette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Fayette County, WV spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $8M a year, or $505 per household. That is 49% below the U.S. average (an index of 51, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 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 15,948 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, WV compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Fayette County has 3.1 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.6M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Fayette County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Fayette County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 38,165 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,948 households. The median household income in Fayette County is $53,194 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Fayette County scores 17 for martial arts and dance studios (low), #1,275 of 1,334 scored counties.
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