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Martial arts and dance studios in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area
How the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #155 of 378 scored small-town markets
#11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.6M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,943
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $862 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Stevens Point-Plover area spend about $25.6M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 13 martial arts and dance studios, that is $2M per studio, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
The Stevens Point-Plover area has 13 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 10% 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 Stevens Point-Plover area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 2,698 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Stevens Point-Plover area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Stevens Point-Plover area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #155 of 378 scored small-town markets and #11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin.
How the Stevens Point-Plover area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Stevens Point-Plover area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,698 | 3,942 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.5% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $862 | $921 | $983 |
| Median household income | $76,070 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $906K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Stevens Point-Plover 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 Stevens Point-Plover area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,943+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 29,679
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $76,070+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,142
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,759
- Daytime population
- 69,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with the Stevens Point-Plover area marked.
Top small-town markets in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI | 73 | 12 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +0.3% | #35 of 378 |
| 2Shawano, WI | 71 | 5 | 2.7 | $2.8M | +1.4% | #44 of 378 |
| 3Beaver Dam, WI | 69 | 14 | 3.9 | $2.1M | −0.3% | #54 of 378 |
| 4Marinette, WI-MI | 67 | 6 | 2.0 | $3.4M | +0.3% | #62 of 378 |
| 5Sparta, WI | 67 | 6 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +0.6% | #63 of 378 |
| 6Platteville, WI | 65 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.2M | +0.9% | #81 of 378 |
| 7Manitowoc, WI | 63 | 12 | 3.4 | $2.3M | +0.4% | #98 of 378 |
| 8Menomonie, WI | 60 | 8 | 4.6 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #120 of 378 |
| 9Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI | 58 | 9 | 2.8 | $2.7M | −0.2% | #133 of 378 |
| 10Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI | 55 | 21 | 4.9 | $2M | +0.8% | #149 of 378 |
| 11Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 54 | 13 | 4.4 | $2M | +2.2% | #155 of 378 |
Other business types in the Stevens Point-Plover 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 classes40
- Gyms45
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios45
- Martial arts and dance studios54
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 martial arts and dance studios in the Stevens Point-Plover area. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.
How much do households in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $25.6M a year, or $862 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 29,679 households in the Stevens Point-Plover area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
The Stevens Point-Plover area has 4.4 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $2M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,698 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Stevens Point-Plover area at 71,943 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,679 households. The median household income in the Stevens Point-Plover area is $76,070 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Stevens Point-Plover area scores 54 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #155 of 378 scored small-town markets.
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