Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked specialty school chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Dance Dynamics and Tricoci University of Beauty Culture sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D Dance Dynamics | ▲3 | +17.1% |
| 2 | T Tricoci University of Beauty Culture | - | +15.8% |
| 3 |
S
School of Rock
|
▲1 | +15.3% |
| 4 | C Center Stage Dance Company | ▲6 | +13.1% |
| 5 | D Driving Academy | ▲6 | +12.1% |
| 6 | D Dance Connection | - | +11.8% |
| 7 | S Summit Salon Academy | ▲3 | +11.5% |
| 8 | E Empire Beauty School | - | +10.8% |
| 9 | A Academy of Dance Arts | ▲3 | +3.5% |
| 10 | S Studio J | ▲1 | +3.2% |
| 11 | E Elite Dance Center | ▲2 | +1.1% |
| 12 | S Southern Technical College | ▲3 | +0.8% |
| 13 |
M
Musicologie
|
- | -0.0% |
| 14 | T The Academy | - | -1.4% |
| 15 | E Elite Dance Academy | ▼1 | -1.8% |
- Tops Cooking School
- Fred Astaire Dance Studios
- Arthur Murray Dance Studio
- University of Vermont
- School of Rock
- Paul Mitchell The School
- Aqua-Tots Swim School
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
5,589 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Tops Cooking School (1)
- Fred Astaire Dance Studios (59)
- Arthur Murray Dance Studio (37)
- University of Vermont (2)
- School of Rock (47)
- Paul Mitchell The School (38)
- Aqua-Tots Swim School (48)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 E Empire Beauty School 70
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2
F
Fred Astaire Dance Studios 59
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3
A
Aqua-Tots Swim School 48
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4
S
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5
P
Paul Mitchell The School 38
- 6 A Arthur Murray Dance Studio 37
- 7 T The Salon Professional Academy 21
- 8 S Studio J 16
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9
9
911 Driving School 12
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10
B
Bach to Rock 9
- 11 U UEI College 9
- 12 O Ogle School 9
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13
L
Lincoln Tech 9
- 14 S Summit Salon Academy 8
- 15 M Milan Institute 8
- 16 T Tricoci University of Beauty Culture 8
- 17 T The Academy 8
- 18 T The Dance Company 8
- 19 K Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology 7
- 20 A Aveda Institute 7
- 21 D Douglas J Aveda Institute 7
- 22 T The Beauty Institute 6
- 23 D Dance Dimensions 6
- 24 A Arthur Murray Dance Center 6
- 25 S Salon Success Academy 6
- 26 U Universal Technical Institute 5
- 27 A Avalon Institute 5
- 28 D Dance Dynamics 5
- 29 D Driven2Drive 5
- 30 A Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute 5
- 31 S Southern Technical College 4
- 32 A Academy of Dance Arts 4
- 33 F Fred Astaire Dance Studio 4
- 34 D Defensive Driving School 4
- 35 D Dance Connection 4
- 36 E Elite Dance Center 4
- 37 T The Dance Studio 4
- 38 A Arthur Murray 4
- 39 E Elite Dance Academy 4
- 40 C Center Stage Dance Company 3
- 41 E Evans Hairstyling College 3
- 42 D Driving Academy 3
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43
M
- 44 L Lincoln Technical Institute 3
- 45 A American Driving Academy 3
- 46 A All About Dance 2
- 47 R Rockbrook Camera 2
- 48 L Leading Edge Aviation 2
- 49 C Cincinnati School of Music 2
- 50 A Academy of Dance and Gymnastics 2
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