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. The Academy and Aqua-Tots Swim School sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Academy | ▲1 | +19.4% |
| 2 | Aqua-Tots Swim School | - | +18.9% |
| 3 | School of Rock | - | +8.8% |
| 4 | Ohio State School of Cosmetology | - | +7.6% |
| 5 | Paul Mitchell The School | - | +6.7% |
| 6 | Musicologie | - | -3.3% |
| 7 | Raphael's School of Beauty Culture | ▼1 | -6.6% |
- Cincinnati Ballet
- Towers Armory LLC
- Paul Mitchell The School
- West Chester Academy
- School of Rock
- Bick's Driving School
- Aqua-Tots Swim School
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
372 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 23 of the 372 stores (6%); 331 of the 344 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked other stores here are specialty schools, against 2% across the United States.
- Cincinnati Ballet (1)
- Towers Armory LLC (1)
- Paul Mitchell The School (4)
- West Chester Academy (1)
- School of Rock (5)
- Bick's Driving School (1)
- Aqua-Tots Swim School (6)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Aqua-Tots Swim School 6
- 2 Raphael's School of Beauty Culture 5
- 3 School of Rock 5
- 4 Paul Mitchell The School 4
- 5 The Academy 3
- 6 Ohio State School of Cosmetology 3
- 7 Musicologie 3
- 8 Salon Institute 2
- 9 Fred Astaire Dance Studios 2
- 10 Cincinnati School of Music 2
- 11 Forte Music School 2
- 12 Creative Motion Studios 2
- 13 Emerge Dance Academy 2
- 14 Dance Connection Hilliard 1
- 15 The Learning Kitchen 1
- 16 Wilhelm Dance 1
- 17 Casal Aveda Institute 1
- 18 Danielle's Dance Academy 1
- 19 South Dayton School of Dance 1
- 20 Leap of Faith Dance Studio 1
- 21 In Step Dance Center 1
- 22 Interpretations Dance Academy 1
- 23 Master & Sylvania Driving School 1
- 24 Heartstring Melodies Music Therapy Services 1
- 25 Emjaez Dance Studio 1
- 26 Above the Barre Dance Center 1
- 27 Marjorie Jones School of Dance 1
- 28 Tactical Firearms 1
- 29 Vertical Advantage Helicopters 1
- 30 Barber Academy 1
- 31 Dance Lakewood 1
- 32 Dance Extension 1
- 33 JDD Dance 1
- 34 The Edge Dance Complex 1
- 35 Aurora School of Music 1
- 36 Musicologie Dublin 1
- 37 DANCEFIX by HBDC 1
- 38 Dancexcel 1
- 39 North Coast All-Stars 1
- 40 Oxford Music Academy 1
- 41 Westlake Music Academy 1
- 42 The Dance Coalition 1
- 43 Spotlight Dance Center 1
- 44 Shine Bright Dance Studio 1
- 45 Columbus School of Medical Massage 1
- 46 Wyoming Fine Arts Center 1
- 47 Electrical Training Academy JATC 1
- 48 Dayton Aviation Services 1
- 49 Sharp School of Music 1
- 50 Dayton Ohio Electrical JATC 1
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