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. Center Stage Dance Studio and Universal Technical Institute sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Center Stage Dance Studio | ▲3 | +18.1% |
| 2 | Universal Technical Institute | ▲2 | +17.4% |
| 3 | Summit Salon Academy | ▲3 | +16.0% |
| 4 | Tricoci University of Beauty Culture | - | +15.7% |
| 5 | Empire Beauty School | - | +14.2% |
| 6 | Driving Academy | ▲6 | +13.3% |
| 7 | Dance Dynamics | ▲3 | +6.7% |
| 8 | Academy of Dance Arts | ▲1 | +6.2% |
| 9 | Twirl | ▲1 | +3.2% |
| 10 | School of Rock | ▲1 | +1.0% |
| 11 | Southern Technical College | ▲4 | +0.4% |
| 12 | Elite Dance Center | ▲2 | +0.4% |
| 13 | The Beauty Institute | ▼2 | -1.9% |
| 14 | The Academy | - | -2.7% |
| 15 | Musicologie | - | -5.6% |
- Fred Astaire Dance Studios
- Arthur Murray Dance Studio
- School of Rock
- Paul Mitchell The School
- Empire Beauty School
- Teachers of Tomorrow
- Aqua-Tots Swim School
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
5,278 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 245 of the 5,278 stores (5%); 4,342 of the 4,573 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Fred Astaire Dance Studios (52)
- Arthur Murray Dance Studio (34)
- School of Rock (42)
- Paul Mitchell The School (38)
- Empire Beauty School (70)
- Teachers of Tomorrow (2)
- Aqua-Tots Swim School (43)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Empire Beauty School 70
- 2 Fred Astaire Dance Studios 52
- 3 Aqua-Tots Swim School 43
- 4 School of Rock 42
- 5 Paul Mitchell The School 38
- 6 Arthur Murray Dance Studio 34
- 7 The Salon Professional Academy 21
- 8 Ogle School 9
- 9 UEI College 9
- 10 Summit Salon Academy 8
- 11 Tricoci University of Beauty Culture 8
- 12 Bach to Rock 8
- 13 Milan Institute 8
- 14 Arthur Murray Dance Center 7
- 15 Douglas J Aveda Institute 7
- 16 Aveda Institute 7
- 17 Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology 7
- 18 Lincoln Tech 7
- 19 The Academy 7
- 20 Center Stage Dance Studio 6
- 21 Salon Success Academy 6
- 22 Southern Technical College 5
- 23 Avalon Institute 5
- 24 Dance Dimensions 5
- 25 The Beauty Institute 5
- 26 Universal Technical Institute 5
- 27 Dance Dynamics 5
- 28 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute 5
- 29 Arthur Murray 4
- 30 Elite Dance Center 4
- 31 The Dance Factory 4
- 32 Driven2Drive 4
- 33 Austin Driving School 4
- 34 Dance Works 4
- 35 Royalty 3
- 36 Twirl 3
- 37 Academy of Dance Arts 3
- 38 American Driving Academy 3
- 39 Lincoln Technical Institute 3
- 40 Evans Hairstyling College 3
- 41 Musicologie 3
- 42 Driving Academy 3
- 43 All About Dance 2
- 44 Teachers of Tomorrow 2
- 45 Academy of Dance and Gymnastics 2
- 46 Taylor Andrews Academy 2
- 47 Quality Music Center 2
- 48 John's Driving School 2
- 49 Forte Music School 2
- 50 Defensive Driving School 2
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