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Krav Maga Gyms by the Numbers, 2026
We mapped every Krav Maga school in America — 968 schools with 48,106 customer reviews between them. Here's what the data says: how much membership actually costs, which states have the most schools per resident, where the Krav Maga capitals are, which certifying networks run the most locations, and what else these schools train under one roof. (Journalists & bloggers: cite freely with a link.)
How much does Krav Maga cost a month? The one-line answer
The most-asked question about the training, answered from the 35 schools in the directory that publicly post a price: membership is about $89 a month, with most schools landing between $49 and $198. The full picture — price bands, what's driving the spread, and the state-by-state index — is on the Krav Maga Class Cost Index.
Which states have the most Krav Maga schools per capita?
Nationally there are about 2.8 Krav Maga schools per million residents. The per-capita crown goes to Rhode Island at 7.2 schools per million — 8 schools for a state of 1.1 million people — with Connecticut at 6 and Delaware at 5.7 close behind. Krav Maga clusters where self-defense culture runs deep, not simply where the most people live — which is why the gap between the top and bottom of this table is worth a look before you go hunting for your first class. At the other end, West Virginia has just 0.6 per million.
| # | State | Schools | Per million people |
| 1 | Rhode Island | 8 | 7.2 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 22 | 6 |
| 3 | Delaware | 6 | 5.7 |
| 4 | Wyoming | 3 | 5.1 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 52 | 4.7 |
| 6 | Georgia | 49 | 4.4 |
| 7 | Colorado | 26 | 4.4 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 41 | 4.3 |
| 9 | District of Columbia | 3 | 4.3 |
| 10 | Alaska | 3 | 4.1 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 28 | 3.9 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 26 | 3.6 |
| 13 | Nebraska | 7 | 3.5 |
| 14 | Montana | 4 | 3.5 |
| 15 | Kansas | 10 | 3.4 |
What else do Krav Maga schools teach?
Krav Maga schools are rarely single-style — 67.8% also train at least one other martial art under the same roof, an average of 2.5 other disciplines each. The most common companions: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (45.2%), Kickboxing (42.5%), MMA (24.3%), Boxing (23.7%). That's the real shape of the American Krav Maga school — often a full striking, grappling & self-defense house, not a single-discipline studio.
| Discipline also taught | Schools | Share |
| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | 438 | 45.2% |
| Kickboxing | 411 | 42.5% |
| MMA | 235 | 24.3% |
| Boxing | 229 | 23.7% |
| Muay Thai | 183 | 18.9% |
| Firearms Defense | 115 | 11.9% |
America's Krav Maga capitals
The cities with the most Krav Maga schools in the directory, by raw count. Top of the list: New York, NY (11) · Houston, TX (8) · San Diego, CA (7). The full ranking — raw count and per resident — is on America's Krav Maga Capitals.
| # | City | Krav Maga schools |
| 1 | New York, NY | 11 |
| 2 | Houston, TX | 8 |
| 3 | San Diego, CA | 7 |
| 4 | Austin, TX | 6 |
| 5 | Charlotte, NC | 6 |
| 6 | Virginia Beach, VA | 6 |
| 7 | Knoxville, TN | 6 |
| 8 | Brooklyn, NY | 6 |
| 9 | Pooler, GA | 5 |
| 10 | Chicago, IL | 5 |
America's densest Krav Maga cities
Krav Maga schools per 100k residents, cities over 50k population. Raw counts favor the biggest metros, so this table is the other lens — the mid-size cities where schools cluster hardest per resident.
| # | City | Schools | Per 100k |
| 1 | Marietta, GA | 3 | 4.8 |
| 2 | Stillwater, OK | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Palm Desert, CA | 2 | 3.8 |
| 4 | Johns Creek, GA | 3 | 3.7 |
| 5 | Manhattan, KS | 2 | 3.7 |
| 6 | Bartlett, TN | 2 | 3.5 |
| 7 | New Rochelle, NY | 3 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Bradenton, FL | 2 | 3.4 |
| 9 | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 2 | 3.4 |
| 10 | Hamden, CT | 2 | 3.3 |
| 11 | Medford, MA | 2 | 3.3 |
| 12 | Kokomo, IN | 2 | 3.3 |
| 13 | Coconut Creek, FL | 2 | 3.3 |
| 14 | Mission Viejo, CA | 3 | 3.3 |
| 15 | Owensboro, KY | 2 | 3.3 |
Inside the schools
Of the 968 schools in the directory, 962 are genuine Krav Maga schools — Krav Maga is on their schedule — with the rest being martial-arts and self-defense schools whose Krav Maga classes earn them a place here. From our review and website mining so far (these counts are floors — they require evidence, and enrichment is ongoing):
| Schools that… | Count | Share |
| Run women's self-defense classes | 175 | 18% |
| Are beginner-friendly (no experience needed) | 485 | 50% |
| Run kids & youth Krav Maga | 753 | 78% |
| Advertise a free intro or trial class | 427 | 44% |
| Run graded Level 1–5 classes | 137 | 14% |
| Train law enforcement & military | 332 | 34% |
| Offer private / one-on-one lessons | 317 | 33% |
| Run a teens program | 451 | 47% |
| Offer fitness & conditioning classes | 255 | 26% |
Small-town schools worth the drive
Krav Maga schools in towns under 30,000 people that still pull hundreds or thousands of reviews — destination schools that outdraw their whole zip code.
- Stoneridge Tactical Academy — Central Point, OR ★ 4.9
- Dragun Defense — Harrisburg, NC ★ 5
- Sanchez Tactical — Española, NM ★ 5
- Valley Self-Defense — Stillwater, MN ★ 5
- Allen Park Martial Arts Center — Allen Park, MI ★ 4.9
- Fortitude Krav Maga — Neenah, WI ★ 5
- Xtreme Edge Martial Arts — Lyndhurst, NJ ★ 5
- Martial Arts Academy — Lake Mary, FL ★ 4.9
- Krav'n Comics — Pottstown, PA ★ 4.7
- DP Martial Arts Krav Maga & BJJ Academy — Westwood, NJ ★ 4.9
- Steve Sohn's Krav Maga Training Center — Scarsdale, NY ★ 4.9
- ALL AMERICAN MARTIAL ARTS & KRAV MAGA ACADEMY — St. Augustine, FL ★ 4.9
- Master Kim's MegaKick Tae Kwon Do & Alpha Krav Maga — Powell, OH ★ 5
- Triumph Martial Arts: Jiu-Jitsu • Taekwondo • Krav Maga — Pella, IA ★ 5
- Premier Martial Arts Dickinson — Dickinson, TX ★ 4.8
More data: the full stats suite
Each deep-dive below is its own dataset page with a downloadable CSV — cite freely with a link.
- The Krav Maga Class Cost Index — how much membership costs, nationally and by state: median monthly price, price bands, and the coverage behind the numbers.
- America's Krav Maga Capitals — the cities with the most Krav Maga schools, raw count and per resident.
- The Best Cities for Krav Maga — school density × school quality, scored for every US city over 50k.
- Krav Maga's largest networks — the certifying-network league table (Krav Maga Worldwide, IKMF, KMG, Krav Maga Alliance…) plus what 67.8% of schools teach besides Krav Maga.
- America's most underserved Krav Maga cities — the biggest US cities with zero or one Krav Maga school.