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Chiropractors in the Dothan, AL metro area
How the Dothan, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #214 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 25
- 4 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60.6M
- On medical and dental services · $994 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 156,266
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Dothan metro area comes to about $60.6M a year: $994 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 chiropractors, that is $2.4M per practice, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
There are 25 chiropractors on map listings in the Dothan metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Dothan metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,358 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Dothan metro area grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For chiropractors, the Dothan metro area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #214 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Dothan metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the chiropractors 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 | Dothan metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,358 | 4,468 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $994 | $1,050 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $57,791 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 254 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 offices of chiropractors in the Dothan metro 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 Dothan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 156,266+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 61,011
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $57,791+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,162
- Median home value
- $170,700
- Jobs located here
- 61,492
- Daytime population
- 152,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dothan metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Auburn-Opelika, AL | 72 | 21 | 2.7 | $3.8M | +7.1% | #38 of 386 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 62 | 29 | 2.3 | $4.4M | −1.3% | #94 of 386 |
| 2Montgomery, AL | 61 | 44 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +0.9% | #103 of 386 |
| 3Tuscaloosa, AL | 57 | 35 | 3.3 | $3.1M | +2.9% | #133 of 386 |
| 4Birmingham, AL | 57 | 174 | 3.7 | $3M | +1.4% | #136 of 386 |
| 5Mobile, AL | 56 | 41 | 2.5 | $4M | −0.7% | #143 of 386 |
| 6Huntsville, AL | 51 | 108 | 5.2 | $2.3M | +12.5% | #182 of 386 |
| 7Dothan, AL | 46 | 25 | 4.1 | $2.4M | +3.4% | #214 of 386 |
| 8Decatur, AL | 45 | 27 | 4.3 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #221 of 386 |
| 9Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 45 | 57 | 5.8 | $2M | +14.8% | #223 of 386 |
Other business types in the Dothan metro 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
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Dothan, AL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 chiropractors in the Dothan metro area. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Dothan, AL metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $60.6M a year, or $994 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which chiropractors share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,011 households in the Dothan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dothan, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Dothan metro area has 4.1 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,358 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Dothan, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dothan metro area at 156,266 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,011 households. The median household income in the Dothan metro area is $57,791 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. 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 Dothan metro area scores 46 for chiropractors (lower middle), #214 of 386 scored metro areas.
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