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Chiropractors in Alameda County, CA
How Alameda County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #567 of 1,490 scored counties
#25 of 45 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 379
- 29 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 182
- +2.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $990.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,656 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,636,630
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Alameda County comes to about $990.6M a year: $1,656 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per practice, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
Alameda County has 379 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in Alameda County was 182 in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,287 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Alameda County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alameda County declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in Alameda County is 56 (upper middle), #567 of 1,490 scored counties and #25 of 45 scored counties in California.
How Alameda County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Alameda County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,287 | 3,240 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.8% | +1.3% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,656 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $129,367 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 177 → 182+2.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 480
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 37929 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 414The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Alameda County, 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 Alameda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,636,630−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 598,246
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 738 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,237
- Median household income
- $129,367+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $177,147
- Median home value
- $1,090,100
- Jobs located here
- 831,131
- Daytime population
- 1,673,490Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Benito County, CA | 95 | 5 | 2.4 | $6.4M | +8.6% | #3 of 1,490 |
| 2Madera County, CA | 87 | 10 | 2.2 | $5.7M | +7.4% | #10 of 1,490 |
| 3Yolo County, CA | 85 | 25 | 3.3 | $4.3M | +3.1% | #17 of 1,490 |
| 4San Joaquin County, CA | 82 | 84 | 3.4 | $4M | +5.5% | #46 of 1,490 |
| 5Solano County, CA | 81 | 49 | 3.1 | $4.7M | +0.6% | #50 of 1,490 |
| 6Riverside County, CA | 81 | 293 | 3.8 | $3.7M | +5.0% | #53 of 1,490 |
| 7Merced County, CA | 78 | 24 | 2.8 | $4.2M | +5.1% | #81 of 1,490 |
| 8Kern County, CA | 77 | 73 | 2.6 | $4.8M | +2.3% | #92 of 1,490 |
| 9Kings County, CA | 76 | 9 | 2.0 | $5.9M | +1.0% | #109 of 1,490 |
| 10Tulare County, CA | 75 | 43 | 3.0 | $4.1M | +2.4% | #138 of 1,490 |
| 25Alameda County, CA | 56 | 379 | 6.3 | $2.6M | −2.6% | #567 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Alameda County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Alameda County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 379 chiropractors in Alameda County. 29 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 182 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Alameda County, CA spend on medical and dental services?
About $990.6M a year, or $1,656 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 379 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 598,246 households in Alameda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alameda County, CA compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Alameda County has 6.3 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.6M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Alameda County would have about 414, against 379 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,287 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Alameda County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Alameda County at 1,636,630 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 598,246 households. The median household income in Alameda County is $129,367 a year, 60% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. Alameda County scores 56 for chiropractors (upper middle), #567 of 1,490 scored counties.
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