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Chiropractors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #255 of 386 scored metro areas
#19 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
2,766
169 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
1,630
+6.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$6.5B
On medical and dental services · $1,440 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,844,441
−2.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area comes to about $6.5B a year: $1,440 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.

There are 2,766 chiropractors on map listings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Official counts show 1,630 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area in 2023, up 6.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,760 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 65 SBA-backed loans worth $24.6M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For chiropractors, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #255 of 386 scored metro areas and #19 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.

How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area 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.

Chiropractors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.15.65.4
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.6M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,7603,2403,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.3%+1.3%+0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,440$1,464$1,288
Median household income$95,958$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4156

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,630+6.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
5,465
Annual payroll, 2023
$202.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2,766169 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2,707The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
65
Amount
$24.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
12,844,441−2.6% since 2020
Households
4,499,409
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
48%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
4,854 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,673
Median household income
$95,958+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$135,506
Median home value
$871,300
Jobs located here
6,588,635
Daytime population
13,463,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Chiropractors across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for chiropractors, numbered among those based in California, with the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for chiropractors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Vallejo, CA80493.1$4.7M+0.6%#5 of 386
2Stockton-Lodi, CA80843.4$4M+5.5%#7 of 386
3Merced, CA78242.8$4.2M+5.1%#12 of 386
4Yuba City, CA77162.6$4.9M+3.3%#15 of 386
5Hanford-Corcoran, CA7692.0$5.9M+1.0%#18 of 386
6Bakersfield-Delano, CA76732.6$4.8M+2.3%#20 of 386
7Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA765443.8$3.6M+3.5%#21 of 386
8Visalia, CA74433.0$4.1M+2.4%#30 of 386
9El Centro, CA73102.0$5.5M+1.1%#32 of 386
10Fresno, CA701363.7$3.4M+3.2%#49 of 386
19Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA412,7666.1$2.3M−2.6%#255 of 386

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Questions

How many chiropractors are in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2,766 chiropractors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. 169 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 1,630 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 6.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $6.5B a year, or $1,440 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,766 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 4,499,409 households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 6.1 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area would have about 2,707, against 2,766 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,760 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area at 12,844,441 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,499,409 households. The median household income in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is $95,958 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area scores 41 for chiropractors (lower middle), #255 of 386 scored metro areas.

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