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Chiropractors in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area
How the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #248 of 386 scored metro areas
#17 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 94
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- +5.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $217.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,455 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 442,065
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area comes to about $217.7M a year: $1,455 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per practice, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
There are 94 chiropractors on map listings in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 3%, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 55 businesses with payroll in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area classed as offices of chiropractors, up 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,720 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $302K has gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area is 42 (lower middle), #248 of 386 scored metro areas and #17 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara 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.
| Measure | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,720 | 3,240 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.8% | +1.3% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,455 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $98,161 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55+5.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 138
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 943 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $302K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara 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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 442,065−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 149,608
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,734 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 162
- Median household income
- $98,161+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $140,895
- Median home value
- $790,700
- Jobs located here
- 193,212
- Daytime population
- 452,081Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for chiropractors, numbered among those based in California, with the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vallejo, CA | 80 | 49 | 3.1 | $4.7M | +0.6% | #5 of 386 |
| 2Stockton-Lodi, CA | 80 | 84 | 3.4 | $4M | +5.5% | #7 of 386 |
| 3Merced, CA | 78 | 24 | 2.8 | $4.2M | +5.1% | #12 of 386 |
| 4Yuba City, CA | 77 | 16 | 2.6 | $4.9M | +3.3% | #15 of 386 |
| 5Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 76 | 9 | 2.0 | $5.9M | +1.0% | #18 of 386 |
| 6Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 76 | 73 | 2.6 | $4.8M | +2.3% | #20 of 386 |
| 7Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 76 | 544 | 3.8 | $3.6M | +3.5% | #21 of 386 |
| 8Visalia, CA | 74 | 43 | 3.0 | $4.1M | +2.4% | #30 of 386 |
| 9El Centro, CA | 73 | 10 | 2.0 | $5.5M | +1.1% | #32 of 386 |
| 10Fresno, CA | 70 | 136 | 3.7 | $3.4M | +3.2% | #49 of 386 |
| 17Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 42 | 94 | 6.3 | $2.3M | −1.4% | #248 of 386 |
Other business types in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 94 chiropractors in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $217.7M a year, or $1,455 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 94 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 149,608 households in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area has 6.3 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.3M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area would have about 91, against 94 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,720 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area at 442,065 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 149,608 households. The median household income in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area is $98,161 a year, 22% 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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro area scores 42 for chiropractors (lower middle), #248 of 386 scored metro areas.
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