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Chiropractors in the Owensboro, KY metro area
How the Owensboro, KY 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #135 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $47.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,048 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,962
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,048 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Owensboro metro area spend about $47.5M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
There are 16 chiropractors on map listings in the Owensboro metro area as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 35% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Owensboro metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 5,660 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $131K has gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Owensboro metro area.
Population estimates show the Owensboro metro area grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For chiropractors, the Owensboro metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #135 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.
How the Owensboro metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Owensboro metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,660 | 3,812 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,048 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,002 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $131K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Owensboro 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 Owensboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,962+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 45,280
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $68,002
- Average household income
- $89,111
- Median home value
- $195,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,709
- Daytime population
- 113,540Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Owensboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 69 | 412 | 4.5 | $3.1M | +2.7% | #55 of 386 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 67 | 40 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +8.5% | #70 of 386 |
| 1Owensboro, KY | 57 | 16 | 3.5 | $3M | +1.3% | #135 of 386 |
| 2Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 52 | 245 | 4.4 | $2.7M | +2.9% | #173 of 386 |
| 3Bowling Green, KY | 50 | 30 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +9.5% | #188 of 386 |
| 4Lexington-Fayette, KY | 47 | 106 | 4.9 | $2.3M | +3.4% | #209 of 386 |
| 5Elizabethtown, KY | 45 | 23 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +2.4% | #222 of 386 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 40 | 70 | 4.6 | $2.3M | −2.6% | #264 of 386 |
| 6Paducah, KY-IL | 21 | 24 | 5.8 | $1.9M | −1.2% | #377 of 386 |
Other business types in the Owensboro metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Owensboro, KY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 chiropractors in the Owensboro metro area. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Owensboro, KY metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $47.5M a year, or $1,048 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $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 45,280 households in the Owensboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Owensboro, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Owensboro metro area has 3.5 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $3M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Owensboro metro area would have about 20, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,660 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Owensboro, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Owensboro metro area at 113,962 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,280 households. The median household income in the Owensboro metro area is $68,002 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Owensboro metro area scores 57 for chiropractors (upper middle), #135 of 386 scored metro areas.
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