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Chiropractors in Clay County, MO
How Clay County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #821 of 1,490 scored counties
#26 of 48 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 89
- 10 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- +6.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $154.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,510 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 61% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 265,032
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 chiropractors in Clay County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 11%, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.7, 61% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Clay County comes to about $154.3M a year: $1,510 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which chiropractors share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in Clay County in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,085 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $151K have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Clay County.
Population estimates show Clay County grew 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in Clay County is 48 (lower middle), #821 of 1,490 scored counties and #26 of 48 scored counties in Missouri.
How Clay County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Clay County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,085 | 2,726 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.5% | +4.2% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,510 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $88,468 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46 → 49+6.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 127
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8910 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $151K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 265,032+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 102,171
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 649
- Median household income
- $88,468+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,962
- Median home value
- $275,600
- Jobs located here
- 117,697
- Daytime population
- 242,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Clay County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, MO | 80 | 7 | 5.1 | $2.8M | +9.2% | #61 of 1,490 |
| 2Newton County, MO | 74 | 11 | 5.0 | $2.7M | +6.1% | #162 of 1,490 |
| 3Lincoln County, MO | 73 | 12 | 5.3 | $2.8M | +11.4% | #176 of 1,490 |
| 4Webster County, MO | 72 | 5 | 3.6 | $3.7M | +10.4% | #181 of 1,490 |
| 5Callaway County, MO | 72 | 7 | 4.2 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #190 of 1,490 |
| 6Christian County, MO | 67 | 20 | 5.7 | $2.5M | +8.3% | #291 of 1,490 |
| 7St. Louis city, MO | 66 | 43 | 3.0 | $4.3M | −7.4% | #295 of 1,490 |
| 8Jefferson County, MO | 66 | 43 | 4.9 | $3M | +2.7% | #308 of 1,490 |
| 9Pettis County, MO | 65 | 7 | 4.1 | $3.1M | +2.9% | #332 of 1,490 |
| 10Polk County, MO | 65 | 6 | 5.0 | $2.5M | +6.3% | #337 of 1,490 |
| 26Clay County, MO | 48 | 89 | 8.7 | $1.7M | +4.3% | #821 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Clay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Clay County, MO?
There are 89 chiropractors on map listings in Clay County as of September 2026. 10 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Clay County, MO spend on medical and dental services?
About $154.3M a year, or $1,510 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 102,171 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, MO compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Clay County has 8.7 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.7M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Clay County would have about 65, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,085 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Clay County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 265,032 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 102,171 households. Median household income in Clay County is $88,468, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. Clay County scores 48 for chiropractors (lower middle), #821 of 1,490 scored counties.
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