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Chiropractors in Wake County, NC
How Wake County, NC 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 #582 of 1,490 scored counties
#36 of 54 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 305
- 41 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 169
- +13.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $615.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,337 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,257,235
- +11.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 305 chiropractors in Wake County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Wake County comes to about $615.2M a year: $1,337 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 305 chiropractors, that is $2M per practice, 16% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 169 businesses with payroll in Wake County classed as offices of chiropractors, up 13.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,723 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $3.9M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Wake County.
Population estimates put the population change in Wake County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For chiropractors, Wake County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #582 of 1,490 scored counties and #36 of 54 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Wake County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Wake County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,723 | 4,090 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.4% | +5.4% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.2% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,337 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $105,768 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 149 → 169+13.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 664
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30541 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 257The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $3.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Wake 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 Wake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,257,235+11.2% since 2020
- Households
- 460,175
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 835 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,412
- Median household income
- $105,768+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $139,587
- Median home value
- $461,300
- Jobs located here
- 687,531
- Daytime population
- 1,293,967Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wake County?
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for chiropractors, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Wake County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 88 | 8 | 2.4 | $5.3M | +11.0% | #9 of 1,490 |
| 2Harnett County, NC | 83 | 7 | 1.4 | $7.6M | +12.3% | #28 of 1,490 |
| 3Orange County, NC | 81 | 21 | 3.7 | $3.5M | +6.1% | #54 of 1,490 |
| 4Johnston County, NC | 80 | 27 | 3.2 | $3.6M | +17.9% | #57 of 1,490 |
| 5Onslow County, NC | 78 | 15 | 2.0 | $5.2M | +6.0% | #76 of 1,490 |
| 6Davidson County, NC | 77 | 15 | 2.1 | $4.8M | +6.6% | #90 of 1,490 |
| 7Durham County, NC | 77 | 47 | 3.3 | $3.6M | +7.7% | #101 of 1,490 |
| 8Pender County, NC | 77 | 8 | 3.2 | $3.6M | +19.0% | #102 of 1,490 |
| 9Lincoln County, NC | 77 | 13 | 3.5 | $3.3M | +13.2% | #104 of 1,490 |
| 10Randolph County, NC | 75 | 10 | 1.7 | $5.8M | +3.5% | #126 of 1,490 |
| 36Wake County, NC | 56 | 305 | 6.6 | $2M | +11.2% | #582 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Wake County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many chiropractors are in Wake County, NC?
Wake County has 305 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. 41 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 169 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 13.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Wake County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $615.2M a year, or $1,337 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 305 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 460,175 households in Wake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wake County, NC compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Wake County has 6.6 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Wake County would have about 257, against 305 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,723 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Wake County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Wake County at 1,257,235 people in 2025, up 11.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 460,175 households. Median household income in Wake County is $105,768, 31% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.2%, 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. Wake County scores 56 for chiropractors (upper middle), #582 of 1,490 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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