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Chiropractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #187 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
1,264
77 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
717
−3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.2B
On medical and dental services · $1,295 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,329,118
+1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,264 chiropractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area. 77 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area comes to about $3.2B a year: $1,295 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per practice, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which chiropractors share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area was 717 in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,442 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $7.2M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area is 50 (upper middle), #187 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.

How the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasurePhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.15.75.4
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,4423,1403,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.0%−4.4%+0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,295$1,201$1,288
Median household income$91,289$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score5033

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
717−3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,754
Annual payroll, 2023
$115.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,26477 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,336The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
26
Amount
$7.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,329,118+1.4% since 2020
Households
2,467,761
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
4,603 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,363
Median household income
$91,289+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$126,166
Median home value
$351,900
Jobs located here
2,980,509
Daytime population
6,255,075Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Chiropractors across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for chiropractors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gettysburg, PA74122.9$4.1M+3.6%#29 of 386
2York-Hanover, PA68683.7$3.2M+3.6%#65 of 386
3Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA64994.0$3M+4.2%#86 of 386
4Lebanon, PA63223.9$3M+2.2%#92 of 386
5Reading, PA51744.5$2.6M+2.7%#180 of 386
6Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD501,2645.1$2.5M+1.4%#187 of 386
7Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ501795.3$2.3M+3.0%#190 of 386
8Chambersburg, PA44314.9$2.4M+3.0%#228 of 386
9Lancaster, PA431155.4$2.3M+1.9%#237 of 386
10Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA271566.7$1.6M+1.4%#358 of 386

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Questions

How many chiropractors are in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area?

There are 1,264 chiropractors on map listings in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area as of September 2026. 77 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 717 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.2B a year, or $1,295 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,264 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,467,761 households in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area has 5.1 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.5M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area would have about 1,336, against 1,264 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,442 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area at 6,329,118 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,467,761 households. Median household income in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area is $91,289, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area scores 50 for chiropractors (upper middle), #187 of 386 scored metro areas.

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