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Chiropractors in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #307 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 270
- 40 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 126
- +13.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $401M
- On medical and dental services · $1,194 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 889,263
- +10.7% since 2020
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What this means
For chiropractors, the Charleston-North Charleston metro area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #307 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,194 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area spend about $401M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 270 chiropractors, that is $1.5M per practice, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
There are 270 chiropractors on map listings in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 126 businesses with payroll in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area classed as offices of chiropractors, up 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,666 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Charleston-North Charleston metro area grew 10.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Charleston-North Charleston metro area compares
The same measures for South 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 | Charleston-North Charleston metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,666 | 3,357 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.5% | +9.2% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,194 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $85,254 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 126+13.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 414
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 27040 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 168The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Charleston-North Charleston 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 Charleston-North Charleston metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 889,263+10.7% since 2020
- Households
- 335,865
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,590 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 322
- Median household income
- $85,254+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,282
- Median home value
- $377,500
- Jobs located here
- 390,960
- Daytime population
- 849,978Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for chiropractors, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Charleston-North Charleston metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 67 | 78 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +4.7% | #71 of 386 |
| 1Sumter, SC | 64 | 5 | 1.2 | $8.1M | −0.3% | #84 of 386 |
| 2Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 62 | 49 | 5.1 | $2.3M | +12.0% | #100 of 386 |
| 3Columbia, SC | 55 | 144 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +6.0% | #159 of 386 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 49 | 586 | 5.4 | $2.2M | +10.1% | #199 of 386 |
| 4Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 40 | 97 | 6.1 | $1.7M | +20.9% | #276 of 386 |
| 5Florence, SC | 38 | 34 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +0.9% | #286 of 386 |
| 6Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 36 | 270 | 8.0 | $1.5M | +10.7% | #307 of 386 |
| 7Spartanburg, SC | 35 | 103 | 7.2 | $1.4M | +14.3% | #322 of 386 |
| 8Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 34 | 268 | 7.0 | $1.6M | +9.0% | #329 of 386 |
Other business types in the Charleston-North Charleston 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 270 chiropractors in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area. 40 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $401M a year, or $1,194 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 270 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 335,865 households in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Charleston-North Charleston metro area has 8.0 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.5M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Charleston-North Charleston metro area would have about 168, against 270 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,666 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Charleston-North Charleston metro area at 889,263 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 335,865 households. The median household income in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area is $85,254 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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 Charleston-North Charleston metro area scores 36 for chiropractors (lower middle), #307 of 386 scored metro areas.
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