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Chiropractors in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area
How the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #193 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 456
- 64 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 261
- +20.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $995.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,200 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,197,416
- +8.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area spend about $995.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,200 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area has 456 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 64 are chain locations, or 14%, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 261 businesses with payroll in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area classed as offices of chiropractors, up 20.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,177 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area is 50 (upper middle), #193 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,177 | 4,228 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.9% | +9.7% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,200 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $85,447 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 261+20.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,069
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 45664 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 416The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin 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 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,197,416+8.7% since 2020
- Households
- 829,134
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 330
- Median household income
- $85,447
- Average household income
- $117,563
- Median home value
- $409,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,132,736
- Daytime population
- 2,203,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clarksville, TN-KY | 67 | 40 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +8.5% | #70 of 386 |
| 2Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 62 | 157 | 3.0 | $3.6M | −0.3% | #97 of 386 |
| 3Knoxville, TN | 60 | 152 | 4.0 | $2.7M | +6.9% | #115 of 386 |
| 4Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 50 | 50 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +2.3% | #185 of 386 |
| 5Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 50 | 456 | 5.5 | $2.2M | +8.7% | #193 of 386 |
| 6Johnson City, TN | 46 | 38 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +4.3% | #215 of 386 |
| 7Morristown, TN | 44 | 22 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +7.9% | #230 of 386 |
| 8Jackson, TN | 43 | 30 | 4.1 | $2.4M | +2.2% | #235 of 386 |
| 9Cleveland, TN | 42 | 27 | 5.4 | $1.9M | +6.1% | #252 of 386 |
| 10Chattanooga, TN-GA | 36 | 140 | 6.1 | $1.8M | +5.3% | #304 of 386 |
Other business types in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin 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 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 456 chiropractors in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area. 64 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 261 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 20.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $995.3M a year, or $1,200 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 456 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 829,134 households in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area has 5.5 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.2M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area would have about 416, against 456 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,177 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area at 2,197,416 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 829,134 households. The median household income in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area is $85,447 a year, 6% above 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 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area scores 50 for chiropractors (upper middle), #193 of 386 scored metro areas.
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