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Chiropractors in Shelby County, TN

How Shelby County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #424 of 1,490 scored counties
#12 of 33 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
104
18 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
54
+1.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$389.1M
On medical and dental services · $1,073 a household
Spending per listing
$3.7M
56% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
910,226
−2.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 104 chiropractors in Shelby County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Shelby County comes to about $389.1M a year: $1,073 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 104 chiropractors, that is $3.7M per practice, 56% 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 Shelby County was 54 in 2023, up 1.9% from 2019. That is one for every 6,717 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Shelby County.

Population estimates show Shelby County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in Shelby County is 61 (upper middle), #424 of 1,490 scored counties and #12 of 33 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Shelby County 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.

Chiropractors in Shelby County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureShelby CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.94.25.4
Spending per listing$3.7M$2.6M$2.4M
Households per official establishment6,7174,2283,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.9%+9.7%+0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,073$1,088$1,288
Median household income$63,767$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6161

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
53 → 54+1.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
268
Annual payroll, 2023
$11M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10418 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
163The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Shelby 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 Shelby County

Population, 2025 estimate
910,226−2.1% since 2020
Households
362,741
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
753 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,221
Median household income
$63,767+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,646
Median home value
$249,100
Jobs located here
497,377
Daytime population
1,001,197Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Chiropractors across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Shelby County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for chiropractors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Robertson County, TN7682.8$4M+9.9%#114 of 1,490
2Anderson County, TN7592.7$3.9M+6.1%#139 of 1,490
3Dickson County, TN7283.7$3M+7.7%#193 of 1,490
4Greene County, TN7172.5$3.9M+5.0%#203 of 1,490
5Montgomery County, TN71293.3$3.3M+13.0%#211 of 1,490
6Monroe County, TN6863.0$3.1M+7.2%#261 of 1,490
7Jefferson County, TN6783.7$2.8M+9.3%#287 of 1,490
8Maury County, TN66153.5$3.1M+16.0%#305 of 1,490
9Cumberland County, TN6593.2$3.1M+8.0%#331 of 1,490
10Marshall County, TN6364.4$2.5M+10.5%#386 of 1,490
12Shelby County, TN611042.9$3.7M−2.1%#424 of 1,490

Other business types in Shelby County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many chiropractors are in Shelby County, TN?

Shelby County has 104 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 1.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Shelby County, TN spend on medical and dental services?

About $389.1M a year, or $1,073 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 104 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 362,741 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Shelby County, TN compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?

Shelby County has 2.9 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $3.7M, 56% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Shelby County would have about 163, against 104 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,717 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Shelby County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Shelby County at 910,226 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 362,741 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $63,767, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 61 for chiropractors (upper middle), #424 of 1,490 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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