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Chiropractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #58 of 386 scored metro areas
#10 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
1,139
150 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
542
+12.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.2B
On medical and dental services · $1,201 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,904,627
+10.3% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area comes to about $3.2B a year: $1,201 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has 1,139 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 542 businesses with payroll in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area classed as offices of chiropractors, up 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,911 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 48 SBA-backed loans worth $15.5M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For chiropractors, the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #58 of 386 scored metro areas and #10 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.34.75.4
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,9114,2353,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.0%+7.6%+0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,201$1,164$1,288
Median household income$82,168$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6962

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
542+12.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,222
Annual payroll, 2023
$88.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,139150 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
48
Amount
$15.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
7,904,627+10.3% since 2020
Households
2,661,739
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
8,839 sq. mi.
People per square mile
842
Median household income
$82,168
Average household income
$117,837
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
3,347,878
Daytime population
7,510,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Chiropractors across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for chiropractors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Midland, TX86202.9$4.4M+9.8%#1 of 386
2Laredo, TX76151.8$5.5M+5.2%#19 of 386
3Killeen-Temple, TX75442.5$4.3M+7.2%#22 of 386
4Odessa, TX75182.8$3.9M+5.0%#24 of 386
5San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX753243.3$3.4M+9.5%#25 of 386
6McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX71672.5$3.9M+5.6%#42 of 386
7Brownsville-Harlingen, TX70282.0$4.7M+3.0%#45 of 386
8Abilene, TX70172.6$4.1M+4.8%#47 of 386
9College Station-Bryan, TX69333.1$3.4M+6.9%#54 of 386
10Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX691,1394.3$2.8M+10.3%#58 of 386

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Questions

How many chiropractors are in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,139 chiropractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area. 150 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 542 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.2B a year, or $1,201 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,139 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 2,661,739 households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has 4.3 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.8M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area would have about 1,336, against 1,139 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,911 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area at 7,904,627 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,661,739 households. The median household income in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area is $82,168 a year, 2% 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area scores 69 for chiropractors (upper middle), #58 of 386 scored metro areas.

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