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Chiropractors in Kanawha County, WV
How Kanawha County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #946 of 1,490 scored counties
#5 of 13 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 30
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- −14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $77M
- On medical and dental services · $1,007 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 172,381
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,007 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Kanawha County spend about $77M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 30 chiropractors, that is $2.6M per practice, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
There are 30 chiropractors on map listings in Kanawha County as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Kanawha County classed as offices of chiropractors, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,248 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Kanawha County.
Population estimates put the population change in Kanawha County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Kanawha County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #946 of 1,490 scored counties and #5 of 13 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Kanawha County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Kanawha County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,248 | 6,175 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.3% | −7.8% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,007 | $1,005 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,943 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 18−14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 302 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Kanawha 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 Kanawha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 172,381−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 76,459
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 196
- Median household income
- $60,943+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,041
- Median home value
- $147,300
- Jobs located here
- 104,812
- Daytime population
- 206,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for chiropractors, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Kanawha County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 84 | 7 | 3.1 | $4.1M | +9.2% | #24 of 1,490 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 83 | 12 | 2.4 | $4.8M | +13.7% | #32 of 1,490 |
| 3Monongalia County, WV | 67 | 12 | 2.7 | $4.1M | +2.0% | #276 of 1,490 |
| 4Raleigh County, WV | 56 | 7 | 2.4 | $3.9M | −3.5% | #557 of 1,490 |
| 5Kanawha County, WV | 42 | 30 | 3.9 | $2.6M | −4.3% | #946 of 1,490 |
| 6Marion County, WV | 42 | 10 | 4.3 | $2.4M | −1.2% | #948 of 1,490 |
| 7Harrison County, WV | 41 | 9 | 3.4 | $3M | −2.5% | #972 of 1,490 |
| 8Putnam County, WV | 37 | 12 | 5.2 | $2.2M | −1.0% | #1,087 of 1,490 |
| 9Fayette County, WV | 35 | 5 | 3.1 | $3M | −5.6% | #1,138 of 1,490 |
| 10Randolph County, WV | 30 | 5 | 4.7 | $2.1M | −3.6% | #1,267 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Kanawha County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Kanawha County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 chiropractors in Kanawha County. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Kanawha County, WV spend on medical and dental services?
About $77M a year, or $1,007 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 76,459 households in Kanawha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kanawha County, WV compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Kanawha County has 3.9 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.6M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Kanawha County would have about 32, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,248 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Kanawha County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Kanawha County at 172,381 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 76,459 households. The median household income in Kanawha County is $60,943 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Kanawha County scores 42 for chiropractors (lower middle), #946 of 1,490 scored counties.
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