Health care · Metro area · Wisconsin
Chiropractors in the Appleton, WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Appleton, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #273 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 76
- 7 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $149M
- On medical and dental services · $1,494 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 249,876
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 76 chiropractors in the Appleton metro area. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 9%, against 8% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,494 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in the Appleton metro area spend about $149M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 18% below 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 the Appleton metro area was 54 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,847 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Appleton metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Appleton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For chiropractors, the Appleton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #273 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Appleton metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Appleton metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,847 | 2,298 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +0.8% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,494 | $1,435 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $85,825 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 540.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 220
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 767 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Appleton 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 Appleton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 249,876+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 99,754
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 956 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $85,825+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,747
- Median home value
- $268,900
- Jobs located here
- 130,221
- Daytime population
- 246,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Appleton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 57 | 43 | 5.3 | $2.7M | +0.4% | #141 of 386 |
| 2Janesville-Beloit, WI | 56 | 33 | 4.9 | $2.8M | +1.7% | #149 of 386 |
| 3Kenosha, WI | 54 | 34 | 4.9 | $3M | −0.4% | #163 of 386 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 47 | 68 | 5.6 | $2.4M | +0.2% | #208 of 386 |
| 4Madison, WI | 46 | 231 | 7.7 | $2M | +4.1% | #218 of 386 |
| 5Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 44 | 444 | 6.8 | $2.2M | 0.0% | #231 of 386 |
| 6Wausau, WI | 40 | 41 | 7.1 | $2M | +1.0% | #272 of 386 |
| 7Appleton, WI | 40 | 76 | 7.6 | $2M | +2.7% | #273 of 386 |
| 8Fond du Lac, WI | 39 | 27 | 6.2 | $2.2M | +0.5% | #282 of 386 |
| 9Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 38 | 51 | 7.0 | $2M | +1.4% | #289 of 386 |
Other business types in the Appleton metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Appleton, WI metro area?
There are 76 chiropractors on map listings in the Appleton metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Appleton, WI metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $149M a year, or $1,494 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 99,754 households in the Appleton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Appleton, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Appleton metro area has 7.6 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Appleton metro area would have about 62, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,847 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Appleton, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Appleton metro area at 249,876 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 99,754 households. Median household income in the Appleton metro area is $85,825, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.9%, 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 Appleton metro area scores 40 for chiropractors (lower middle), #273 of 386 scored metro areas.
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