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Chiropractors in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area
The chiropractors in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #231 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 444
- 49 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 224
- −4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $960.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,463 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,575,010
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 444 chiropractors in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 26% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Households in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area spend about $960.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,463 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 10% 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.
Official counts show 224 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,931 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $4.4M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #231 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Milwaukee-Waukesha 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 | Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,931 | 2,298 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.3% | +0.8% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,463 | $1,435 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $78,218 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 224−4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 862
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 44449 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 401The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $4.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Milwaukee-Waukesha 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,575,0100.0% since 2020
- Households
- 656,436
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,455 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,078
- Median household income
- $78,218+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,675
- Median home value
- $306,400
- Jobs located here
- 863,760
- Daytime population
- 1,652,441Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Milwaukee-Waukesha 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area?
The Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area has 444 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. 49 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 224 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $960.6M a year, or $1,463 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 444 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 656,436 households in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area has 6.8 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.2M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area would have about 401, against 444 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,931 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area at 1,575,010 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 656,436 households. Median household income in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area is $78,218, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. The Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area scores 44 for chiropractors (lower middle), #231 of 386 scored metro areas.
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