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Medical and dental practices in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #274 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
729
86 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
343
+0.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$95.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,087 a household
Spending per listing
$131K
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
82.8
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
231,174
+15.7% 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

At $1,087 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area spend about $95.8M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $131K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $152K.

The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 729 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 82.8 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area was 343 in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 257 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 162 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $5.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is 40 (lower middle), #274 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area compares

The same measures for Florida and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the medical and dental practices counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePanama City-Panama City Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households82.897.084.5
Spending per listing$131K$117K$152K
Households per official establishment257218270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+0.9%+8.8%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,087$1,132$1,288
Median household income$71,514$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4027

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
343+0.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,228
Annual payroll, 2023
$252.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
162Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
72986 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
628The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
9
Amount
$5.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
231,174+15.7% since 2020
Households
88,065
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,343 sq. mi.
People per square mile
158
Median household income
$71,514
Average household income
$94,187
Median home value
$294,300
Jobs located here
85,476
Daytime population
211,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL8034849.5$223K+21.1%#13 of 387
2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL701,71259.2$177K+19.8%#57 of 387
3Tallahassee, FL551,01464.2$166K+3.1%#151 of 387
4Homosassa Springs, FL5242960.2$165K+11.1%#171 of 387
5Punta Gorda, FL4766373.2$146K+15.5%#213 of 387
6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL462,70482.5$137K+14.4%#219 of 387
7Ocala, FL451,16970.9$142K+17.3%#229 of 387
8Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL442,34679.7$136K+11.2%#242 of 387
9Port St. Lucie, FL431,60878.3$143K+16.0%#248 of 387
10Naples-Marco Island, FL401,56394.2$134K+10.6%#273 of 387
11Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL4072982.8$131K+15.7%#274 of 387

Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

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

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 729 medical and dental practices in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. 86 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 343 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019. Official counts list 162 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $95.8M a year, or $1,087 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 729 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $131K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 82.8 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $131K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 628, against 729 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 257 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% below 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 40 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #274 of 387 scored metro areas.

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