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Medical and dental practices in the Owensboro, KY metro area
The medical and dental practices in the Owensboro, KY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #366 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 399
- 58 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 178
- +3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,048 a household
- Spending per listing
- $119K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 88.1
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,962
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Owensboro metro area scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #366 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Owensboro metro area comes to about $47.5M a year: $1,048 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $119K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Owensboro metro area has 399 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 58 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 88.1 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 178 businesses with payroll in the Owensboro metro area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 254 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Owensboro metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Owensboro metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Owensboro metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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.
| Measure | Owensboro metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 88.1 | 91.7 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $119K | $114K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 254 | 310 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.0% | +1.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,048 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,002 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 178+3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,225
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $196.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 75Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 39958 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 311The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Owensboro 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 Owensboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,962+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 45,280
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $68,002
- Average household income
- $89,111
- Median home value
- $195,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,709
- Daytime population
- 113,540Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Owensboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 79 | 6,063 | 66.9 | $213K | +2.7% | #18 of 387 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 72 | 681 | 54.5 | $193K | +8.5% | #45 of 387 |
| 1Bowling Green, KY | 57 | 454 | 61.9 | $166K | +9.5% | #133 of 387 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 31 | 1,278 | 84.0 | $124K | −2.6% | #340 of 387 |
| 2Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 28 | 7,114 | 127.4 | $92K | +2.9% | #353 of 387 |
| 3Lexington-Fayette, KY | 27 | 2,302 | 106.4 | $105K | +3.4% | #354 of 387 |
| 4Elizabethtown, KY | 24 | 535 | 105.7 | $100K | +2.4% | #362 of 387 |
| 5Owensboro, KY | 22 | 399 | 88.1 | $119K | +1.3% | #366 of 387 |
| 6Paducah, KY-IL | 11 | 473 | 113.3 | $95K | −1.2% | #384 of 387 |
Other business types in the Owensboro metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics22
- Dentists and orthodontists21
- Primary care and pediatrics26
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors57
- Physical therapy17
- Optometrists and eye care30
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Owensboro, KY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 399 medical and dental practices in the Owensboro metro area. 58 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 178 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 75 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Owensboro, KY metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $47.5M a year, or $1,048 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 399 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $119K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,280 households in the Owensboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Owensboro, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Owensboro metro area has 88.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $119K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Owensboro metro area would have about 311, against 399 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 254 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Owensboro, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Owensboro metro area at 113,962 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,280 households. The median household income in the Owensboro metro area is $68,002 a year, 16% 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 Owensboro metro area scores 22 for medical and dental practices (low), #366 of 387 scored metro areas.
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