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Medical and dental practices in the Salisbury, MD metro area
How the Salisbury, MD 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #211 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland
- Listings
- 355
- 45 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 153
- −12.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $53.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,095 a household
- Spending per listing
- $151K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 72.7
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,872
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Salisbury metro area spend about $53.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,095 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 355 medical and dental practices, that is $151K per practice, in line with the U.S. figure of $152K.
There are 355 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Salisbury metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 45 are chain locations, or 13%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 72.7 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 153 businesses with payroll in the Salisbury metro area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers, down 12.9% from 2019. That is one for every 319 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 51 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Salisbury metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Salisbury metro area grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, the Salisbury metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #211 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland.
How the Salisbury metro area compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Salisbury metro area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 72.7 | 88.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $151K | $149K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 319 | 274 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.9% | −2.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,095 | $1,322 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,802 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 153−12.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,999
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $184.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 35545 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 351The 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 physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Salisbury 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 Salisbury metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,872+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,818
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 694 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $73,802
- Average household income
- $94,881
- Median home value
- $241,200
- Jobs located here
- 49,837
- Daytime population
- 123,772Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lexington Park, MD | 80 | 517 | 68.1 | $211K | +2.1% | #15 of 387 |
| 2Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 73 | 693 | 58.6 | $192K | +7.1% | #40 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 55 | 21,683 | 91.4 | $160K | +3.3% | #153 of 387 |
| 3Salisbury, MD | 47 | 355 | 72.7 | $151K | +2.9% | #211 of 387 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 47 | 21,556 | 87.4 | $148K | +1.4% | #212 of 387 |
| 4Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 43 | 9,947 | 88.8 | $146K | +0.4% | #247 of 387 |
Other business types in the Salisbury 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 clinics47
- Dentists and orthodontists41
- Primary care and pediatrics36
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors67
- Physical therapy27
- Optometrists and eye care69
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Salisbury, MD metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 355 medical and dental practices in the Salisbury metro area. 45 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 153 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 12.9% from 2019. Official counts list 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Salisbury, MD metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $53.5M a year, or $1,095 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 355 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $151K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,818 households in the Salisbury metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salisbury, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Salisbury metro area has 72.7 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $151K, in line with the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Salisbury metro area would have about 351, against 355 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 319 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Salisbury, MD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Salisbury metro area at 131,872 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,818 households. The median household income in the Salisbury metro area is $73,802 a year, 9% 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 Salisbury metro area scores 47 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #211 of 387 scored metro areas.
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