Health care · Metro area · Massachusetts
Medical and dental practices in the Pittsfield, MA metro area
How the Pittsfield, MA 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #139 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 399
- 33 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 143
- −12.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $68.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,189 a household
- Spending per listing
- $172K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 69.3
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 128,224
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Pittsfield metro area comes to about $68.5M a year: $1,189 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $172K per practice, 12% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Pittsfield metro area has 399 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 69.3, 18% 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 Pittsfield metro area was 143 in 2023, down 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 403 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 122 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Pittsfield metro area.
Population estimates show the Pittsfield metro area declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Pittsfield metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #139 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Pittsfield metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Pittsfield metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 69.3 | 72.0 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $172K | $192K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 403 | 341 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.8% | −4.4% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,189 | $1,386 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $76,013 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 143−12.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,459
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $140.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 122Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 39933 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 449The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $75K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 128,224−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 57,585
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 927 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $76,013+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,456
- Median home value
- $305,400
- Jobs located here
- 55,400
- Daytime population
- 126,538Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Worcester, MA | 78 | 2,074 | 61.8 | $214K | +3.7% | #21 of 387 |
| 2Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 69 | 14,765 | 76.1 | $191K | +2.3% | #59 of 387 |
| 3Barnstable Town, MA | 65 | 806 | 76.2 | $175K | +2.4% | #82 of 387 |
| 4Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 59 | 586 | 94.3 | $134K | +10.4% | #119 of 387 |
| 5Pittsfield, MA | 56 | 399 | 69.3 | $172K | −1.2% | #139 of 387 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 56 | 5,611 | 83.1 | $151K | +2.1% | #143 of 387 |
| 6Springfield, MA | 55 | 1,313 | 71.2 | $161K | +0.2% | #152 of 387 |
Other business types in the Pittsfield 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 clinics56
- Dentists and orthodontists25
- Primary care and pediatrics64
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors39
- Physical therapy36
- Optometrists and eye care68
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Pittsfield, MA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 399 medical and dental practices in the Pittsfield metro area. 33 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 143 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 12.8% from 2019. Official counts list 122 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Pittsfield, MA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $68.5M a year, or $1,189 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 399 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $172K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,585 households in the Pittsfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pittsfield, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Pittsfield metro area has 69.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $172K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Pittsfield metro area would have about 449, against 399 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 403 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Pittsfield, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pittsfield metro area at 128,224 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 57,585 households. The median household income in the Pittsfield metro area is $76,013 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Pittsfield metro area scores 56 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #139 of 387 scored metro areas.
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