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Medical and dental practices in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area

The medical and dental practices in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #114 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan

Listings
4,363
308 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
1,369
+5.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$651.1M
On medical and dental services · $1,479 a household
Spending per listing
$149K
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
99.1
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,183,645
+2.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4,363 medical and dental practices in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 99.1 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area comes to about $651.1M a year: $1,479 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $149K per practice, 2% below the U.S. figure of $152K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area was 1,369 in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019. That is one for every 322 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 721 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $26.9M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #114 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.

How the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureGrand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households99.180.484.5
Spending per listing$149K$176K$152K
Households per official establishment322285270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.1%+0.1%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,479$1,412$1,288
Median household income$82,874$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score6057

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,369+5.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
20,548
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7B
One-person businesses, 2023
721Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4,363308 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4,270The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
26
Amount
$26.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,183,645+2.8% since 2020
Households
440,316
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,243 sq. mi.
People per square mile
358
Median household income
$82,874
Average household income
$107,922
Median home value
$285,300
Jobs located here
566,419
Daytime population
1,215,585Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Michigan

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Michigan

Metro areas in Michigan ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Monroe, MI7934855.2$260K+0.7%#16 of 387
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI7090770.6$193K+0.1%#56 of 387
2Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI6947570.1$184K+1.8%#60 of 387
3Lansing-East Lansing, MI651,52078.3$178K+1.4%#81 of 387
4Jackson, MI6442067.2$200K−0.4%#85 of 387
5Niles, MI6147173.6$184K−1.3%#107 of 387
6Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI604,36399.1$149K+2.8%#114 of 387
7Ann Arbor, MI591,35089.7$176K−0.4%#118 of 387
8Bay City, MI5130367.2$192K−1.6%#178 of 387
9Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI5114,60482.6$177K+0.1%#180 of 387

Other business types in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area?

There are 4,363 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area as of September 2026. 308 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 1,369 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 721 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $651.1M a year, or $1,479 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4,363 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $149K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 440,316 households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has 99.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $149K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area would have about 4,270, against 4,363 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 322 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area at 1,183,645 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 440,316 households. Median household income in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area is $82,874, 3% above 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area scores 60 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #114 of 387 scored metro areas.

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