Health care · Metro area · Missouri
Medical and dental practices in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area
How the Kansas City, MO-KS 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #104 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 8,323
- 866 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3,129
- +7.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On medical and dental services · $1,504 a household
- Spending per listing
- $162K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 93.0
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,270,682
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8,323 medical and dental practices in the Kansas City metro area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 93.0 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Kansas City metro area comes to about $1.3B a year: $1,504 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8,323 medical and dental practices, that is $162K per practice, 6% above 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 Kansas City metro area was 3,129 in 2023, up 7.8% from 2019. That is one for every 286 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,704 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 53 SBA-backed loans worth $34.4M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Kansas City metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kansas City metro area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, the Kansas City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #104 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Kansas City metro area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Kansas City metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 93.0 | 68.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $162K | $203K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 286 | 328 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.8% | +1.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,504 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $83,460 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3,129+7.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 30,782
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,704Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8,323866 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8,830The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 53
- Amount
- $34.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Kansas City 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 Kansas City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,270,682+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 895,368
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,257 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 306
- Median household income
- $83,460+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,261
- Median home value
- $287,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,123,972
- Daytime population
- 2,247,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Springfield, MO | 81 | 1,223 | 61.5 | $215K | +5.1% | #9 of 387 |
| 2Jefferson City, MO | 79 | 387 | 66.1 | $208K | +2.2% | #19 of 387 |
| 3Joplin, MO-KS | 75 | 543 | 68.3 | $186K | +3.9% | #33 of 387 |
| 4Columbia, MO | 66 | 619 | 71.6 | $195K | +3.9% | #71 of 387 |
| 5St. Louis, MO-IL | 63 | 8,229 | 70.9 | $209K | −0.2% | #89 of 387 |
| 6Kansas City, MO-KS | 62 | 8,323 | 93.0 | $162K | +3.4% | #104 of 387 |
| 7St. Joseph, MO-KS | 58 | 288 | 61.4 | $212K | −2.0% | #121 of 387 |
| 8Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 40 | 368 | 96.1 | $138K | +1.7% | #272 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kansas City 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 clinics62
- Dentists and orthodontists63
- Primary care and pediatrics68
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics64
- Chiropractors41
- Physical therapy63
- 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 Kansas City, MO-KS metro area?
The Kansas City metro area has 8,323 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 866 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 3,129 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 7.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,704 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $1.3B a year, or $1,504 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8,323 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $162K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 895,368 households in the Kansas City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Kansas City metro area has 93.0 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $162K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Kansas City metro area would have about 8,830, against 8,323 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 286 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kansas City metro area at 2,270,682 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 895,368 households. Median household income in the Kansas City metro area is $83,460, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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 Kansas City metro area scores 62 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #104 of 387 scored metro areas.
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