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Physical therapy clinics in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area
The physical therapy clinics in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #145 of 386 scored metro areas
#2 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 34
- 12 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $80.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,045 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,013
- +7.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Auburn-Opelika metro area comes to about $80.2M a year: $1,045 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
The Auburn-Opelika metro area has 34 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 35%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Auburn-Opelika metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 3,834 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Auburn-Opelika metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Auburn-Opelika metro area grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For physical therapy clinics, the Auburn-Opelika metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #145 of 386 scored metro areas and #2 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Auburn-Opelika metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the physical therapy clinics 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 | Auburn-Opelika metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,834 | 2,699 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.1% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,045 | $1,050 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,649 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Auburn-Opelika 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 Auburn-Opelika metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,013+7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 76,673
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,216 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $63,649
- Average household income
- $87,657
- Median home value
- $247,500
- Jobs located here
- 69,655
- Daytime population
- 195,094Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Auburn-Opelika metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Decatur, AL | 58 | 22 | 3.5 | $3M | +2.5% | #138 of 386 |
| 2Auburn-Opelika, AL | 57 | 34 | 4.4 | $2.4M | +7.1% | #145 of 386 |
| 3Tuscaloosa, AL | 54 | 43 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +2.9% | #160 of 386 |
| 4Huntsville, AL | 50 | 111 | 5.4 | $2.2M | +12.5% | #191 of 386 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 43 | 49 | 3.8 | $2.6M | −1.3% | #238 of 386 |
| 5Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 42 | 68 | 6.9 | $1.6M | +14.8% | #257 of 386 |
| 6Montgomery, AL | 40 | 68 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +0.9% | #261 of 386 |
| 7Mobile, AL | 36 | 77 | 4.8 | $2.1M | −0.7% | #304 of 386 |
| 8Dothan, AL | 36 | 33 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +3.4% | #308 of 386 |
| 9Gadsden, AL | 31 | 18 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +0.4% | #331 of 386 |
Other business types in the Auburn-Opelika metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 physical therapy clinics in the Auburn-Opelika metro area. 12 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.
How much do households in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $80.2M a year, or $1,045 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which physical therapy clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 76,673 households in the Auburn-Opelika metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Auburn-Opelika metro area has 4.4 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.4M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Auburn-Opelika metro area would have about 33, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,834 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Auburn-Opelika metro area at 208,013 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,673 households. Median household income in the Auburn-Opelika metro area is $63,649, 21% 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 Auburn-Opelika metro area scores 57 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #145 of 386 scored metro areas.
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