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Physical therapy clinics in the Malvern, AR area

How the Malvern, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.8M
On medical and dental services · $957 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,451
+1.1% 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 physical therapy clinics in the Malvern area. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Malvern area comes to about $11.8M a year: $957 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.9M per clinic, 23% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which physical therapy clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Malvern area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 2,052 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Malvern area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 physical therapy clinics on map listings, the Malvern area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Malvern area compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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.

Physical therapy in Malvern, AR area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureMalvern areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.25.55.4
Spending per listing$2.9M$1.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,0521,5562,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.5%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$957$1,022$1,288
Median household income$55,405$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored20

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$456K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Malvern 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 Malvern area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,451+1.1% since 2020
Households
12,310
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
615 sq. mi.
People per square mile
54
Median household income
$55,405+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,323
Median home value
$151,100
Jobs located here
7,843
Daytime population
28,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Malvern area marked.

Top small-town markets in Arkansas

Small-town markets in Arkansas ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paragould, AR5873.9$2.5M+3.4%#149 of 400
2Pine Bluff, AR4393.3$2.8M−5.6%#254 of 400
3Russellville, AR40113.4$2.9M+1.6%#272 of 400
4Searcy, AR36134.4$2.2M+4.2%#304 of 400
5Batesville, AR26117.5$1.3M+2.2%#357 of 400
6Harrison, AR23115.9$1.6M+2.4%#368 of 400
7Mountain Home, AR17189.3$1M+3.1%#386 of 400
8El Dorado, AR1296.0$1.6M−5.2%#392 of 400
9Magnolia, AR1267.1$1.3M−3.7%#393 of 400
Malvern, ARNot scored43.2$2.9M+1.1%

Other business types in the Malvern area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Malvern, AR area?

There are 4 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Malvern area as of September 2026. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in the Malvern, AR area spend on medical and dental services?

About $11.8M a year, or $957 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,310 households in the Malvern area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Malvern, AR area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Malvern area has 3.2 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.9M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Malvern area would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,052 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Malvern, AR area growing?

Population estimates put the Malvern area at 33,451 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,310 households. The median household income in the Malvern area is $55,405 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Malvern area has no market score for physical therapy clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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