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Physical therapy clinics in Alameda County, CA
How Alameda County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #181 of 1,422 scored counties
#18 of 47 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 187
- 28 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 178
- +48.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $990.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,656 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,636,630
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 187 physical therapy clinics in Alameda County. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Alameda County comes to about $990.6M a year: $1,656 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. Spread across 187 physical therapy clinics, that is $5.3M per clinic, 2.2 times 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.
Official counts show 178 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Alameda County in 2023, up 48.3% from 2019. That is one for every 3,361 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Alameda County.
Population estimates put the population change in Alameda County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For physical therapy clinics, Alameda County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #181 of 1,422 scored counties and #18 of 47 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Alameda County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Alameda County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $3.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,361 | 2,523 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +48.3% | +32.7% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,656 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $129,367 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 120 → 178+48.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,347
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $74.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18728 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 412The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Alameda County, 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 Alameda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,636,630−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 598,246
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 738 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,237
- Median household income
- $129,367+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $177,147
- Median home value
- $1,090,100
- Jobs located here
- 831,131
- Daytime population
- 1,673,490Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Benito County, CA | 94 | 7 | 3.4 | $4.6M | +8.6% | #2 of 1,422 |
| 2Yuba County, CA | 86 | 7 | 2.4 | $5.1M | +8.2% | #15 of 1,422 |
| 3Madera County, CA | 85 | 14 | 3.1 | $4.1M | +7.4% | #18 of 1,422 |
| 4San Joaquin County, CA | 84 | 74 | 3.0 | $4.6M | +5.5% | #23 of 1,422 |
| 5Yolo County, CA | 81 | 18 | 2.3 | $5.9M | +3.1% | #44 of 1,422 |
| 6Sacramento County, CA | 79 | 161 | 2.8 | $4.9M | +2.0% | #69 of 1,422 |
| 7Riverside County, CA | 79 | 278 | 3.6 | $3.9M | +5.0% | #75 of 1,422 |
| 8Amador County, CA | 78 | 5 | 3.1 | $4.2M | +3.2% | #86 of 1,422 |
| 9Calaveras County, CA | 77 | 5 | 2.7 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #101 of 1,422 |
| 10Placer County, CA | 77 | 71 | 4.5 | $3.5M | +8.9% | #106 of 1,422 |
| 18Alameda County, CA | 72 | 187 | 3.1 | $5.3M | −2.6% | #181 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Alameda County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in Alameda County, CA?
There are 187 physical therapy clinics on map listings in Alameda County as of September 2026. 28 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 178 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 48.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Alameda County, CA spend on medical and dental services?
About $990.6M a year, or $1,656 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 187 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.3M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 598,246 households in Alameda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alameda County, CA compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Alameda County has 3.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $5.3M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Alameda County would have about 412, against 187 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,361 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 48.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Alameda County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Alameda County at 1,636,630 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 598,246 households. The median household income in Alameda County is $129,367 a year, 60% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. Alameda County scores 72 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #181 of 1,422 scored counties.
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