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Physical therapy clinics in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #210 of 386 scored metro areas
#20 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 2,355
- 268 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 2,252
- +30.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $6.5B
- On medical and dental services · $1,440 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,844,441
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2,355 physical therapy clinics in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Of those, 268 are chain locations, or 11%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area comes to about $6.5B a year: $1,440 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2,355 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.8M per clinic, 14% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area was 2,252 in 2023, up 30.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,998 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 57 SBA-backed loans worth $22.6M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is 47 (lower middle), #210 of 386 scored metro areas and #20 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area 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 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $3.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,998 | 2,523 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +30.3% | +32.7% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,440 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $95,958 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,252+30.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 18,236
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $907.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2,355268 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2,696The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 57
- Amount
- $22.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,844,441−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,499,409
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,854 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,673
- Median household income
- $95,958+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $135,506
- Median home value
- $871,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,588,635
- Daytime population
- 13,463,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in California, with the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 86 | 74 | 3.0 | $4.6M | +5.5% | #1 of 386 |
| 2Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 80 | 288 | 3.3 | $4.4M | +3.2% | #6 of 386 |
| 3Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 79 | 488 | 3.4 | $4.1M | +3.5% | #12 of 386 |
| 4Merced, CA | 77 | 26 | 3.0 | $3.9M | +5.1% | #18 of 386 |
| 5Visalia, CA | 76 | 41 | 2.9 | $4.3M | +2.4% | #22 of 386 |
| 6Vallejo, CA | 76 | 57 | 3.6 | $4M | +0.6% | #24 of 386 |
| 7Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 74 | 13 | 3.0 | $4.1M | +1.0% | #30 of 386 |
| 8Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 74 | 97 | 3.4 | $3.6M | +2.3% | #32 of 386 |
| 9Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 72 | 71 | 3.7 | $4M | −0.4% | #39 of 386 |
| 10Fresno, CA | 71 | 132 | 3.6 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #46 of 386 |
| 20Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 47 | 2,355 | 5.2 | $2.8M | −2.6% | #210 of 386 |
Other business types in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area
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Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area?
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 2,355 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 268 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 2,252 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 30.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.5B a year, or $1,440 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,355 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,499,409 households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 5.2 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.8M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area would have about 2,696, against 2,355 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,998 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area at 12,844,441 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,499,409 households. The median household income in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is $95,958 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area scores 47 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #210 of 386 scored metro areas.
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