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Physical therapy clinics in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area

How the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #12 of 386 scored metro areas
#3 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
488
113 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
420
+41.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2B
On medical and dental services · $1,364 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
69% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
37% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,769,007
+3.5% 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

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #12 of 386 scored metro areas and #3 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for physical therapy clinics.

At $1,364 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area spend about $2B a year on medical and dental services. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 69% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 488 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area as of September 2026. 113 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 37% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area was 420 in 2023, up 41.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,453 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $14.5M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 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.

Physical therapy in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureRiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.44.45.4
Spending per listing$4.1M$3.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,4532,5232,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+41.9%+32.7%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,364$1,464$1,288
Median household income$89,662$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7968

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
420+41.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,341
Annual payroll, 2023
$159.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
488113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
823The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
22
Amount
$14.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
4,769,007+3.5% since 2020
Households
1,450,250
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
27,277 sq. mi.
People per square mile
171
Median household income
$89,662+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,388
Median home value
$536,300
Jobs located here
1,656,299
Daytime population
4,318,676Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in California, with the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA86743.0$4.6M+5.5%#1 of 386
2Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA802883.3$4.4M+3.2%#6 of 386
3Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA794883.4$4.1M+3.5%#12 of 386
4Merced, CA77263.0$3.9M+5.1%#18 of 386
5Visalia, CA76412.9$4.3M+2.4%#22 of 386
6Vallejo, CA76573.6$4M+0.6%#24 of 386
7Hanford-Corcoran, CA74133.0$4.1M+1.0%#30 of 386
8Bakersfield-Delano, CA74973.4$3.6M+2.3%#32 of 386
9Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA72713.7$4M−0.4%#39 of 386
10Fresno, CA711323.6$3.5M+3.2%#46 of 386

Other business types in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 488 physical therapy clinics in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area. 113 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 420 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 41.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $2B a year, or $1,364 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 488 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 1,450,250 households in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area has 3.4 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $4.1M, 69% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area would have about 823, against 488 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,453 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 41.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area at 4,769,007 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,450,250 households. Median household income in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area is $89,662, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.7%, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area scores 79 for physical therapy clinics (high), #12 of 386 scored metro areas.

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