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Physical therapy clinics in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

How the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #52 of 386 scored metro areas
#12 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
269
37 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
250
+30.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.2B
On medical and dental services · $1,810 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
90% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.0
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,984,473
−0.6% 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 269 physical therapy clinics in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area. 37 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.0 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Households in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area spend about $1.2B a year on medical and dental services, or $1,810 per household, 41% above the U.S. average. Spread across 269 physical therapy clinics, that is $4.6M per clinic, 90% 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area was 250 in 2023, up 30.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,720 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $9.3M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For physical therapy clinics, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #52 of 386 scored metro areas and #12 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureSan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.04.45.4
Spending per listing$4.6M$3.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,7202,5232,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+30.9%+32.7%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,810$1,464$1,288
Median household income$162,111$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7068

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
250+30.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,063
Annual payroll, 2023
$113.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
26937 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
512The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$9.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,984,473−0.6% since 2020
Households
679,914
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
55%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,680 sq. mi.
People per square mile
735
Median household income
$162,111+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$224,488
Median home value
$1,447,800
Jobs located here
1,157,383
Daytime population
2,140,529Residents 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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
12San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA702694.0$4.6M−0.6%#52 of 386

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Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area?

There are 269 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area as of September 2026. 37 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 250 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 30.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.2B a year, or $1,810 per household. That is 41% above the U.S. average (an index of 141, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 269 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 679,914 households in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area has 4.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $4.6M, 90% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area would have about 512, against 269 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,720 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area at 1,984,473 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 679,914 households. The median household income in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area is $162,111 a year, twice the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.4% 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area scores 70 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #52 of 386 scored metro areas.

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