Health care · Small-town market · Colorado
Physical therapy clinics in the Steamboat Springs, CO area
How the Steamboat Springs, CO 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 · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #320 of 400 scored small-town markets
#4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,419 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 89% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,451
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Steamboat Springs area scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #320 of 400 scored small-town markets and #4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 physical therapy clinics in the Steamboat Springs area. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That is 10.2 per 10,000 households, 89% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Steamboat Springs area comes to about $23.7M a year: $1,419 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 42% below 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 Steamboat Springs area was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 834 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Steamboat Springs area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Steamboat Springs area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Steamboat Springs area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 6.9 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 834 | 2,135 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.7% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,419 | $1,423 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $95,400 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 72
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Steamboat Springs 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 Steamboat Springs area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,451+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 16,671
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 7,105 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $95,400
- Average household income
- $129,770
- Median home value
- $564,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,359
- Daytime population
- 36,698Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Steamboat Springs area marked.
Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cañon City, CO | 64 | 6 | 3.3 | $3.4M | +2.4% | #99 of 400 |
| 2Montrose, CO | 60 | 7 | 3.9 | $3.1M | +4.1% | #129 of 400 |
| 3Rifle, CO | 53 | 16 | 4.9 | $2.8M | +1.2% | #183 of 400 |
| 4Steamboat Springs, CO | 33 | 17 | 10.2 | $1.4M | +0.9% | #320 of 400 |
| 5Breckenridge, CO | 33 | 21 | 13.5 | $1.1M | +1.1% | #322 of 400 |
| 6Durango, CO | 32 | 31 | 12.7 | $1.1M | +2.2% | #333 of 400 |
| 7Sterling, CO | 25 | 5 | 6.1 | $1.8M | −2.7% | #363 of 400 |
| 8Edwards, CO | 23 | 33 | 15.0 | $996K | −2.4% | #370 of 400 |
Other business types in the Steamboat Springs area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Steamboat Springs, CO area?
There are 17 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Steamboat Springs area as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.
How much do households in the Steamboat Springs, CO area spend on medical and dental services?
About $23.7M a year, or $1,419 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,671 households in the Steamboat Springs area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Steamboat Springs, CO area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Steamboat Springs area has 10.2 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 89% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Steamboat Springs area would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 834 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is the Steamboat Springs, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Steamboat Springs area at 38,451 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,671 households. The median household income in the Steamboat Springs area is $95,400 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Steamboat Springs area scores 33 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #320 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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