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Physical therapy clinics in the New Haven, CT metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in the New Haven, CT metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #202 of 386 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut

Listings
153
42 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
69
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$296.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,285 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
22% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
578,741
+2.5% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in the New Haven metro area comes to about $296.4M a year: $1,285 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The New Haven metro area has 153 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 42 are chain locations, or 27%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the New Haven metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,343 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the New Haven metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New Haven metro area grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the New Haven metro area is 49 (lower middle), #202 of 386 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut.

How the New Haven metro area compares

The same measures for Connecticut 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 New Haven, CT metro area compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureNew Haven metro areaConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.66.75.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,3432,7582,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.5%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,285$1,338$1,288
Median household income$88,197$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score4952

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
69
Employees, 2023
709
Annual payroll, 2023
$31.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
15342 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
123The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$3.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the New Haven 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 New Haven metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
578,741+2.5% since 2020
Households
230,673
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
367 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,554
Median household income
$88,197
Average household income
$121,518
Median home value
$353,100
Jobs located here
298,580
Daytime population
597,614Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Connecticut

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Connecticut for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the New Haven metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Connecticut

Metro areas in Connecticut ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT60585.0$2.5M+2.0%#124 of 386
2New Haven, CT491536.6$1.9M+2.5%#202 of 386
3Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT483156.8$2M+3.0%#208 of 386
4Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT462918.2$1.8M+3.7%#222 of 386
5Waterbury-Shelton, CT421075.9$2.1M+3.2%#249 of 386

Other business types in the New Haven 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 New Haven, CT metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 153 physical therapy clinics in the New Haven metro area. 42 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in the New Haven, CT metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $296.4M a year, or $1,285 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 153 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 230,673 households in the New Haven metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the New Haven, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The New Haven metro area has 6.6 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.9M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the New Haven metro area would have about 123, against 153 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,343 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the New Haven, CT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the New Haven metro area at 578,741 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 230,673 households. Median household income in the New Haven metro area is $88,197, 9% 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. 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 New Haven metro area scores 49 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #202 of 386 scored metro areas.

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