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Physical therapy clinics in New Castle County, DE

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in New Castle County, DE, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #989 of 1,422 scored counties
#1 of 3 scored counties in Delaware

Listings
145
57 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
109
+9.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$277.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,237 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
588,026
+3.0% 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 New Castle County comes to about $277.4M a year: $1,237 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

New Castle County has 145 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 57 are chain locations, or 39%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 20% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 109 businesses with payroll in New Castle County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 9.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,057 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $22K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in New Castle County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of New Castle County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in New Castle County is 40 (lower middle), #989 of 1,422 scored counties and #1 of 3 scored counties in Delaware.

How New Castle County compares

The same measures for Delaware 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 Castle County, DE compared with Delaware and the U.S.
MeasureNew Castle CountyDelawareU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.57.35.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$1.6M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,0571,8962,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.0%+15.2%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+6.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,237$1,194$1,288
Median household income$91,166$84,954$80,734
Groundwork market score4029

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
100 → 109+9.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,176
Annual payroll, 2023
$58.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
14557 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
115The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$22K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in New Castle County, 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 New Castle County

Population, 2025 estimate
588,026+3.0% since 2020
Households
224,173
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
426 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,356
Median household income
$91,166+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$120,517
Median home value
$352,200
Jobs located here
298,174
Daytime population
607,117Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Delaware

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The highest-scoring counties in Delaware for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Delaware, with New Castle County marked.

Top counties in Delaware

Counties in Delaware ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New Castle County, DE401456.5$1.9M+3.0%#989 of 1,422
2Sussex County, DE35928.6$1.4M+16.1%#1,116 of 1,422
3Kent County, DE33567.8$1.4M+6.8%#1,158 of 1,422

Other business types in New Castle County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in New Castle County, DE?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 145 physical therapy clinics in New Castle County. 57 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 109 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 9.0% from 2019.

How much do households in New Castle County, DE spend on medical and dental services?

About $277.4M a year, or $1,237 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 145 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 224,173 households in New Castle County and national spending patterns by income.

How does New Castle County, DE compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

New Castle County has 6.5 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.9M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, New Castle County would have about 115, against 145 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,057 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is New Castle County, DE growing?

Population estimates put New Castle County at 588,026 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,173 households. Median household income in New Castle County is $91,166, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. New Castle County scores 40 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #989 of 1,422 scored counties.

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