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Physical therapy clinics in Hardee County, FL
How Hardee County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,320 of 1,422 scored counties
#46 of 47 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.1M
- On medical and dental services · $990 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,932
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in Hardee County is 22 (low), #1,320 of 1,422 scored counties and #46 of 47 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Hardee County spend about $8.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $990 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
Hardee County has 6 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 7.3 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for physical, occupational and speech therapists in Hardee County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Hardee County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hardee County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Hardee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,990 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.9% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $990 | $1,132 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,489 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Hardee 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 Hardee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,932+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,219
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $60,489+56.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,981
- Median home value
- $153,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,991
- Daytime population
- 22,490Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Walton County, FL | 84 | 8 | 2.3 | $5.2M | +22.9% | #20 of 1,422 |
| 2Polk County, FL | 79 | 82 | 2.8 | $3.7M | +19.8% | #78 of 1,422 |
| 3Santa Rosa County, FL | 76 | 22 | 3.0 | $4M | +11.7% | #115 of 1,422 |
| 4Sumter County, FL | 74 | 19 | 2.7 | $4.1M | +21.1% | #146 of 1,422 |
| 5Osceola County, FL | 66 | 56 | 3.9 | $2.7M | +23.2% | #310 of 1,422 |
| 6St. Lucie County, FL | 65 | 43 | 3.1 | $3.4M | +21.4% | #322 of 1,422 |
| 7Okeechobee County, FL | 63 | 5 | 3.3 | $3M | +7.4% | #368 of 1,422 |
| 8Escambia County, FL | 62 | 44 | 3.4 | $3.1M | +3.5% | #389 of 1,422 |
| 9Manatee County, FL | 61 | 75 | 4.2 | $2.7M | +16.6% | #417 of 1,422 |
| 10Bay County, FL | 59 | 37 | 4.7 | $2.3M | +17.2% | #485 of 1,422 |
| 46Hardee County, FL | 22 | 6 | 7.3 | $1.4M | +2.4% | #1,320 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Hardee County
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 Hardee County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 physical therapy clinics in Hardee County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. No official count is published for physical, occupational and speech therapists in Hardee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hardee County, FL spend on medical and dental services?
About $8.1M a year, or $990 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 8,219 households in Hardee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardee County, FL compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Hardee County has 7.3 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.4M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Hardee County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Hardee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Hardee County at 25,932 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,219 households. Median household income in Hardee County is $60,489, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 56.4%, 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. Hardee County scores 22 for physical therapy clinics (low), #1,320 of 1,422 scored counties.
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