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Physical therapy clinics in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area

How the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #152 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
480
113 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
414
+37.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.2B
On medical and dental services · $1,149 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.7
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,957,672
+10.3% 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 480 physical therapy clinics in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

At $1,149 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area spend about $1.2B a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 2% 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area was 414 in 2023, up 37.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,469 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $10.1M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For physical therapy clinics, the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #152 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area 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.

Physical therapy in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.75.45.4
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,4691,9902,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+37.1%+31.9%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,149$1,132$1,288
Median household income$78,533$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5543

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
414+37.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,721
Annual payroll, 2023
$124M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
480113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
489The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
27
Amount
$10.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,957,672+10.3% since 2020
Households
1,022,315
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
3,494 sq. mi.
People per square mile
800
Median household income
$78,533+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,415
Median home value
$369,800
Jobs located here
1,482,556
Daytime population
2,958,505Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL80822.8$3.7M+19.8%#9 of 386
2Wildwood-The Villages, FL76192.7$4.1M+21.1%#23 of 386
3Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL70663.3$3.4M+6.5%#59 of 386
4Tallahassee, FL61503.2$3.4M+3.1%#109 of 386
5Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL59404.5$2.4M+15.7%#134 of 386
6Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL55314.4$2.6M+7.7%#151 of 386
7Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL554804.7$2.4M+10.3%#152 of 386
8Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL541574.8$2.4M+14.4%#164 of 386
9Port St. Lucie, FL51894.3$2.6M+16.0%#181 of 386
10Naples-Marco Island, FL51855.1$2.5M+10.6%#183 of 386

Other business types in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area

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Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area?

There are 480 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area as of September 2026. 113 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 414 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 37.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.2B a year, or $1,149 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 480 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,022,315 households in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area has 4.7 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.4M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area would have about 489, against 480 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,469 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 37.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area at 2,957,672 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,022,315 households. The median household income in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area is $78,533 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area scores 55 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #152 of 386 scored metro areas.

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