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Physical therapy clinics in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area
How the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #161 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 100
- 25 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- +45.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $251.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,086 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 641,231
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area comes to about $251.7M a year: $1,086 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per clinic, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
The Augusta-Richmond County metro area has 100 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area was 83 in 2023, up 45.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,793 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $265K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area.
Population estimates show the Augusta-Richmond County metro area grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Augusta-Richmond County metro area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #161 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Augusta-Richmond County metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Augusta-Richmond County metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,793 | 2,679 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +45.6% | +39.2% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,086 | $1,150 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,344 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83+45.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 395
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10025 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 105The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $265K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Augusta-Richmond County 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 Augusta-Richmond County metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 641,231+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 231,857
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,481 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 179
- Median household income
- $69,344+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,940
- Median home value
- $226,100
- Jobs located here
- 228,609
- Daytime population
- 608,615Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Augusta-Richmond County metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warner Robins, GA | 69 | 28 | 3.8 | $3M | +8.2% | #66 of 386 |
| 2Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 67 | 16 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +4.4% | #76 of 386 |
| 3Albany, GA | 61 | 12 | 2.1 | $4.7M | −1.8% | #107 of 386 |
| 4Macon-Bibb County, GA | 57 | 33 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +2.1% | #142 of 386 |
| 5Savannah, GA | 57 | 76 | 4.7 | $2.4M | +8.1% | #144 of 386 |
| 6Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 54 | 100 | 4.3 | $2.5M | +4.7% | #161 of 386 |
| 7Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 51 | 1,282 | 5.5 | $2.2M | +5.9% | #187 of 386 |
| 8Columbus, GA-AL | 43 | 49 | 3.8 | $2.6M | −1.3% | #238 of 386 |
| 9Dalton, GA | 43 | 30 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +3.5% | #240 of 386 |
| 10Rome, GA | 41 | 15 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +2.8% | #258 of 386 |
Other business types in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 100 physical therapy clinics in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area. 25 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 45.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $251.7M a year, or $1,086 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 100 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 231,857 households in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Augusta-Richmond County metro area has 4.3 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Augusta-Richmond County metro area would have about 105, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,793 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 45.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Augusta-Richmond County metro area at 641,231 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 231,857 households. Median household income in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area is $69,344, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.2%, 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 Augusta-Richmond County metro area scores 54 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #161 of 386 scored metro areas.
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