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Physical therapy clinics in the Gainesville, GA metro area

How the Gainesville, GA 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #273 of 386 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
44
19 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
41
+78.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$85.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,166 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
226,568
+11.4% 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 44 physical therapy clinics in the Gainesville metro area. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 43%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.0, 11% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

At $1,166 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Gainesville metro area spend about $85.8M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 19% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 41 businesses with payroll in the Gainesville metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 78.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,794 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $765K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Gainesville metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Gainesville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For physical therapy clinics, the Gainesville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #273 of 386 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia.

How the Gainesville 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.

Physical therapy in Gainesville, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureGainesville metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.04.95.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,7942,6792,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+78.3%+39.2%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,166$1,150$1,288
Median household income$80,901$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3957

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
41+78.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
326
Annual payroll, 2023
$19M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4419 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$765K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
226,568+11.4% since 2020
Households
73,551
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
393 sq. mi.
People per square mile
542
Median household income
$80,901+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,166
Median home value
$350,400
Jobs located here
102,286
Daytime population
216,900Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Georgia

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

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warner Robins, GA69283.8$3M+8.2%#66 of 386
2Brunswick-St. Simons, GA67163.4$3.2M+4.4%#76 of 386
3Albany, GA61122.1$4.7M−1.8%#107 of 386
4Macon-Bibb County, GA57333.7$2.7M+2.1%#142 of 386
5Savannah, GA57764.7$2.4M+8.1%#144 of 386
6Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC541004.3$2.5M+4.7%#161 of 386
7Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA511,2825.5$2.2M+5.9%#187 of 386
8Columbus, GA-AL43493.8$2.6M−1.3%#238 of 386
9Dalton, GA43305.8$1.8M+3.5%#240 of 386
10Rome, GA41154.1$2.6M+2.8%#258 of 386
11Gainesville, GA39446.0$1.9M+11.4%#273 of 386

Other business types in the Gainesville 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 Gainesville, GA metro area?

There are 44 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Gainesville metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 78.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Gainesville, GA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $85.8M a year, or $1,166 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 73,551 households in the Gainesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gainesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Gainesville metro area has 6.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 11% 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 national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Gainesville metro area would have about 36, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,794 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 78.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Gainesville, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Gainesville metro area at 226,568 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,551 households. The median household income in the Gainesville metro area is $80,901 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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 Gainesville metro area scores 39 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #273 of 386 scored metro areas.

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