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Physical therapy clinics in Cook County, IL

How Cook County, IL 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #797 of 1,422 scored counties
#33 of 41 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
1,330
331 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
1,015
+16.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.2B
On medical and dental services · $1,531 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,194,625
−1.3% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Cook County comes to about $3.2B a year: $1,531 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 1,330 physical therapy clinics on map listings in Cook County as of September 2026. 331 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Official counts show 1,015 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Cook County in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,069 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 25 SBA-backed loans worth $11.9M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Cook County.

Population estimates put the population change in Cook County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Cook County scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #797 of 1,422 scored counties and #33 of 41 scored counties in Illinois.

How Cook County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Cook County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureCook CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.36.15.4
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,0691,9792,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+16.7%+25.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,531$1,517$1,288
Median household income$83,498$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4749

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
870 → 1,015+16.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
8,846
Annual payroll, 2023
$444.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,330331 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,338The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
25
Amount
$11.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
5,194,625−1.3% since 2020
Households
2,100,230
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.4
Land area
945 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5,484
Median household income
$83,498+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$120,729
Median home value
$324,500
Jobs located here
2,683,238
Daytime population
5,468,881Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Cook County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Macoupin County, IL7363.4$4M−2.6%#168 of 1,422
2Kendall County, IL72224.8$3.5M+9.9%#185 of 1,422
3Henry County, IL7163.0$4.7M−2.2%#194 of 1,422
4Champaign County, IL71364.2$3.2M+1.8%#204 of 1,422
5Whiteside County, IL7073.0$4.3M−2.6%#216 of 1,422
6Boone County, IL6994.6$3.3M+0.4%#242 of 1,422
7Vermilion County, IL6851.7$7.5M−3.7%#253 of 1,422
8Sangamon County, IL68364.2$3.4M−1.0%#257 of 1,422
9Ogle County, IL6573.4$4.3M−0.7%#319 of 1,422
10Macon County, IL65173.9$3.4M−4.3%#324 of 1,422
33Cook County, IL471,3306.3$2.4M−1.3%#797 of 1,422

Other business types in Cook County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Cook County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,330 physical therapy clinics in Cook County. 331 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 1,015 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019.

How much do households in Cook County, IL spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.2B a year, or $1,531 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,330 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 2,100,230 households in Cook County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cook County, IL compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Cook County has 6.3 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Cook County would have about 1,338, against 1,330 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,069 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Cook County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Cook County at 5,194,625 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,100,230 households. Median household income in Cook County is $83,498, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Cook County scores 47 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #797 of 1,422 scored counties.

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