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Physical therapy clinics in the Peoria, IL metro area

How the Peoria, IL 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #99 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois

Listings
77
21 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
42
+25.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$216.1M
On medical and dental services · $1,404 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.0
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
363,505
−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

Households in the Peoria metro area spend about $216.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,404 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per clinic, 17% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The Peoria metro area has 77 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 21 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in the Peoria metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,664 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Peoria metro area.

Population estimates show the Peoria metro area declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For physical therapy clinics, the Peoria metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #99 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.

How the Peoria metro area 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 Peoria, IL metro area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasurePeoria metro areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.06.15.4
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,6641,9792,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+25.0%+25.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,404$1,517$1,288
Median household income$71,857$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6349

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42+25.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
482
Annual payroll, 2023
$21.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
7721 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
90The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
363,505−1.3% since 2020
Households
153,870
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,468 sq. mi.
People per square mile
148
Median household income
$71,857
Average household income
$95,895
Median home value
$164,200
Jobs located here
167,885
Daytime population
365,155Residents 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 metro areas in Illinois for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Peoria metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Illinois

Metro areas in Illinois ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Champaign-Urbana, IL74394.0$3.4M+1.5%#34 of 386
2Springfield, IL69374.1$3.5M−1.2%#63 of 386
3Decatur, IL66173.9$3.4M−4.3%#85 of 386
4Bloomington, IL63334.7$3.1M+0.1%#97 of 386
5Peoria, IL63775.0$2.8M−1.3%#99 of 386
6Rockford, IL62614.5$3M−0.3%#104 of 386
St. Louis, MO-IL545935.1$2.9M−0.2%#158 of 386
7Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN432,5607.0$2.3M0.0%#239 of 386
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL401066.6$2.1M−0.9%#263 of 386
8Kankakee, IL36256.1$2.3M−1.7%#301 of 386

Other business types in the Peoria 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 Peoria, IL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 physical therapy clinics in the Peoria metro area. 21 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019.

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

About $216.1M a year, or $1,404 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 153,870 households in the Peoria metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Peoria metro area has 5.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.8M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Peoria metro area would have about 90, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,664 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Peoria, IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Peoria metro area at 363,505 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 153,870 households. Median household income in the Peoria metro area is $71,857, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Peoria metro area scores 63 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #99 of 386 scored metro areas.

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