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Physical therapy clinics in the Springfield, IL metro area

How the Springfield, 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #63 of 386 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois

Listings
37
7 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
24
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$128.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,432 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
45% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
206,033
−1.2% 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

At $1,432 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in the Springfield metro area spend about $128.8M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 45% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 37 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Springfield metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 19%, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Springfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,750 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Springfield metro area.

Population estimates show the Springfield metro area declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Springfield metro area scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #63 of 386 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Springfield 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 Springfield, IL metro area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureSpringfield metro areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.16.15.4
Spending per listing$3.5M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,7501,9792,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,432$1,517$1,288
Median household income$75,895$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6949

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24
Employees, 2023
396
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
377 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$35K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
206,033−1.2% since 2020
Households
89,990
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,183 sq. mi.
People per square mile
175
Median household income
$75,895+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,041
Median home value
$177,300
Jobs located here
129,873
Daytime population
241,281Residents 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 Springfield 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 Springfield 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 Springfield, IL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 37 physical therapy clinics in the Springfield metro area. 7 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

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

About $128.8M a year, or $1,432 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 89,990 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Springfield metro area has 4.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.5M, 45% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 54, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,750 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Springfield, IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 206,033 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 89,990 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $75,895, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.4%, 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 Springfield metro area scores 69 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #63 of 386 scored metro areas.

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