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Physical therapy clinics in Dubuque County, IA

How Dubuque County, IA 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #925 of 1,422 scored counties
#16 of 26 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
29
5 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$58.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,426 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,381
+0.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 29 physical therapy clinics in Dubuque County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Dubuque County comes to about $58.4M a year: $1,426 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 29 physical therapy clinics, that is $2M per clinic, 16% 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.

Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Dubuque County in 2023. That is one for every 2,049 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $17K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Dubuque County.

Population estimates show Dubuque County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Dubuque County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #925 of 1,422 scored counties and #16 of 26 scored counties in Iowa.

How Dubuque County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Dubuque County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureDubuque CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.15.95.4
Spending per listing$2M$2.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,0492,6262,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.9%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,426$1,412$1,288
Median household income$77,630$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4260

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 20
Employees, 2023
173
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
295 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$17K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
99,381+0.1% since 2020
Households
40,989
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
163
Median household income
$77,630+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,177
Median home value
$237,300
Jobs located here
58,941
Daytime population
105,695Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sioux County, IA7953.9$3.8M+2.5%#76 of 1,422
2Jasper County, IA7464.0$3.4M+0.9%#156 of 1,422
3Dallas County, IA74266.1$2.8M+17.8%#161 of 1,422
4Pottawattamie County, IA73102.7$5.2M−0.7%#163 of 1,422
5Story County, IA70184.6$3M+2.7%#227 of 1,422
6Des Moines County, IA6374.1$3.2M−2.0%#363 of 1,422
7Warren County, IA60146.8$2.3M+9.0%#458 of 1,422
8Johnson County, IA60426.6$2.2M+4.6%#459 of 1,422
9Linn County, IA55555.8$2.5M+0.7%#582 of 1,422
10Webster County, IA5474.6$2.9M−0.4%#604 of 1,422
16Dubuque County, IA42297.1$2M+0.1%#925 of 1,422

Other business types in Dubuque County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Dubuque County, IA?

Dubuque County has 29 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in Dubuque County, IA spend on medical and dental services?

About $58.4M a year, or $1,426 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,989 households in Dubuque County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dubuque County, IA compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Dubuque County has 7.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Dubuque County would have about 24, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,049 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Dubuque County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Dubuque County at 99,381 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,989 households. The median household income in Dubuque County is $77,630 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Dubuque County scores 42 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #925 of 1,422 scored counties.

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