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Physical therapy clinics in the Alexandria, LA metro area

How the Alexandria, LA 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 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #373 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
29
3 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
25
+8.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$56.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,007 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
147,952
−2.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Alexandria metro area is 20 (low), #373 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 physical therapy clinics in the Alexandria metro area. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Households in the Alexandria metro area spend about $56.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,007 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 18% 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 25 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Alexandria metro area in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,256 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Alexandria metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Alexandria metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Alexandria metro area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Alexandria, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAlexandria metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.15.65.4
Spending per listing$2M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,2562,3262,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.7%+18.1%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,007$1,036$1,288
Median household income$56,353$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2016

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25+8.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
228
Annual payroll, 2023
$12M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
293 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
$150K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
147,952−2.5% since 2020
Households
56,394
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,968 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$56,353+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,924
Median home value
$175,200
Jobs located here
57,169
Daytime population
151,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Louisiana

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

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New Orleans-Metairie, LA391734.3$2.4M−3.4%#269 of 386
2Hammond, LA33326.2$1.6M+5.8%#326 of 386
3Baton Rouge, LA321945.8$1.9M+2.1%#329 of 386
4Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA29959.0$1.3M+5.3%#345 of 386
5Shreveport-Bossier City, LA27744.7$2.1M−2.3%#351 of 386
6Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA24415.1$2M−3.5%#363 of 386
7Alexandria, LA20295.1$2M−2.5%#373 of 386
8Lafayette, LA181297.8$1.3M+3.8%#377 of 386
9Lake Charles, LA14586.3$1.7M−3.8%#381 of 386
10Monroe, LA7576.6$1.5M−1.9%#384 of 386

Other business types in the Alexandria 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 Alexandria, LA metro area?

There are 29 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Alexandria metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019.

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

About $56.8M a year, or $1,007 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, 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 56,394 households in the Alexandria metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Alexandria metro area has 5.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Alexandria metro area would have about 24, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,256 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Alexandria, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Alexandria metro area at 147,952 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 56,394 households. The median household income in the Alexandria metro area is $56,353 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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 Alexandria metro area scores 20 for physical therapy clinics (low), #373 of 386 scored metro areas.

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