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Physical therapy clinics in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area
The physical therapy clinics in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #345 of 386 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 95
- 26 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- +15.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $123.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,174 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 279,108
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area is 29 (lower middle), #345 of 386 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area spend about $123.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,174 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 95 physical therapy clinics, that is $1.3M per clinic, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
The Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area has 95 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area was 51 in 2023, up 15.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,060 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $248K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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.
| Measure | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,060 | 2,326 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.9% | +18.1% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,174 | $1,036 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $81,202 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51+15.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 542
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9526 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $248K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 279,108+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 105,082
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 845 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 322
- Median household income
- $81,202
- Average household income
- $109,896
- Median home value
- $284,000
- Jobs located here
- 97,233
- Daytime population
- 260,408Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 39 | 173 | 4.3 | $2.4M | −3.4% | #269 of 386 |
| 2Hammond, LA | 33 | 32 | 6.2 | $1.6M | +5.8% | #326 of 386 |
| 3Baton Rouge, LA | 32 | 194 | 5.8 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #329 of 386 |
| 4Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 29 | 95 | 9.0 | $1.3M | +5.3% | #345 of 386 |
| 5Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 27 | 74 | 4.7 | $2.1M | −2.3% | #351 of 386 |
| 6Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 24 | 41 | 5.1 | $2M | −3.5% | #363 of 386 |
| 7Alexandria, LA | 20 | 29 | 5.1 | $2M | −2.5% | #373 of 386 |
| 8Lafayette, LA | 18 | 129 | 7.8 | $1.3M | +3.8% | #377 of 386 |
| 9Lake Charles, LA | 14 | 58 | 6.3 | $1.7M | −3.8% | #381 of 386 |
| 10Monroe, LA | 7 | 57 | 6.6 | $1.5M | −1.9% | #384 of 386 |
Other business types in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 95 physical therapy clinics in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area. 26 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 15.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $123.3M a year, or $1,174 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 105,082 households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area has 9.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.3M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area would have about 51, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,060 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area is $81,202, in line with 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area scores 29 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #345 of 386 scored metro areas.
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