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Physical therapy clinics in Waldo County, ME

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in Waldo County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #244 of 1,422 scored counties
#2 of 15 scored counties in Maine

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,107 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
37% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,693
+2.6% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Waldo County comes to about $19.3M a year: $1,107 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

Waldo County has 6 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 3.4 for every 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Waldo County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 5,823 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Waldo County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For physical therapy clinics, Waldo County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #244 of 1,422 scored counties and #2 of 15 scored counties in Maine. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Waldo County compares

The same measures for Maine 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 Waldo County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureWaldo CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.46.95.4
Spending per listing$3.2M$1.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment5,8231,9642,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+36.3%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,107$1,163$1,288
Median household income$72,782$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market score6927

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$552K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
40,693+2.6% since 2020
Households
17,470
Median age
46.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
730 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$72,782+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,541
Median home value
$257,700
Jobs located here
11,338
Daytime population
35,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Maine

Every Maine market ranked →

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

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, ME7153.0$3.9M+3.8%#197 of 1,422
2Waldo County, ME6963.4$3.2M+2.6%#244 of 1,422
3Oxford County, ME6093.7$2.8M+4.2%#442 of 1,422
4Franklin County, ME5653.9$2.6M+4.6%#552 of 1,422
5Somerset County, ME54114.7$2.2M+2.3%#626 of 1,422
6Kennebec County, ME49305.5$2M+3.5%#747 of 1,422
7Knox County, ME44116.0$2M+1.1%#877 of 1,422
8York County, ME43586.3$2M+4.8%#903 of 1,422
9Aroostook County, ME42103.3$3M−0.7%#917 of 1,422
10Sagadahoc County, ME35106.1$2M+3.4%#1,104 of 1,422

Other business types in Waldo County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Waldo County, ME?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 physical therapy clinics in Waldo County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in Waldo County, ME spend on medical and dental services?

About $19.3M a year, or $1,107 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 17,470 households in Waldo County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Waldo County, ME compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Waldo County has 3.4 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.2M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Waldo County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,823 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Waldo County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Waldo County at 40,693 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,470 households. Median household income in Waldo County is $72,782, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.2%, 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. Waldo County scores 69 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #244 of 1,422 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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