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Physical therapy clinics in Howard County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in Howard County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,021 of 1,422 scored counties
#14 of 22 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 120
- 20 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 66
- +8.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $189.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,568 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 339,183
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 120 physical therapy clinics in Howard County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,568 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in Howard County spend about $189.8M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 120 physical therapy clinics, that is $1.6M per clinic, 34% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 66 businesses with payroll in Howard County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,834 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Howard County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in Howard County is 39 (lower middle), #1,021 of 1,422 scored counties and #14 of 22 scored counties in Maryland.
How Howard County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Howard County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,834 | 2,294 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.2% | +12.8% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,568 | $1,322 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $149,763 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61 → 66+8.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 428
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12020 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 339,183+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 121,065
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 251 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,340
- Median household income
- $149,763+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $184,243
- Median home value
- $597,900
- Jobs located here
- 185,575
- Daytime population
- 363,145Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Howard County marked.
Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Mary’s County, MD | 68 | 23 | 5.4 | $2.6M | +2.4% | #265 of 1,422 |
| 2Charles County, MD | 68 | 34 | 5.6 | $2.5M | +5.9% | #266 of 1,422 |
| 3Prince George’s County, MD | 60 | 164 | 4.7 | $2.7M | +0.5% | #447 of 1,422 |
| 4Frederick County, MD | 54 | 77 | 7.4 | $1.9M | +11.0% | #629 of 1,422 |
| 5Calvert County, MD | 51 | 28 | 8.4 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #702 of 1,422 |
| 6Montgomery County, MD | 46 | 287 | 7.4 | $2M | +1.3% | #821 of 1,422 |
| 7Queen Anne’s County, MD | 46 | 14 | 7.0 | $1.9M | +8.8% | #823 of 1,422 |
| 8Cecil County, MD | 45 | 25 | 6.2 | $2M | +3.2% | #854 of 1,422 |
| 9Anne Arundel County, MD | 45 | 171 | 7.6 | $1.9M | +1.7% | #856 of 1,422 |
| 10Harford County, MD | 43 | 68 | 6.7 | $2M | +2.0% | #901 of 1,422 |
| 14Howard County, MD | 39 | 120 | 9.9 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #1,021 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Howard County
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 Howard County, MD?
There are 120 physical therapy clinics on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. 20 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Howard County, MD spend on medical and dental services?
About $189.8M a year, or $1,568 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 120 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 121,065 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, MD compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Howard County has 9.9 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.6M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Howard County would have about 79, against 120 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,834 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 339,183 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,065 households. The median household income in Howard County is $149,763 a year, 86% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Howard County scores 39 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #1,021 of 1,422 scored counties.
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