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Physical therapy clinics in Oakland County, MI
The physical therapy clinics in Oakland County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,133 of 1,422 scored counties
#52 of 56 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 560
- 161 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 395
- +21.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $872.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,644 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 96% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,288,337
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
For physical therapy clinics, Oakland County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,133 of 1,422 scored counties and #52 of 56 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Oakland County comes to about $872.2M a year: $1,644 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. Spread across 560 physical therapy clinics, that is $1.6M per clinic, 35% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
Oakland County has 560 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 10.6 per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Oakland County was 395 in 2023, up 21.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,343 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $9.1M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Oakland County. Population estimates show Oakland County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Oakland County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Oakland County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,343 | 2,573 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.5% | +15.8% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,644 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $97,760 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 325 → 395+21.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,896
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $243.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 560161 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 363The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $9.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Oakland 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 Oakland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,288,337+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 530,460
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 867 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,475
- Median household income
- $97,760+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,121
- Median home value
- $343,600
- Jobs located here
- 726,660
- Daytime population
- 1,442,622Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Oakland County marked.
Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Barry County, MI | 82 | 6 | 2.5 | $5.8M | +2.2% | #33 of 1,422 |
| 2Van Buren County, MI | 81 | 6 | 2.0 | $6.8M | +0.7% | #41 of 1,422 |
| 3St. Joseph County, MI | 78 | 5 | 2.1 | $6.1M | +0.1% | #83 of 1,422 |
| 4Clinton County, MI | 75 | 9 | 2.8 | $5.4M | +1.6% | #126 of 1,422 |
| 5Shiawassee County, MI | 75 | 7 | 2.5 | $5.3M | −0.4% | #127 of 1,422 |
| 6Allegan County, MI | 73 | 18 | 4.0 | $3.7M | +2.1% | #170 of 1,422 |
| 7St. Clair County, MI | 73 | 28 | 4.1 | $3.3M | +0.1% | #174 of 1,422 |
| 8Muskegon County, MI | 71 | 25 | 3.7 | $3.5M | +1.8% | #201 of 1,422 |
| 9Newaygo County, MI | 71 | 8 | 4.1 | $3.1M | +3.1% | #209 of 1,422 |
| 10Berrien County, MI | 70 | 26 | 4.1 | $3.3M | −1.3% | #223 of 1,422 |
| 52Oakland County, MI | 34 | 560 | 10.6 | $1.6M | +1.2% | #1,133 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Oakland 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 Oakland County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 560 physical therapy clinics in Oakland County. 161 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 395 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 21.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Oakland County, MI spend on medical and dental services?
About $872.2M a year, or $1,644 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 560 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 530,460 households in Oakland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oakland County, MI compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Oakland County has 10.6 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.6M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Oakland County would have about 363, against 560 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,343 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Oakland County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Oakland County at 1,288,337 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 530,460 households. Median household income in Oakland County is $97,760, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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. Oakland County scores 34 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #1,133 of 1,422 scored counties.
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