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Physical therapy clinics in the Sturgis, MI area

How the Sturgis, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #11 of 400 scored small-town markets
#1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Michigan

Listings
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,295 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
61% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,968
+0.1% 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

For physical therapy clinics, the Sturgis area has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #11 of 400 scored small-town markets and #1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for physical therapy clinics.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Sturgis area comes to about $30.6M a year: $1,295 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $6.1M per clinic, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The Sturgis area has 5 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 40%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 61% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Sturgis area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 7,873 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Sturgis area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Sturgis area 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.

Physical therapy in Sturgis, MI area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureSturgis areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.16.35.4
Spending per listing$6.1M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment7,8732,5732,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,295$1,412$1,288
Median household income$66,425$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score8252

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$624K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 the Sturgis 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 Sturgis area

Population, 2025 estimate
60,968+0.1% since 2020
Households
23,620
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
501 sq. mi.
People per square mile
122
Median household income
$66,425+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,433
Median home value
$178,300
Jobs located here
19,267
Daytime population
52,362Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Michigan

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sturgis area marked.

Top small-town markets in Michigan

Small-town markets in Michigan ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sturgis, MI8252.1$6.1M+0.1%#11 of 400
2Owosso, MI7872.5$5.3M−0.4%#25 of 400
3Holland, MI76184.0$3.7M+2.1%#32 of 400
4Ludington, MI6953.9$3.4M0.0%#62 of 400
5Cadillac, MI63105.1$2.5M+2.0%#110 of 400
6Big Rapids, MI63116.6$1.9M+4.7%#111 of 400
7Escanaba, MI6085.0$2.5M−0.8%#134 of 400
Marinette, WI-MI58144.8$2.7M+0.3%#146 of 400
8Marquette, MI55176.0$2.2M+2.3%#177 of 400
9Coldwater, MI55116.5$2M+2.5%#179 of 400

Other business types in the Sturgis area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Sturgis, MI area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 physical therapy clinics in the Sturgis area. 2 of them (40%) 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 the Sturgis, MI area spend on medical and dental services?

About $30.6M a year, or $1,295 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 23,620 households in the Sturgis area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sturgis, MI area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Sturgis area has 2.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $6.1M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Sturgis area would have about 13, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,873 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sturgis, MI area growing?

Population estimates put the Sturgis area at 60,968 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,620 households. Median household income in the Sturgis area is $66,425, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Sturgis area scores 82 for physical therapy clinics (high), #11 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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