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Physical therapy clinics in St. Louis County, MN

How St. Louis County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #489 of 1,422 scored counties
#24 of 30 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
60
9 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$119.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,373 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.9
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
200,518
+0.2% 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

At $1,373 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in St. Louis County spend about $119.6M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 60 physical therapy clinics on map listings in St. Louis County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 6.9 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in St. Louis County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 7,260 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in St. Louis County.

Population estimates show St. Louis County grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Louis County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #489 of 1,422 scored counties and #24 of 30 scored counties in Minnesota.

How St. Louis County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 St. Louis County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Louis CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.94.05.4
Spending per listing$2M$3.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment7,2603,4552,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+48.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,373$1,550$1,288
Median household income$70,069$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score5987

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 12
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
609 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$300K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
200,518+0.2% since 2020
Households
87,115
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
6,248 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$70,069+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,368
Median home value
$221,400
Jobs located here
98,963
Daytime population
212,532Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with St. Louis County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sherburne County, MN92102.8$5.8M+6.8%#3 of 1,422
2Scott County, MN90183.3$5.5M+5.1%#7 of 1,422
3Carver County, MN89174.1$4.5M+6.6%#8 of 1,422
4Anoka County, MN84473.4$4.7M+4.7%#21 of 1,422
5Dakota County, MN84653.7$4.5M+3.9%#24 of 1,422
6Isanti County, MN8363.7$4M+7.3%#32 of 1,422
7Clay County, MN8293.4$4.2M+3.6%#38 of 1,422
8Stearns County, MN80213.4$4.1M+3.6%#58 of 1,422
9Washington County, MN80494.6$3.8M+6.9%#60 of 1,422
10Olmsted County, MN78233.4$4.7M+2.3%#84 of 1,422
24St. Louis County, MN59606.9$2M+0.2%#489 of 1,422

Other business types in St. Louis County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in St. Louis County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 60 physical therapy clinics in St. Louis County. 9 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in St. Louis County, MN spend on medical and dental services?

About $119.6M a year, or $1,373 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $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 87,115 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Louis County, MN compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

St. Louis County has 6.9 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 50, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,260 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Louis County, MN growing?

Population estimates put St. Louis County at 200,518 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,115 households. Median household income in St. Louis County is $70,069, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. St. Louis County scores 59 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #489 of 1,422 scored counties.

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