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Physical therapy clinics in the Brevard, NC area

How the Brevard, NC 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #181 of 400 scored small-town markets
#10 of 21 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina

Listings
8
3 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,057 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,211
+2.9% 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 $1,057 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Brevard area spend about $15.4M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 8 physical therapy clinics, that is $1.9M per clinic, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The Brevard area has 8 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 38%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Brevard area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 4,861 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Brevard area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Brevard area is 54 (upper middle), #181 of 400 scored small-town markets and #10 of 21 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.

How the Brevard area compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Brevard, NC area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureBrevard areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.55.25.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,8613,0592,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.4%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,057$1,116$1,288
Median household income$66,184$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score5460

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
29
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
83 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Brevard 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 Brevard area

Population, 2025 estimate
34,211+2.9% since 2020
Households
14,584
Median age
50.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
378 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$66,184+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,954
Median home value
$373,600
Jobs located here
9,403
Daytime population
30,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Brevard area marked.

Top small-town markets in North Carolina

Small-town markets in North Carolina ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Anderson Creek, NC85112.2$4.9M+12.3%#6 of 400
2Albemarle, NC7362.4$4.3M+9.8%#41 of 400
3Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC67133.3$3M+3.4%#78 of 400
4Wilson, NC6472.1$4.6M+1.7%#98 of 400
5North Wilkesboro, NC6251.8$5M+0.6%#112 of 400
6Marion, NC5952.7$3.6M+1.5%#137 of 400
7Kinston, NC5852.1$4.3M+1.4%#143 of 400
8Mount Airy, NC57103.3$2.9M+1.3%#153 of 400
9Sanford, NC56135.2$2M+10.8%#168 of 400
10Brevard, NC5485.5$1.9M+2.9%#181 of 400

Other business types in the Brevard area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Brevard, NC area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 physical therapy clinics in the Brevard area. 3 of them (38%) 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 Brevard, NC area spend on medical and dental services?

About $15.4M a year, or $1,057 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 14,584 households in the Brevard area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brevard, NC area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Brevard area has 5.5 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.9M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Brevard area would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,861 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Brevard, NC area growing?

Population estimates put the Brevard area at 34,211 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,584 households. Median household income in the Brevard area is $66,184, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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 Brevard area scores 54 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #181 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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