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Physical therapy clinics in Gaston County, NC
How Gaston County, NC 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #284 of 1,422 scored counties
#13 of 61 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 34
- 13 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $99.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,063 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 246,558
- +7.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,063 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Gaston County spend about $99.4M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 34 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.9M per clinic, 22% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
Gaston County has 34 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Gaston County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 4,069 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $282K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Gaston County.
Population estimates put the population change in Gaston County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gaston County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #284 of 1,422 scored counties and #13 of 61 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Gaston County 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.
| Measure | Gaston County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,069 | 3,059 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.4% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,063 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $67,478 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 23
- Employees, 2023
- 195
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3413 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $282K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Gaston 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 Gaston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 246,558+7.8% since 2020
- Households
- 93,576
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 356 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 660
- Median household income
- $67,478+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,074
- Median home value
- $266,000
- Jobs located here
- 82,464
- Daytime population
- 195,265Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Gaston County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harnett County, NC | 82 | 11 | 2.2 | $4.9M | +12.3% | #36 of 1,422 |
| 2Chatham County, NC | 81 | 12 | 3.6 | $3.6M | +11.0% | #49 of 1,422 |
| 3Davidson County, NC | 80 | 14 | 2.0 | $5.2M | +6.6% | #55 of 1,422 |
| 4Union County, NC | 79 | 37 | 4.4 | $3M | +11.7% | #81 of 1,422 |
| 5Johnston County, NC | 76 | 27 | 3.2 | $3.6M | +17.9% | #121 of 1,422 |
| 6Davie County, NC | 74 | 5 | 2.9 | $3.9M | +6.9% | #149 of 1,422 |
| 7Stanly County, NC | 72 | 6 | 2.4 | $4.3M | +9.8% | #182 of 1,422 |
| 8Wayne County, NC | 70 | 14 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +3.8% | #221 of 1,422 |
| 9Rowan County, NC | 69 | 19 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +5.6% | #245 of 1,422 |
| 10Catawba County, NC | 69 | 24 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +5.8% | #248 of 1,422 |
| 13Gaston County, NC | 67 | 34 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +7.8% | #284 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Gaston County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in Gaston County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 physical therapy clinics in Gaston County. 13 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.
How much do households in Gaston County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $99.4M a year, or $1,063 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 93,576 households in Gaston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gaston County, NC compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Gaston County has 3.6 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.9M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Gaston County would have about 41, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,069 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is Gaston County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Gaston County at 246,558 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 93,576 households. Median household income in Gaston County is $67,478, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Gaston County scores 67 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #284 of 1,422 scored counties.
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