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Physical therapy clinics in the Jacksonville, NC metro area
How the Jacksonville, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #153 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 33
- 9 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $78.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,044 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 217,175
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 physical therapy clinics in the Jacksonville metro area. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Households in the Jacksonville metro area spend about $78.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,044 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which physical therapy clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Jacksonville metro area was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 3,584 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jacksonville metro area grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Jacksonville metro area is 55 (upper middle), #153 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Jacksonville metro 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.
| Measure | Jacksonville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,584 | 3,059 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.4% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,044 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,148 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 165
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 339 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Jacksonville metro 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 Jacksonville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 217,175+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,265
- Median age
- 30.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 762 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 273
- Median household income
- $68,148+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,766
- Median home value
- $236,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,126
- Daytime population
- 192,000Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Jacksonville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Burlington, NC | 70 | 26 | 3.7 | $2.8M | +8.5% | #61 of 386 |
| 2Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 69 | 44 | 2.9 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #64 of 386 |
| 3Goldsboro, NC | 69 | 14 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +3.8% | #65 of 386 |
| 4Winston-Salem, NC | 68 | 104 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +5.3% | #72 of 386 |
| 5Rocky Mount, NC | 64 | 18 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +2.8% | #93 of 386 |
| 6Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 58 | 578 | 5.4 | $2.2M | +10.1% | #139 of 386 |
| 7Jacksonville, NC | 55 | 33 | 4.4 | $2.4M | +6.0% | #153 of 386 |
| 8Greensboro-High Point, NC | 54 | 140 | 4.4 | $2.4M | +4.1% | #163 of 386 |
| 9Fayetteville, NC | 53 | 59 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +1.6% | #171 of 386 |
| 10Greenville, NC | 52 | 30 | 4.0 | $2.5M | +5.4% | #175 of 386 |
Other business types in the Jacksonville metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Jacksonville, NC metro area?
The Jacksonville metro area has 33 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.
How much do households in the Jacksonville, NC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $78.6M a year, or $1,044 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,265 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jacksonville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Jacksonville metro area has 4.4 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,584 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jacksonville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 217,175 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,265 households. The median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $68,148 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Jacksonville metro area scores 55 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #153 of 386 scored metro areas.
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