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Physical therapy clinics in Johnston County, NC

How Johnston 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 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #121 of 1,422 scored counties
#5 of 61 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
27
6 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
24
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$98.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,149 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
52% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
256,448
+17.9% 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

Johnston County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #121 of 1,422 scored counties and #5 of 61 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for physical therapy clinics.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Johnston County comes to about $98.4M a year: $1,149 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per clinic, 52% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

Johnston County has 27 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Johnston County in 2023. That is one for every 3,566 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 Johnston County. Population estimates show Johnston County grew 17.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Johnston 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.

Physical therapy in Johnston County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureJohnston CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.25.25.4
Spending per listing$3.6M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,5663,0592,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.4%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.9%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,149$1,116$1,288
Median household income$83,384$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score7660

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 24
Employees, 2023
244
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
276 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
1
Amount
$300K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
256,448+17.9% since 2020
Households
85,591
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
792 sq. mi.
People per square mile
296
Median household income
$83,384+39.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,557
Median home value
$305,600
Jobs located here
58,494
Daytime population
179,884Residents 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 counties in North Carolina for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Johnston County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harnett County, NC82112.2$4.9M+12.3%#36 of 1,422
2Chatham County, NC81123.6$3.6M+11.0%#49 of 1,422
3Davidson County, NC80142.0$5.2M+6.6%#55 of 1,422
4Union County, NC79374.4$3M+11.7%#81 of 1,422
5Johnston County, NC76273.2$3.6M+17.9%#121 of 1,422
6Davie County, NC7452.9$3.9M+6.9%#149 of 1,422
7Stanly County, NC7262.4$4.3M+9.8%#182 of 1,422
8Wayne County, NC70142.9$3.4M+3.8%#221 of 1,422
9Rowan County, NC69193.2$3.2M+5.6%#245 of 1,422
10Catawba County, NC69243.6$2.9M+5.8%#248 of 1,422

Other business types in Johnston County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Johnston County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 physical therapy clinics in Johnston County. 6 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in Johnston County, NC spend on medical and dental services?

About $98.4M a year, or $1,149 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 85,591 households in Johnston County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Johnston County, NC compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Johnston County has 3.2 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.6M, 52% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Johnston County would have about 41, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,566 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Johnston County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Johnston County at 256,448 people in 2025, up 17.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,591 households. Median household income in Johnston County is $83,384, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.3%, 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. Johnston County scores 76 for physical therapy clinics (high), #121 of 1,422 scored counties.

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