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Physical therapy clinics in New Hanover County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in New Hanover County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,198 of 1,422 scored counties
#55 of 61 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 94
- 19 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 62
- −7.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $119.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,140 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 245,959
- +8.6% since 2020
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What this means
For physical therapy clinics, New Hanover County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,198 of 1,422 scored counties and #55 of 61 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in New Hanover County comes to about $119.5M a year: $1,140 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
There are 94 physical therapy clinics on map listings in New Hanover County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 67% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in New Hanover County was 62 in 2023, down 7.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,691 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $630K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in New Hanover County. Population estimates show New Hanover County grew 8.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How New Hanover 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 | New Hanover County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,691 | 3,059 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.5% | +15.4% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,140 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $75,166 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 67 → 62−7.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 434
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9419 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
- 2
- Amount
- $630K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 245,959+8.6% since 2020
- Households
- 104,856
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 192 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,223
- Median household income
- $75,166+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,828
- Median home value
- $387,800
- Jobs located here
- 128,058
- Daytime population
- 260,358Residents 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 New Hanover 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 |
| 55New Hanover County, NC | 31 | 94 | 9.0 | $1.3M | +8.6% | #1,198 of 1,422 |
Other business types in New Hanover County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in New Hanover County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 94 physical therapy clinics in New Hanover County. 19 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, down 7.5% from 2019.
How much do households in New Hanover County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $119.5M a year, or $1,140 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 94 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 104,856 households in New Hanover County and national spending patterns by income.
How does New Hanover County, NC compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
New Hanover County has 9.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, New Hanover County would have about 50, against 94 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,691 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is New Hanover County, NC growing?
Population estimates put New Hanover County at 245,959 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,856 households. Median household income in New Hanover County is $75,166, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. New Hanover County scores 31 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #1,198 of 1,422 scored counties.
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