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Physical therapy clinics in Stark County, OH

How Stark County, OH 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #243 of 1,422 scored counties
#30 of 59 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
64
13 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
35
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$208.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,335 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
373,771
−0.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 64 physical therapy clinics in Stark County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 20%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Stark County comes to about $208.2M a year: $1,335 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 35% above 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.

Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Stark County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 4,456 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $146K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Stark County.

Population estimates show Stark County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in Stark County is 69 (upper middle), #243 of 1,422 scored counties and #30 of 59 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Stark County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Stark County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureStark CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.14.05.4
Spending per listing$3.3M$3.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,4564,2252,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+11.1%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,335$1,398$1,288
Median household income$67,934$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6979

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35 → 350.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,158
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6413 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
87The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$146K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
373,771−0.2% since 2020
Households
155,955
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
575 sq. mi.
People per square mile
650
Median household income
$67,934+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,996
Median home value
$186,400
Jobs located here
161,831
Daytime population
363,748Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Stark County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH9952.1$8.2M+16.5%#1 of 1,422
2Clermont County, OH88242.8$5.3M+3.9%#9 of 1,422
3Greene County, OH88253.7$4.2M+3.7%#11 of 1,422
4Miami County, OH87153.3$4.2M+3.4%#12 of 1,422
5Warren County, OH87394.2$4.1M+5.7%#13 of 1,422
6Licking County, OH84263.8$4M+3.8%#26 of 1,422
7Lorain County, OH84473.7$3.9M+3.1%#27 of 1,422
8Portage County, OH82172.6$5.4M+1.0%#34 of 1,422
9Fairfield County, OH82213.5$4.4M+6.5%#37 of 1,422
10Wayne County, OH8161.4$10.2M−0.1%#40 of 1,422
30Stark County, OH69644.1$3.3M−0.2%#243 of 1,422

Other business types in Stark County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Stark County, OH?

There are 64 physical therapy clinics on map listings in Stark County as of September 2026. 13 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

How much do households in Stark County, OH spend on medical and dental services?

About $208.2M a year, or $1,335 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 155,955 households in Stark County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Stark County, OH compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Stark County has 4.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.3M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Stark County would have about 87, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,456 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Stark County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Stark County at 373,771 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,955 households. The median household income in Stark County is $67,934 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% 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. Stark County scores 69 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #243 of 1,422 scored counties.

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