Health care · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Physical therapy clinics in the Ardmore, OK area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in the Ardmore, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #381 of 400 scored small-town markets
#11 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 19
- 4 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,008 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 85% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For physical therapy clinics, the Ardmore area has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #381 of 400 scored small-town markets and #11 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 physical therapy clinics in the Ardmore area. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 10.0 per 10,000 households, 85% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Households in the Ardmore area spend about $19.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,008 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 58% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Ardmore area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 1,465 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Ardmore area. Population estimates put the population change in the Ardmore area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Ardmore area compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Ardmore area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,465 | 2,626 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.9% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,008 | $1,049 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 138
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Ardmore 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 Ardmore area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Ardmore area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durant, OK | 64 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +10.9% | #100 of 400 |
| 2Tahlequah, OK | 60 | 7 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +4.5% | #133 of 400 |
| 3Duncan, OK | 56 | 8 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +3.4% | #167 of 400 |
| 4Ponca City, OK | 49 | 6 | 3.6 | $2.8M | −0.3% | #210 of 400 |
| 5Stillwater, OK | 49 | 15 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +2.8% | #214 of 400 |
| 6Shawnee, OK | 42 | 13 | 4.8 | $2.1M | +3.5% | #265 of 400 |
| 7McAlester, OK | 38 | 8 | 4.5 | $2.1M | −1.1% | #292 of 400 |
| 8Ada, OK | 38 | 9 | 5.9 | $1.7M | +1.2% | #297 of 400 |
| 9Bartlesville, OK | 32 | 13 | 6.2 | $1.7M | +2.7% | #327 of 400 |
| 10Muskogee, OK | 26 | 13 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +0.7% | #354 of 400 |
| 11Ardmore, OK | 20 | 19 | 10.0 | $1M | +1.8% | #381 of 400 |
Other business types in the Ardmore area
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
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Ardmore, OK area?
There are 19 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Ardmore area as of September 2026. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.
How much do households in the Ardmore, OK area spend on medical and dental services?
About $19.2M a year, or $1,008 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,046 households in the Ardmore area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ardmore, OK area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Ardmore area has 10.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 85% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Ardmore area would have about 8, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,465 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ardmore, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ardmore area at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. The median household income in the Ardmore area is $60,723 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Ardmore area scores 20 for physical therapy clinics (low), #381 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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