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Physical therapy clinics in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area

How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #123 of 386 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
66
24 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
50
+22.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$166.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,047 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
427,551
+20.9% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area comes to about $166.2M a year: $1,047 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per clinic, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 66 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area as of September 2026. 24 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.2, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 50 businesses with payroll in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 22.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,176 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area grew 20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is 60 (upper middle), #123 of 386 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.

How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area compares

The same measures for South 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureMyrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.25.05.4
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,1762,8932,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+22.0%+19.6%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,047$1,086$1,288
Median household income$66,880$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score6060

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
50+22.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
249
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6624 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
69The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
427,551+20.9% since 2020
Households
158,779
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,133 sq. mi.
People per square mile
338
Median household income
$66,880
Average household income
$87,740
Median home value
$287,700
Jobs located here
142,324
Daytime population
375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spartanburg, SC67543.8$2.7M+14.3%#81 of 386
2Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC60664.2$2.5M+20.9%#123 of 386
3Sumter, SC58133.2$3.1M−0.3%#137 of 386
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC585785.4$2.2M+10.1%#139 of 386
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC541004.3$2.5M+4.7%#161 of 386
4Columbia, SC541644.8$2.2M+6.0%#166 of 386
5Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC422235.8$1.9M+9.0%#252 of 386
6Charleston-North Charleston, SC382377.1$1.7M+10.7%#286 of 386
7Florence, SC37364.6$2.2M+0.9%#292 of 386
8Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC34747.8$1.5M+12.0%#319 of 386

Other business types in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area

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Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 66 physical therapy clinics in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. 24 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 22.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $166.2M a year, or $1,047 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 4.2 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 69, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,176 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% 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. 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 60 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #123 of 386 scored metro areas.

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