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Physical therapy clinics in the Spartanburg, SC metro area

How the Spartanburg, 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #81 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
54
18 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
37
+5.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$148.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,036 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
407,656
+14.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 54 physical therapy clinics in the Spartanburg metro area. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 30% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

At $1,036 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Spartanburg metro area spend about $148.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 14% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 37 businesses with payroll in the Spartanburg metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,873 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Spartanburg metro area grew 14.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Spartanburg metro area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #81 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureSpartanburg metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.85.05.4
Spending per listing$2.7M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,8732,8932,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.9%+19.6%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,036$1,086$1,288
Median household income$64,382$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score6760

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
37+5.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
219
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5418 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
407,656+14.3% since 2020
Households
143,283
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,322 sq. mi.
People per square mile
283
Median household income
$64,382
Average household income
$85,260
Median home value
$225,000
Jobs located here
167,419
Daytime population
371,898Residents 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 Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg metro area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Spartanburg, SC metro area?

The Spartanburg metro area has 54 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 5.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Spartanburg, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $148.4M a year, or $1,036 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 143,283 households in the Spartanburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Spartanburg, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Spartanburg metro area has 3.8 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.7M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Spartanburg metro area would have about 62, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,873 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Spartanburg, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Spartanburg metro area at 407,656 people in 2025, up 14.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,283 households. The median household income in the Spartanburg metro area is $64,382 a year, 20% 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 Spartanburg metro area scores 67 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #81 of 386 scored metro areas.

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