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Physical therapy clinics in Hamilton County, TN

The physical therapy clinics in Hamilton County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,092 of 1,422 scored counties
#43 of 52 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
131
40 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
66
+8.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$176.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,143 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
57% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
390,833
+6.2% 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

Hamilton County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #1,092 of 1,422 scored counties and #43 of 52 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Hamilton County comes to about $176.2M a year: $1,143 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

Hamilton County has 131 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 40 are chain locations, or 31%, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 66 businesses with payroll in Hamilton County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,336 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $87K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Hamilton County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hamilton County grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Hamilton County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Hamilton County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureHamilton CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.55.25.4
Spending per listing$1.3M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,3363,6542,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.2%+17.3%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,143$1,088$1,288
Median household income$76,183$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3656

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
61 → 66+8.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
634
Annual payroll, 2023
$31.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
13140 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
73The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$87K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
390,833+6.2% since 2020
Households
154,181
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
542 sq. mi.
People per square mile
694
Median household income
$76,183+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,083
Median home value
$312,800
Jobs located here
213,237
Daytime population
429,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Blount County, TN75193.4$3.3M+6.0%#140 of 1,422
2Robertson County, TN75103.5$3.2M+9.9%#141 of 1,422
3Rutherford County, TN72564.3$2.7M+12.6%#192 of 1,422
4Sumner County, TN69374.7$2.6M+9.2%#252 of 1,422
5Montgomery County, TN67323.6$3M+13.0%#282 of 1,422
6Lawrence County, TN6652.9$3.3M+6.2%#298 of 1,422
7Bedford County, TN6473.6$2.9M+9.7%#346 of 1,422
8Jefferson County, TN6362.8$3.8M+9.3%#357 of 1,422
9Lincoln County, TN6353.4$3.1M+4.3%#365 of 1,422
10Cheatham County, TN6384.9$2.4M+4.1%#374 of 1,422
43Hamilton County, TN361318.5$1.3M+6.2%#1,092 of 1,422

Other business types in Hamilton County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Hamilton County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 131 physical therapy clinics in Hamilton County. 40 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019.

How much do households in Hamilton County, TN spend on medical and dental services?

About $176.2M a year, or $1,143 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 131 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 154,181 households in Hamilton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hamilton County, TN compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Hamilton County has 8.5 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.3M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Hamilton County would have about 73, against 131 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,336 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Hamilton County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Hamilton County at 390,833 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 154,181 households. Median household income in Hamilton County is $76,183, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, 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. Hamilton County scores 36 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #1,092 of 1,422 scored counties.

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