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Physical therapy clinics in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area

How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #103 of 386 scored metro areas
#12 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
561
131 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
350
+37.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On medical and dental services · $1,309 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,620,945
+14.0% 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

Households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area spend about $1.3B a year on medical and dental services, or $1,309 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 561 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.3M per clinic, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 561 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area as of September 2026. 131 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 350 businesses with payroll in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 37.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,827 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area grew 14.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #103 of 386 scored metro areas and #12 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.74.35.4
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,8273,3452,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+37.9%+24.9%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,309$1,164$1,288
Median household income$100,431$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6375

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
350+37.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,881
Annual payroll, 2023
$238.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
561131 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
539The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$3.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,620,945+14.0% since 2020
Households
989,434
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,220 sq. mi.
People per square mile
575
Median household income
$100,431+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$137,444
Median home value
$465,000
Jobs located here
1,303,265
Daytime population
2,543,902Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX779623.6$3.3M+10.3%#20 of 386
2Odessa, TX74203.1$3.5M+5.0%#33 of 386
3Killeen-Temple, TX70573.2$3.3M+7.2%#60 of 386
4Midland, TX68294.2$3M+9.8%#69 of 386
5Abilene, TX68233.5$3M+4.8%#71 of 386
6Longview, TX67343.1$3.3M+3.8%#75 of 386
7Amarillo, TX67363.5$3.1M+2.7%#78 of 386
8College Station-Bryan, TX67424.0$2.6M+6.9%#83 of 386
9Sherman-Denison, TX66264.7$2.3M+12.8%#87 of 386
10Wichita Falls, TX65152.6$4M+0.7%#88 of 386
12Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX635615.7$2.3M+14.0%#103 of 386

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Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 561 physical therapy clinics in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area. 131 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 350 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 37.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.3B a year, or $1,309 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 561 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 989,434 households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 5.7 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area would have about 539, against 561 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,827 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 37.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area at 2,620,945 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 989,434 households. Median household income in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area is $100,431, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores 63 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #103 of 386 scored metro areas.

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