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Physical therapy clinics in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area

How the Corpus Christi, 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #173 of 386 scored metro areas
#19 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
69
16 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
47
−2.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$180.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,066 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
451,191
+1.1% 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 69 physical therapy clinics in the Corpus Christi metro area. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

At $1,066 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Corpus Christi metro area spend about $180.2M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 9% 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 47 businesses with payroll in the Corpus Christi metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, down 2.1% from 2019. That is one for every 3,595 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Corpus Christi metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Corpus Christi metro area is 52 (upper middle), #173 of 386 scored metro areas and #19 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCorpus Christi metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.14.35.4
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,5953,3452,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.1%+24.9%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,066$1,164$1,288
Median household income$67,453$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5275

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
47−2.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
423
Annual payroll, 2023
$20.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6916 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
75The 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 Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
451,191+1.1% since 2020
Households
168,972
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,785 sq. mi.
People per square mile
251
Median household income
$67,453
Average household income
$90,916
Median home value
$210,400
Jobs located here
180,865
Daytime population
440,499Residents 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 Corpus Christi 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
19Corpus Christi, TX52694.1$2.6M+1.1%#173 of 386

Other business types in the Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area?

The Corpus Christi metro area has 69 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, down 2.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $180.2M a year, or $1,066 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 168,972 households in the Corpus Christi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Corpus Christi metro area has 4.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.6M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Corpus Christi metro area would have about 75, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,595 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Corpus Christi, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Corpus Christi metro area at 451,191 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,972 households. The median household income in the Corpus Christi metro area is $67,453 a year, 16% 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 Corpus Christi metro area scores 52 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #173 of 386 scored metro areas.

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