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Physical therapy clinics in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area

The physical therapy clinics in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #20 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
962
209 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
673
+27.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.2B
On medical and dental services · $1,201 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,904,627
+10.3% 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

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #20 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for physical therapy clinics.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 962 physical therapy clinics in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area. Of those, 209 are chain locations, or 22%, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 3.6 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

At $1,201 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area spend about $3.2B a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 38% 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 673 businesses with payroll in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, up 27.5% from 2019. That is one for every 3,955 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 45 SBA-backed loans worth $21.1M have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area. Population estimates show the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area grew 10.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.64.35.4
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,9553,3452,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+27.5%+24.9%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,201$1,164$1,288
Median household income$82,168$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7775

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
673+27.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,916
Annual payroll, 2023
$288.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
962209 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,330The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
45
Amount
$21.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
7,904,627+10.3% since 2020
Households
2,661,739
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
8,839 sq. mi.
People per square mile
842
Median household income
$82,168
Average household income
$117,837
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
3,347,878
Daytime population
7,510,084Residents 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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

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Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area?

There are 962 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area as of September 2026. 209 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 673 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 27.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.2B a year, or $1,201 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 962 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,661,739 households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has 3.6 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.3M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area would have about 1,330, against 962 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,955 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area at 7,904,627 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,661,739 households. The median household income in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area is $82,168 a year, 2% above 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area scores 77 for physical therapy clinics (high), #20 of 386 scored metro areas.

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