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Physical therapy clinics in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area
The physical therapy clinics in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #370 of 386 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Vermont
- Listings
- 87
- 9 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- +18.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $120.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,279 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 70% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 227,803
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
For physical therapy clinics, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #370 of 386 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area comes to about $120.9M a year: $1,279 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 87 physical therapy clinics, that is $1.4M per clinic, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 87 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 9.2 for every 10,000 households, 70% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area in 2023, up 18.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,603 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Burlington-South Burlington metro area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Burlington-South Burlington metro area compares
The same measures for Vermont 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.
| Measure | Burlington-South Burlington metro area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,603 | 2,056 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.0% | +11.8% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,279 | $1,208 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $93,043 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59+18.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 367
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 879 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Burlington-South Burlington 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 Burlington-South Burlington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 227,803+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 94,559
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,250 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 182
- Median household income
- $93,043+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,646
- Median home value
- $401,000
- Jobs located here
- 121,615
- Daytime population
- 237,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 87 physical therapy clinics in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area. 9 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 18.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $120.9M a year, or $1,279 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 94,559 households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 9.2 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 70% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area would have about 50, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,603 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Burlington-South Burlington metro area at 227,803 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,559 households. Median household income in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area is $93,043, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.3%, 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. The Burlington-South Burlington metro area scores 22 for physical therapy clinics (low), #370 of 386 scored metro areas.
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