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Physical therapy clinics in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area

How the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #339 of 386 scored metro areas
#8 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia

Listings
40
19 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
26
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$75M
On medical and dental services · $1,067 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
181,616
−0.1% 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

For physical therapy clinics, the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #339 of 386 scored metro areas and #8 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $1,067 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area spend about $75M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 40 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 2,703 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureBlacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro areaVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.75.65.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,7032,7452,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.3%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,067$1,264$1,288
Median household income$65,839$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score2957

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26
Employees, 2023
142
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4019 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
181,616−0.1% since 2020
Households
70,282
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,455 sq. mi.
People per square mile
125
Median household income
$65,839
Average household income
$91,263
Median home value
$240,900
Jobs located here
72,190
Daytime population
185,735Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in Virginia ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Richmond, VA672354.4$2.8M+5.5%#80 of 386
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV621,4045.9$2.5M+3.3%#105 of 386
2Winchester, VA-WV52397.0$1.7M+6.5%#177 of 386
3Harrisonburg, VA42265.2$2.1M+3.5%#250 of 386
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA42725.5$1.8M+2.3%#255 of 386
4Lynchburg, VA36545.2$2M+2.9%#306 of 386
5Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC354426.2$1.9M+0.9%#312 of 386
6Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA34275.2$2.1M+3.2%#316 of 386
7Charlottesville, VA34616.7$1.9M+3.1%#317 of 386
8Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA29405.7$1.9M−0.1%#339 of 386

Other business types in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 40 physical therapy clinics in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area. 19 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $75M a year, or $1,067 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 70,282 households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford 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 $1.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area would have about 31, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,703 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area at 181,616 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 70,282 households. Median household income in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area is $65,839, 18% 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area scores 29 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #339 of 386 scored metro areas.

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