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Physical therapy clinics in Pierce County, WA
How Pierce County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #608 of 1,422 scored counties
#18 of 26 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 200
- 62 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 178
- +26.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $501.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,429 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,288
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Pierce County spend about $501.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,429 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
There are 200 physical therapy clinics on map listings in Pierce County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Pierce County was 178 in 2023, up 26.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,974 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $420K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Pierce County.
Population estimates put the population change in Pierce County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in Pierce County is 54 (upper middle), #608 of 1,422 scored counties and #18 of 26 scored counties in Washington.
How Pierce County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Pierce County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,974 | 2,345 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +26.2% | +22.7% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,429 | $1,446 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $99,564 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 141 → 178+26.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,160
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $63.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20062 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 209The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $420K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Pierce County, 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 Pierce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,288+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 351,330
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,668 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 558
- Median household income
- $99,564+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,504
- Median home value
- $526,600
- Jobs located here
- 329,848
- Daytime population
- 851,977Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Washington for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Washington, with Pierce County marked.
Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mason County, WA | 90 | 6 | 2.3 | $5.6M | +7.8% | #6 of 1,422 |
| 2Franklin County, WA | 81 | 11 | 3.7 | $3.6M | +5.6% | #47 of 1,422 |
| 3Grant County, WA | 79 | 11 | 3.1 | $3.9M | +6.3% | #73 of 1,422 |
| 4Cowlitz County, WA | 79 | 14 | 3.2 | $3.9M | +3.5% | #74 of 1,422 |
| 5Clark County, WA | 77 | 83 | 4.2 | $3.3M | +5.3% | #108 of 1,422 |
| 6Clallam County, WA | 71 | 12 | 3.4 | $3.6M | +1.1% | #199 of 1,422 |
| 7Snohomish County, WA | 69 | 165 | 5.2 | $2.9M | +4.9% | #247 of 1,422 |
| 8Jefferson County, WA | 68 | 7 | 4.3 | $2.9M | +2.7% | #261 of 1,422 |
| 9Lewis County, WA | 67 | 14 | 4.3 | $2.9M | +6.7% | #285 of 1,422 |
| 10Whitman County, WA | 65 | 5 | 2.7 | $4.3M | +1.5% | #318 of 1,422 |
| 18Pierce County, WA | 54 | 200 | 5.7 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #608 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Pierce County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in Pierce County, WA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 200 physical therapy clinics in Pierce County. 62 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 178 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 26.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Pierce County, WA spend on medical and dental services?
About $501.9M a year, or $1,429 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 200 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 351,330 households in Pierce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pierce County, WA compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Pierce County has 5.7 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.5M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Pierce County would have about 209, against 200 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,974 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Pierce County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Pierce County at 946,288 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 351,330 households. Median household income in Pierce County is $99,564, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Pierce County scores 54 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #608 of 1,422 scored counties.
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