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Physical therapy clinics in the Wausau, WI metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in the Wausau, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #37 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
20
3 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$82M
On medical and dental services · $1,416 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
71% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
139,432
+1.0% since 2020

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What this means

The Wausau metro area scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #37 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for physical therapy clinics.

Households in the Wausau metro area spend about $82M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,416 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 71% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 20 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Wausau metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in the Wausau metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 3,046 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Wausau metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Wausau metro area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Wausau, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureWausau metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.55.65.4
Spending per listing$4.1M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,0463,3192,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.2%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,416$1,435$1,288
Median household income$77,884$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7372

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19
Employees, 2023
146
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
203 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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 Wausau 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 Wausau metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
139,432+1.0% since 2020
Households
57,866
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,545 sq. mi.
People per square mile
90
Median household income
$77,884
Average household income
$97,899
Median home value
$219,600
Jobs located here
72,449
Daytime population
141,458Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Wisconsin

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

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Janesville-Beloit, WI81142.1$6.7M+1.7%#4 of 386
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI805934.0$4.1M+2.6%#7 of 386
2Fond du Lac, WI77163.7$3.7M+0.5%#19 of 386
3Green Bay, WI76674.9$2.9M+2.5%#27 of 386
4Madison, WI751515.0$3.1M+4.1%#29 of 386
5Eau Claire, WI74263.6$3.9M+2.6%#31 of 386
6Appleton, WI74464.6$3.2M+2.7%#36 of 386
7Wausau, WI73203.5$4.1M+1.0%#37 of 386
8La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN70233.2$4.4M+0.4%#53 of 386
9Sheboygan, WI63295.8$2.4M0.0%#102 of 386

Other business types in the Wausau 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 Wausau, WI metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 20 physical therapy clinics in the Wausau metro area. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in the Wausau, WI metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $82M a year, or $1,416 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 57,866 households in the Wausau metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Wausau, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Wausau metro area has 3.5 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $4.1M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Wausau metro area would have about 34, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,046 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Wausau, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Wausau metro area at 139,432 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,866 households. Median household income in the Wausau metro area is $77,884, 4% 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 Wausau metro area scores 73 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #37 of 386 scored metro areas.

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