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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Denver County, CO

How Denver County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #464 of 1,656 scored counties
#8 of 25 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
220
12 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
527
+4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$481.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,436 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
740,613
+3.2% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Denver County comes to about $481.7M a year: $1,436 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 220 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $2.2M per clinic, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

Denver County has 220 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 5%, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 8% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 527 businesses with payroll in Denver County classed as offices of physicians, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 636 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 1,004 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Denver County.

Population estimates show Denver County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For primary care and pediatric clinics, Denver County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #464 of 1,656 scored counties and #8 of 25 scored counties in Colorado.

How Denver County compares

The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the primary care and pediatric 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.

Primary care and pediatrics in Denver County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureDenver CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.67.17.2
Spending per listing$2.2M$2M$1.8M
Households per official establishment636707593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.8%+5.9%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,436$1,423$1,288
Median household income$94,718$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score6262

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
503 → 527+4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,756
Annual payroll, 2023
$696.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,004Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
22012 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
271The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$3.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Denver 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 Denver County

Population, 2025 estimate
740,613+3.2% since 2020
Households
335,428
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
49%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
153 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4,696
Median household income
$94,718+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$136,552
Median home value
$616,000
Jobs located here
557,999
Daytime population
911,038Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Denver County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Adams County, CO84894.7$3M+6.6%#51 of 1,656
2Weld County, CO83604.8$2.9M+14.2%#60 of 1,656
3Broomfield County, CO72216.6$2.5M+6.3%#218 of 1,656
4Fremont County, CO7152.8$4.1M+2.4%#227 of 1,656
5Delta County, CO7164.6$2.4M+3.6%#241 of 1,656
6Garfield County, CO66135.6$2.4M+2.7%#345 of 1,656
7Douglas County, CO631289.1$1.9M+10.9%#441 of 1,656
8Denver County, CO622206.6$2.2M+3.2%#464 of 1,656
9Larimer County, CO611167.5$1.9M+4.8%#493 of 1,656
10El Paso County, CO602037.0$2M+3.2%#519 of 1,656

Other business types in Denver County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Denver County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 220 primary care and pediatric clinics in Denver County. 12 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 527 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. Official counts list 1,004 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Denver County, CO spend on medical and dental services?

About $481.7M a year, or $1,436 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 220 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 335,428 households in Denver County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Denver County, CO compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

Denver County has 6.6 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.2M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Denver County would have about 271, against 220 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 636 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Denver County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Denver County at 740,613 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 335,428 households. Median household income in Denver County is $94,718, 17% 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. Denver County scores 62 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #464 of 1,656 scored counties.

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