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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #342 of 387 scored metro areas
#20 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
93
11 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
228
+0.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$95.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,087 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.6
47% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
231,174
+15.7% 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

The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #342 of 387 scored metro areas and #20 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 93 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 12%, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 10.6 for every 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.

At $1,087 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area spend about $95.8M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 228 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 386 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. Population estimates show the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePanama City-Panama City Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.69.27.2
Spending per listing$1M$1.2M$1.8M
Households per official establishment386411593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+0.9%+4.8%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,087$1,132$1,288
Median household income$71,514$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score2726

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
228+0.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,302
Annual payroll, 2023
$196.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
150Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9311 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$3.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
231,174+15.7% since 2020
Households
88,065
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,343 sq. mi.
People per square mile
158
Median household income
$71,514
Average household income
$94,187
Median home value
$294,300
Jobs located here
85,476
Daytime population
211,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL76223.1$3.5M+21.1%#34 of 387
2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL591685.8$1.8M+19.8%#130 of 387
3Tallahassee, FL50795.0$2.1M+3.1%#195 of 387
4Port St. Lucie, FL461296.3$1.8M+16.0%#235 of 387
5Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL44456.4$1.8M+7.7%#247 of 387
6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL442407.3$1.5M+14.4%#249 of 387
7North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL432797.2$1.6M+13.2%#253 of 387
8Punta Gorda, FL42546.0$1.8M+15.5%#257 of 387
9Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL41857.1$1.7M+9.4%#262 of 387
10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL412267.7$1.4M+11.2%#266 of 387
20Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL279310.6$1M+15.7%#342 of 387

Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

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Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?

There are 93 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area as of September 2026. 11 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 228 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019. Another 150 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $95.8M a year, or $1,087 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 10.6 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 54, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 386 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 27 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #342 of 387 scored metro areas.

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