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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area
How the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #322 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 1,211
- 109 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 3,270
- +4.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On medical and dental services · $1,136 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,418,895
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
For primary care and pediatric clinics, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #322 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 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 1,211 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. Of those, 109 are chain locations, or 9%, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
At $1,136 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area spend about $1.5B a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 1,211 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $1.2M per clinic, 30% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3,270 businesses with payroll in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area classed as offices of physicians, up 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 407 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 65 SBA-backed loans worth $38.8M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 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.
| Measure | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 9.2 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 407 | 411 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.2% | +4.8% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,136 | $1,132 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $74,392 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3,270+4.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 35,953
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3,131Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,211109 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 849The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 65
- Amount
- $38.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,418,895+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,330,303
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,314
- Median household income
- $74,392+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,527
- Median home value
- $345,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,535,800
- Daytime population
- 3,350,045Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 76 | 22 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +21.1% | #34 of 387 |
| 2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 59 | 168 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +19.8% | #130 of 387 |
| 3Tallahassee, FL | 50 | 79 | 5.0 | $2.1M | +3.1% | #195 of 387 |
| 4Port St. Lucie, FL | 46 | 129 | 6.3 | $1.8M | +16.0% | #235 of 387 |
| 5Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 44 | 45 | 6.4 | $1.8M | +7.7% | #247 of 387 |
| 6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 44 | 240 | 7.3 | $1.5M | +14.4% | #249 of 387 |
| 7North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 43 | 279 | 7.2 | $1.6M | +13.2% | #253 of 387 |
| 8Punta Gorda, FL | 42 | 54 | 6.0 | $1.8M | +15.5% | #257 of 387 |
| 9Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 41 | 85 | 7.1 | $1.7M | +9.4% | #262 of 387 |
| 10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 41 | 226 | 7.7 | $1.4M | +11.2% | #266 of 387 |
| 16Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 31 | 1,211 | 9.1 | $1.2M | +7.3% | #322 of 387 |
Other business types in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics31
- Dentists and orthodontists33
- Primary care and pediatrics31
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics38
- Chiropractors37
- Physical therapy48
- Optometrists and eye care50
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area?
There are 1,211 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area as of September 2026. 109 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 3,270 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 4.2% from 2019. Another 3,131 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $1.5B a year, or $1,136 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,211 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 1,330,303 households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area has 9.1 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area would have about 849, against 1,211 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 407 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area at 3,418,895 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,330,303 households. The median household income in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area is $74,392 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area scores 31 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #322 of 387 scored metro areas.
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