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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area

The primary care and pediatric clinics in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #288 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
2,207
365 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
4,534
−1.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.9B
On medical and dental services · $1,236 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
32% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,482,182
+5.9% 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 the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area comes to about $2.9B a year: $1,236 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2,207 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $1.3M per clinic, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 2,207 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 365 are chain locations, or 17%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Official counts show 4,534 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area in 2023, down 1.3% from 2019. That is one for every 510 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4,649 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 112 SBA-backed loans worth $70.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area grew 5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For primary care and pediatric clinics, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #288 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.

How the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.59.07.2
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.3M$1.8M
Households per official establishment510537593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−1.3%−2.3%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,236$1,150$1,288
Median household income$89,724$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3828

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4,534−1.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
63,610
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.5B
One-person businesses, 2023
4,649Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2,207365 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,605The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
112
Amount
$70.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,482,182+5.9% since 2020
Households
2,313,055
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
8,784 sq. mi.
People per square mile
712
Median household income
$89,724
Average household income
$122,540
Median home value
$367,600
Jobs located here
2,999,529
Daytime population
6,397,894Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Georgia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hinesville, GA55196.3$1.6M+12.6%#156 of 387
2Warner Robins, GA46506.7$1.7M+8.2%#236 of 387
3Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC441556.7$1.6M+4.7%#248 of 387
Chattanooga, TN-GA441707.3$1.5M+5.3%#250 of 387
4Gainesville, GA42506.8$1.7M+11.4%#258 of 387
5Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA382,2079.5$1.3M+5.9%#288 of 387
6Savannah, GA351328.2$1.4M+8.1%#300 of 387
7Dalton, GA35519.8$1.1M+3.5%#303 of 387
8Brunswick-St. Simons, GA284710.0$1.1M+4.4%#338 of 387
9Albany, GA25406.9$1.4M−1.8%#348 of 387

Other business types in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area

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Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,207 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area. 365 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 4,534 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 1.3% from 2019. Another 4,649 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $2.9B a year, or $1,236 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,207 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 2,313,055 households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 9.5 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.3M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area would have about 1,605, against 2,207 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 510 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area at 6,482,182 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,313,055 households. Median household income in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area is $89,724, 11% above 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area scores 38 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #288 of 387 scored metro areas.

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