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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Barry County, MO
How Barry County, MO 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #416 of 1,656 scored counties
#18 of 43 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,282 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,200
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Barry County comes to about $17.1M a year: $1,282 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per clinic, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
Barry County has 11 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.2, 14% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Barry County classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 1,667 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Barry County grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Barry County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #416 of 1,656 scored counties and #18 of 43 scored counties in Missouri.
How Barry County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Barry County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.5M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,667 | 772 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.7% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,282 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,346 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 offices of physicians in Barry 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 Barry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,200+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 13,336
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 778 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $58,346+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,612
- Median home value
- $187,800
- Jobs located here
- 14,929
- Daytime population
- 37,735Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, MO | 94 | 9 | 2.1 | $7.2M | +7.1% | #5 of 1,656 |
| 2Christian County, MO | 92 | 9 | 2.6 | $5.7M | +8.3% | #7 of 1,656 |
| 3Lincoln County, MO | 92 | 7 | 3.1 | $4.8M | +11.4% | #8 of 1,656 |
| 4Platte County, MO | 87 | 10 | 2.3 | $7.1M | +6.7% | #25 of 1,656 |
| 5Webster County, MO | 85 | 7 | 5.0 | $2.6M | +10.4% | #41 of 1,656 |
| 6St. Charles County, MO | 81 | 64 | 4.0 | $4.2M | +4.9% | #79 of 1,656 |
| 7Johnson County, MO | 81 | 8 | 3.8 | $3.5M | +4.9% | #82 of 1,656 |
| 8Polk County, MO | 81 | 6 | 5.0 | $2.5M | +6.3% | #85 of 1,656 |
| 9Jefferson County, MO | 80 | 31 | 3.5 | $4.1M | +2.7% | #90 of 1,656 |
| 10Pulaski County, MO | 76 | 7 | 4.2 | $3.1M | +0.8% | #134 of 1,656 |
| 18Barry County, MO | 64 | 11 | 8.2 | $1.6M | +4.8% | #416 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Barry County
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 clinics68
- Dentists and orthodontists83
- Primary care and pediatrics64
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors42
- Physical therapy68
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Barry County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 primary care and pediatric clinics in Barry County. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Barry County, MO spend on medical and dental services?
About $17.1M a year, or $1,282 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 13,336 households in Barry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barry County, MO compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Barry County has 8.2 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.6M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Barry County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,667 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Barry County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Barry County at 36,200 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,336 households. Median household income in Barry County is $58,346, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.4%, 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. Barry County scores 64 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #416 of 1,656 scored counties.
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