Health care · Metro area · North Carolina
Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area
How the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #150 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 199
- 15 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 280
- +9.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $302.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,217 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 625,485
- +7.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,217 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area spend about $302.1M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 199 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $1.5M per clinic, 15% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
There are 199 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area as of September 2026. 15 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area was 280 in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019. That is one for every 887 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 924 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area.
Population estimates show the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area grew 7.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Durham-Chapel Hill metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #150 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Durham-Chapel Hill metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 887 | 782 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.8% | +0.1% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,217 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $83,500 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 280+9.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,708
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $551.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 924Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 170The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Durham-Chapel Hill 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 Durham-Chapel Hill metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 625,485+7.5% since 2020
- Households
- 248,256
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,759 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 342
- Median household income
- $83,500
- Average household income
- $120,978
- Median home value
- $396,100
- Jobs located here
- 363,261
- Daytime population
- 696,157Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Burlington, NC | 74 | 26 | 3.7 | $2.8M | +8.5% | #39 of 387 |
| 2Winston-Salem, NC | 66 | 132 | 4.7 | $2.3M | +5.3% | #81 of 387 |
| 3Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 62 | 20 | 4.5 | $2.6M | +10.3% | #103 of 387 |
| 4Rocky Mount, NC | 62 | 24 | 4.1 | $2.4M | +2.8% | #105 of 387 |
| 5Jacksonville, NC | 60 | 40 | 5.3 | $2M | +6.0% | #125 of 387 |
| 6Raleigh-Cary, NC | 59 | 456 | 7.9 | $1.6M | +12.6% | #131 of 387 |
| 7Goldsboro, NC | 57 | 24 | 5.1 | $2M | +3.8% | #141 of 387 |
| 8Wilmington, NC | 57 | 130 | 6.5 | $1.7M | +15.9% | #142 of 387 |
| 9Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 56 | 199 | 8.0 | $1.5M | +7.5% | #150 of 387 |
| 10Greensboro-High Point, NC | 55 | 181 | 5.7 | $1.9M | +4.1% | #155 of 387 |
Other business types in the Durham-Chapel Hill 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 clinics48
- Dentists and orthodontists49
- Primary care and pediatrics56
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics62
- Chiropractors80
- Physical therapy43
- Optometrists and eye care58
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 199 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area. 15 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 280 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019. Another 924 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $302.1M a year, or $1,217 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 199 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 248,256 households in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Durham-Chapel Hill metro area has 8.0 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.5M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area would have about 170, against 199 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 887 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area at 625,485 people in 2025, up 7.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 248,256 households. Median household income in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area is $83,500, 3% 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 Durham-Chapel Hill metro area scores 56 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #150 of 387 scored metro areas.
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