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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Franklin County, NC
How Franklin County, NC 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 86 out of 100: High
Ranked #28 of 1,656 scored counties
#1 of 79 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,082 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,037
- +18.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in Franklin County is 86 (high), #28 of 1,656 scored counties and #1 of 79 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for primary care and pediatric clinics.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 primary care and pediatric clinics in Franklin County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 71% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Households in Franklin County spend about $30.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,082 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $5.1M per clinic, 2.9 times 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 10 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 2,853 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 18.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Franklin County 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 | Franklin County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $1.6M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,853 | 782 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +18.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,082 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $74,240 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 86 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,037+18.8% since 2020
- Households
- 28,529
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 151
- Median household income
- $74,240+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,255
- Median home value
- $284,300
- Jobs located here
- 13,513
- Daytime population
- 52,063Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Franklin County, NC | 86 | 6 | 2.1 | $5.1M | +18.8% | #28 of 1,656 |
| 2Chatham County, NC | 84 | 14 | 4.2 | $3M | +11.0% | #49 of 1,656 |
| 3Currituck County, NC | 81 | 6 | 5.1 | $2.5M | +16.7% | #86 of 1,656 |
| 4Davidson County, NC | 77 | 20 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +6.6% | #118 of 1,656 |
| 5Brunswick County, NC | 75 | 30 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +26.5% | #158 of 1,656 |
| 6Alamance County, NC | 74 | 26 | 3.7 | $2.8M | +8.5% | #173 of 1,656 |
| 7Davie County, NC | 74 | 7 | 4.1 | $2.8M | +6.9% | #175 of 1,656 |
| 8Johnston County, NC | 74 | 41 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +17.9% | #179 of 1,656 |
| 9Stokes County, NC | 73 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +3.5% | #192 of 1,656 |
| 10Rowan County, NC | 73 | 21 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +5.6% | #195 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Franklin 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Franklin County, NC?
There are 6 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $30.9M a year, or $1,082 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 28,529 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, NC compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Franklin County has 2.1 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $5.1M, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Franklin County would have about 17, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,853 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 82,037 people in 2025, up 18.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,529 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $74,240 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.5% 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. Franklin County scores 86 for primary care and pediatric clinics (high), #28 of 1,656 scored counties.
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