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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #369 of 387 scored metro areas
#15 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
1,529
83 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
2,071
−5.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On medical and dental services · $1,183 a household
Spending per listing
$821K
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.4
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,421,992
−1.3% 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

The Pittsburgh metro area scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #369 of 387 scored metro areas and #15 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,529 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Pittsburgh metro area. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.4, twice the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Pittsburgh metro area comes to about $1.3B a year: $1,183 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 1,529 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $821K per clinic, 54% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Pittsburgh metro area was 2,071 in 2023, down 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 513 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Pittsburgh metro area. Population estimates show the Pittsburgh metro area declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Pittsburgh metro area compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Pittsburgh, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasurePittsburgh metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.48.57.2
Spending per listing$821K$1.4M$1.8M
Households per official establishment513639593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.4%−1.3%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,183$1,201$1,288
Median household income$75,762$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score1727

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
2,071−5.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
37,386
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9B
One-person businesses, 2023
1,651Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,52983 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
705The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$75K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,421,992−1.3% since 2020
Households
1,061,705
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
5,640 sq. mi.
People per square mile
433
Median household income
$75,762
Average household income
$103,604
Median home value
$215,000
Jobs located here
1,169,523
Daytime population
2,467,515Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Pittsburgh metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gettysburg, PA77163.9$3.1M+3.6%#32 of 387
2Chambersburg, PA73233.6$3.2M+3.0%#44 of 387
3York-Hanover, PA71844.6$2.6M+3.6%#56 of 387
4Reading, PA69654.0$3M+2.7%#64 of 387
5Lancaster, PA611235.8$2.1M+1.9%#115 of 387
6Lebanon, PA60315.5$2.1M+2.2%#123 of 387
7Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD471,8787.6$1.7M+1.4%#225 of 387
8State College, PA46396.6$1.8M−0.4%#234 of 387
9Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ412828.3$1.5M+3.0%#265 of 387
10Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA401978.0$1.5M+4.2%#268 of 387
15Pittsburgh, PA171,52914.4$821K−1.3%#369 of 387

Other business types in the Pittsburgh metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area?

There are 1,529 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Pittsburgh metro area as of September 2026. 83 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 2,071 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 5.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,651 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.3B a year, or $1,183 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,529 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $821K 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 1,061,705 households in the Pittsburgh metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pittsburgh, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

The Pittsburgh metro area has 14.4 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $821K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Pittsburgh metro area would have about 705, against 1,529 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Pittsburgh, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pittsburgh metro area at 2,421,992 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,061,705 households. The median household income in the Pittsburgh metro area is $75,762 a year, 6% below 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 Pittsburgh metro area scores 17 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #369 of 387 scored metro areas.

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