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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Florence, SC metro area
The primary care and pediatric clinics in the Florence, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #359 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 75
- 10 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 111
- +1.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $77.4M
- On medical and dental services · $988 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 201,392
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Florence metro area is 22 (low), #359 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Florence metro area comes to about $77.4M a year: $988 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 42% 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 Florence metro area has 75 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Florence metro area was 111 in 2023, up 1.8% from 2019. That is one for every 706 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Florence metro area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Florence metro area compares
The same measures for South 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 | Florence metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.6M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 706 | 803 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.8% | +3.9% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $988 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,443 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 111+1.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,790
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $304M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 142Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 the Florence 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 Florence metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 201,392+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 78,417
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $54,443+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,289
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 90,742
- Daytime population
- 204,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in the Florence metro area?
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Florence metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 65 | 47 | 4.9 | $2.4M | +12.0% | #86 of 387 |
| 2Spartanburg, SC | 61 | 85 | 5.9 | $1.7M | +14.3% | #118 of 387 |
| 3Columbia, SC | 53 | 213 | 6.3 | $1.7M | +6.0% | #173 of 387 |
| 4Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 49 | 342 | 8.9 | $1.2M | +9.0% | #209 of 387 |
| 5Sumter, SC | 48 | 19 | 4.6 | $2.1M | −0.3% | #213 of 387 |
| 6Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 48 | 88 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +20.9% | #216 of 387 |
| 7Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 47 | 238 | 7.1 | $1.7M | +10.7% | #227 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 46 | 998 | 9.3 | $1.3M | +10.1% | #238 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 44 | 155 | 6.7 | $1.6M | +4.7% | #248 of 387 |
| 8Florence, SC | 22 | 75 | 9.6 | $1M | +0.9% | #359 of 387 |
Other business types in the Florence 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 clinics28
- Dentists and orthodontists47
- Primary care and pediatrics22
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors38
- Physical therapy37
- Optometrists and eye care45
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Florence, SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 75 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Florence metro area. 10 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 1.8% from 2019. Official counts list 142 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Florence, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $77.4M a year, or $988 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 75 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 78,417 households in the Florence metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Florence, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Florence metro area has 9.6 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Florence metro area would have about 44, against 75 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 706 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Florence, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Florence metro area at 201,392 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,417 households. Median household income in the Florence metro area is $54,443, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. The Florence metro area scores 22 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #359 of 387 scored metro areas.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Florence metro area. It maps the primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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