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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #216 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 88
- 19 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 283
- −6.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $166.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,047 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area spend about $166.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,047 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 88 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Official counts show 283 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area in 2023, down 6.3% from 2019. That is one for every 561 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 242 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area grew 20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #216 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 561 | 803 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.3% | +3.9% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,047 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 283−6.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,848
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $276.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 242Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8819 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 clinics49
- Dentists and orthodontists69
- Primary care and pediatrics48
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics46
- Chiropractors40
- Physical therapy60
- Optometrists and eye care48
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 88 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. 19 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 283 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 6.3% from 2019. Another 242 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $166.2M a year, or $1,047 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 88 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 5.5 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.9M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 93, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 561 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 48 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #216 of 387 scored metro areas.
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