Health care · Metro area · South Carolina
Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Sumter, SC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Sumter, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #213 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 19
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- +5.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.5M
- On medical and dental services · $986 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,067
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Sumter metro area comes to about $40.5M a year: $986 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $2.1M per clinic, 20% 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 Sumter metro area has 19 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 40 businesses with payroll in the Sumter metro area classed as offices of physicians, up 5.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,027 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Sumter metro area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Sumter metro area is 48 (lower middle), #213 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Sumter 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 | Sumter metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.6M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,027 | 803 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.3% | +3.9% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $986 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $56,693 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40+5.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 798
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $61.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Sumter 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 Sumter metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,067−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 41,083
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $56,693
- Average household income
- $74,835
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 37,301
- Daytime population
- 101,774Residents 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 Sumter 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 Sumter 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 clinics55
- Dentists and orthodontists36
- Primary care and pediatrics48
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors64
- Physical therapy58
- Optometrists and eye care46
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Sumter, SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Sumter metro area. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Sumter, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $40.5M a year, or $986 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 41,083 households in the Sumter metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sumter, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Sumter metro area has 4.6 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Sumter metro area would have about 23, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,027 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sumter, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sumter metro area at 105,067 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,083 households. Median household income in the Sumter metro area is $56,693, 30% 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 Sumter metro area scores 48 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #213 of 387 scored metro areas.
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