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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area

The primary care and pediatric clinics in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #319 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
392
38 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
713
−5.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$563.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,078 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,341,412
−0.3% 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

For primary care and pediatric clinics, the Memphis metro area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #319 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Memphis metro area comes to about $563.7M a year: $1,078 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 392 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $1.4M per clinic, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

There are 392 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Memphis metro area as of September 2026. 38 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Memphis metro area was 713 in 2023, down 5.2% from 2019. That is one for every 733 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $6.7M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Memphis metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Memphis metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Memphis metro area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMemphis metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.57.87.2
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.4M$1.8M
Households per official establishment733632593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.2%−0.3%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,078$1,088$1,288
Median household income$66,401$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3236

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
713−5.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
13,140
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4B
One-person businesses, 2023
1,045Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
39238 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
317The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$6.7M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,341,412−0.3% since 2020
Households
522,879
Median age
37.6
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,972 sq. mi.
People per square mile
270
Median household income
$66,401
Average household income
$95,119
Median home value
$245,900
Jobs located here
640,441
Daytime population
1,368,538Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Tennessee

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

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clarksville, TN-KY56766.1$1.7M+8.5%#148 of 387
2Cleveland, TN47326.4$1.6M+6.1%#228 of 387
3Chattanooga, TN-GA441707.3$1.5M+5.3%#250 of 387
4Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN426678.0$1.5M+8.7%#259 of 387
5Knoxville, TN422897.6$1.4M+6.9%#260 of 387
6Morristown, TN40408.3$1.2M+7.9%#271 of 387
7Johnson City, TN38525.8$1.7M+4.3%#283 of 387
8Memphis, TN-MS-AR323927.5$1.4M−0.3%#319 of 387
9Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA29816.2$1.6M+2.3%#333 of 387
10Jackson, TN27689.4$1.1M+2.2%#341 of 387

Other business types in the Memphis 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 392 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Memphis metro area. 38 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 713 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 5.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,045 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $563.7M a year, or $1,078 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 392 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 522,879 households in the Memphis metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

The Memphis metro area has 7.5 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.4M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Memphis metro area would have about 317, against 392 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 733 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Memphis metro area at 1,341,412 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 522,879 households. Median household income in the Memphis metro area is $66,401, 18% 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 Memphis metro area scores 32 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #319 of 387 scored metro areas.

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