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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area

How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #190 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
789
105 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
1,844
+17.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On medical and dental services · $1,309 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,620,945
+14.0% 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

At $1,309 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area spend about $1.3B a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $1.6M per clinic, 8% 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 789 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 105 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 11% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area was 1,844 in 2023, up 17.5% from 2019. That is one for every 537 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 2,225 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $30.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area.

Population estimates show the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area grew 14.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area is 51 (upper middle), #190 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.08.77.2
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.3M$1.8M
Households per official establishment537486593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.5%+1.9%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,309$1,164$1,288
Median household income$100,431$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5131

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,844+17.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
23,300
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4B
One-person businesses, 2023
2,225Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
789105 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
727The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
22
Amount
$30.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,620,945+14.0% since 2020
Households
989,434
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,220 sq. mi.
People per square mile
575
Median household income
$100,431+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$137,444
Median home value
$465,000
Jobs located here
1,303,265
Daytime population
2,543,902Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Killeen-Temple, TX70794.4$2.4M+7.2%#61 of 387
2San Angelo, TX63173.6$2.9M+0.3%#98 of 387
3Waco, TX51645.8$1.8M+4.2%#188 of 387
4Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX517898.0$1.6M+14.0%#190 of 387
5College Station-Bryan, TX49615.8$1.8M+6.9%#206 of 387
6Odessa, TX48426.5$1.7M+5.0%#218 of 387
7Midland, TX43608.6$1.5M+9.8%#254 of 387
8Longview, TX41736.7$1.5M+3.8%#263 of 387
9Tyler, TX39657.8$1.4M+7.8%#277 of 387
10Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX382,6459.1$1.4M+10.6%#287 of 387

Other business types in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area

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Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 789 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area. 105 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 1,844 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 17.5% from 2019. Another 2,225 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.3B a year, or $1,309 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 789 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 989,434 households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 8.0 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.6M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area would have about 727, against 789 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 537 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area at 2,620,945 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 989,434 households. Median household income in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area is $100,431, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores 51 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #190 of 387 scored metro areas.

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