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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in San Francisco County, CA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for urgent care and walk-in clinics in San Francisco County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #34 of 325 scored counties
#5 of 21 scored counties in California

Listings
18
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$617.5M
On medical and dental services · $1,697 a household
Spending per listing
$34.3M
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
826,079
−5.6% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in San Francisco County comes to about $617.5M a year: $1,697 per household, 32% above the U.S. average. Spread across 18 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $34.3M per clinic, 40% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.

San Francisco County has 18 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in San Francisco County in 2023. That is one for every 22,748 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Population estimates show San Francisco County declined 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For urgent care and walk-in clinics, San Francisco County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #34 of 325 scored counties and #5 of 21 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How San Francisco County compares

The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the urgent care and walk-in 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.

Urgent care and walk-in clinics in San Francisco County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureSan Francisco CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.60.5
Spending per listing$34.3M$23.8M$24.5M
Households per official establishment22,74811,07812,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+48.8%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,697$1,464$1,288
Median household income$140,970$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7239

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 16
Employees, 2023
175
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
182 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in San Francisco County, 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 San Francisco County

Population, 2025 estimate
826,079−5.6% since 2020
Households
363,970
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
38%
Vehicles per household
1.1
Land area
47 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17,777
Median household income
$140,970+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$206,854
Median home value
$1,394,500
Jobs located here
747,999
Daytime population
1,133,228Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in California, with San Francisco County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Mateo County, CA7890.3$52.8M−2.5%#11 of 325
2Contra Costa County, CA77100.2$68M+0.3%#15 of 325
3Alameda County, CA76190.3$52.1M−2.6%#19 of 325
4Santa Clara County, CA76340.5$35.3M−0.9%#20 of 325
5San Francisco County, CA72180.5$34.3M−5.6%#34 of 325
6Placer County, CA7290.6$27.4M+8.9%#37 of 325
7Sacramento County, CA68230.4$34.4M+2.0%#49 of 325
8Riverside County, CA66320.4$33.8M+5.0%#57 of 325
9Santa Cruz County, CA6650.5$30M−4.7%#59 of 325
10Sonoma County, CA66120.6$23.8M−0.4%#60 of 325

Other business types in San Francisco County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in San Francisco County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 urgent care and walk-in clinics in San Francisco County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in San Francisco County, CA spend on medical and dental services?

About $617.5M a year, or $1,697 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $34.3M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 363,970 households in San Francisco County and national spending patterns by income.

How does San Francisco County, CA compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

San Francisco County has 0.5 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $34.3M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, San Francisco County would have about 25, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,748 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is San Francisco County, CA growing?

Population estimates put San Francisco County at 826,079 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 363,970 households. Median household income in San Francisco County is $140,970, 75% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. San Francisco County scores 72 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (upper middle), #34 of 325 scored counties.

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