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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the District of Columbia

Every metro area, small-town market and county in the District of Columbia, ranked by the Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
37
29 chain locations (78%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$447.1M
On medical and dental services
Listings per 10k households
1.1
2.2 times the U.S.
Spending per listing
$12.1M
51% below the U.S.
Rank among states
#25 of 50
Market score 51 · Upper middle

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What this means

There are 37 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in the District of Columbia as of September 2026. Of those, 29 are chain locations, or 78%, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 0.5.

At $1,378 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in the District of Columbia spend about $447.1M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $12.1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 51% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the District of Columbia was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 81,123 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Among 50 states, the District of Columbia ranks #25 for urgent care and walk-in clinics, with a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle). The one scored metro area in or partly in the District of Columbia, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area, scores 48.

Every market in the District of Columbia for urgent care and walk-in clinics

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in the District of Columbia, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching the District of Columbia, ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV482891.2$12M+3.3%#110 of 197

Counties

Counties in the District of Columbia, ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
District of ColumbiaNot scored371.1$12.1M+3.4%

Markets with fewer than 5 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the District of Columbia?

As of September 2026, map listings count 37 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the District of Columbia. 29 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in the District of Columbia spend on medical and dental services?

About $447.1M a year, or $1,378 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $12.1M 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 324,491 households in the District of Columbia and national spending patterns by income.

How does the District of Columbia compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The District of Columbia has 1.1 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $12.1M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the District of Columbia would have about 18, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 81,123 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Which market in the District of Columbia has the highest market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The one scored metro area in or partly in the District of Columbia is the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area, at 48 (lower middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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 District of Columbia scores 51 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (upper middle), #25 of 50 scored states.

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