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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area
The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #118 of 197 scored metro areas
#13 of 17 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 129
- 29 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 215
- +43.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.7B
- On medical and dental services · $1,155 a household
- Spending per listing
- $20.9M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,391,072
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area comes to about $2.7B a year: $1,155 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 129 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $20.9M per clinic, 15% 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 129 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 29 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 0.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area was 215 in 2023, up 43.3% from 2019. That is one for every 10,860 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For urgent care and walk-in clinics, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #118 of 197 scored metro areas and #13 of 17 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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.
| Measure | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $20.9M | $22.4M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,860 | 10,049 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +43.3% | +43.0% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,155 | $1,132 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $76,527 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 215+43.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,161
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $220M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12929 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,391,072+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,334,797
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 5,067 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,233
- Median household income
- $76,527+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,472
- Median home value
- $443,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,820,583
- Daytime population
- 6,365,054Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 75 | 7 | 0.2 | $43.2M | +19.8% | #15 of 197 |
| 2Port St. Lucie, FL | 64 | 7 | 0.3 | $32.8M | +16.0% | #42 of 197 |
| 3Jacksonville, FL | 61 | 23 | 0.3 | $33.5M | +10.7% | #54 of 197 |
| 4North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 60 | 18 | 0.5 | $25.4M | +13.2% | #58 of 197 |
| 5Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 57 | 16 | 0.5 | $23.2M | +14.4% | #69 of 197 |
| 6Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 56 | 7 | 0.6 | $20.3M | +9.4% | #74 of 197 |
| 7Naples-Marco Island, FL | 55 | 9 | 0.5 | $23.2M | +10.6% | #80 of 197 |
| 8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 52 | 9 | 0.4 | $25.1M | +6.5% | #93 of 197 |
| 9Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 50 | 14 | 0.5 | $21.2M | +9.1% | #101 of 197 |
| 10Tallahassee, FL | 49 | 5 | 0.3 | $33.6M | +3.1% | #103 of 197 |
| 13Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 44 | 129 | 0.6 | $20.9M | +4.2% | #118 of 197 |
Other business types in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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 clinics23
- Dentists and orthodontists23
- Primary care and pediatrics24
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics44
- Chiropractors35
- Physical therapy27
- Optometrists and eye care27
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 129 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. 29 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 215 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023, up 43.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $2.7B a year, or $1,155 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $20.9M 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 2,334,797 households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 0.6 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $20.9M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area would have about 110, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,860 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. The official count rose 43.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +32.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area at 6,391,072 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,334,797 households. Median household income in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is $76,527, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 44 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #118 of 197 scored metro areas.
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