Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Georgia

Georgia has 343 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 123 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Households in Georgia spend about $4.7B a year on medical and dental services, or $1,150 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $13.7M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 44% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 490 businesses with payroll in Georgia classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers, up 96.8% from 2019. That is one for every 8,315 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 32.0% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Georgia.

Among 50 states, Georgia ranks #48 for urgent care and walk-in clinics, with a Groundwork market score of 24 (low). Of the 8 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Chattanooga metro area scores highest (53). Among 19 scored counties, Forsyth County scores highest (56).