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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in DeKalb County, GA

The urgent care and walk-in clinics in DeKalb County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #260 of 325 scored counties
#7 of 19 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
21
5 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
27
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$347.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,209 a household
Spending per listing
$16.5M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
40% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
774,394
+1.3% since 2020

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What this means

For urgent care and walk-in clinics, DeKalb County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #260 of 325 scored counties and #7 of 19 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 urgent care and walk-in clinics in DeKalb County. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 40% above the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in DeKalb County comes to about $347.3M a year: $1,209 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $16.5M per clinic, 33% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in DeKalb County was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 10,638 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in DeKalb County. Population estimates put the population change in DeKalb County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How DeKalb County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 DeKalb County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureDeKalb CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.80.5
Spending per listing$16.5M$13.7M$24.5M
Households per official establishment10,6388,31512,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+96.8%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,209$1,150$1,288
Median household income$80,644$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3424

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 27
Employees, 2023
994
Annual payroll, 2023
$80.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
215 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County

Population, 2025 estimate
774,394+1.3% since 2020
Households
287,239
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
268 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,860
Median household income
$80,644+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$119,811
Median home value
$357,800
Jobs located here
346,946
Daytime population
767,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Forsyth County, GA5670.8$19.6M+11.8%#131 of 325
2Cherokee County, GA42141.4$9.6M+11.6%#218 of 325
3Clayton County, GA3750.5$21M−0.6%#242 of 325
4Bartow County, GA3551.2$9.3M+10.5%#257 of 325
5Columbia County, GA3581.5$8.7M+7.9%#258 of 325
6Douglas County, GA35101.9$6M+6.6%#259 of 325
7DeKalb County, GA34210.7$16.5M+1.3%#260 of 325
8Cobb County, GA34311.0$12.6M+3.5%#261 of 325
9Fayette County, GA2971.6$8.7M+4.7%#282 of 325
10Gwinnett County, GA28431.3$9.3M+6.2%#288 of 325

Other business types in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County, GA?

There are 21 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in DeKalb County as of September 2026. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in DeKalb County, GA spend on medical and dental services?

About $347.3M a year, or $1,209 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $16.5M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 287,239 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.

How does DeKalb County, GA compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

DeKalb County has 0.7 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $16.5M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,638 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is DeKalb County, GA growing?

Population estimates put DeKalb County at 774,394 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 287,239 households. The median household income in DeKalb County is $80,644 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. DeKalb County scores 34 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #260 of 325 scored counties.

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