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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Columbia, MO metro area

The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Columbia, MO metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$121M
On medical and dental services · $1,400 a household
Spending per listing
$60.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
219,062
+3.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Columbia metro area. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Columbia metro area comes to about $121M a year: $1,400 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $60.5M of household spending for each clinic on map listings. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Columbia metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 14,399 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Columbia metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, the Columbia metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Columbia metro area compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Columbia, MO metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureColumbia metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.50.5
Spending per listing$60.5M$29.5M$24.5M
Households per official establishment14,39915,87512,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.5%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,400$1,389$1,288
Median household income$72,340$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
102
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 the Columbia 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 Columbia metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
219,062+3.9% since 2020
Households
86,393
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,714 sq. mi.
People per square mile
125
Median household income
$72,340+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,624
Median home value
$258,700
Jobs located here
114,165
Daytime population
231,692Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Missouri

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Columbia metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Louis, MO-IL75460.4$37.4M−0.2%#16 of 197
2Kansas City, MO-KS64490.5$27.5M+3.4%#43 of 197
3Jefferson City, MO4271.2$11.5M+2.2%#130 of 197
4Springfield, MO38191.0$13.8M+5.1%#150 of 197
Columbia, MONot scored20.2$60.5M+3.9%

Other business types in the Columbia metro area

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 the Columbia, MO metro area?

The Columbia metro area has 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in the Columbia, MO metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $121M a year, or $1,400 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $60.5M 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 86,393 households in the Columbia metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Columbia, MO metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The Columbia metro area has 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Columbia metro area would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,399 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is the Columbia, MO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Columbia metro area at 219,062 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,393 households. The median household income in the Columbia metro area is $72,340 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. The Columbia metro area has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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