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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Franklin County, OH

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #198 of 325 scored counties
#10 of 18 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
46
21 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
66
+29.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$803M
On medical and dental services · $1,452 a household
Spending per listing
$17.5M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
60% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,361,536
+2.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Franklin County. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Franklin County comes to about $803M a year: $1,452 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $17.5M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 29% 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 Franklin County was 66 in 2023, up 29.4% from 2019. That is one for every 8,380 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics, ranking #198 of 325 scored counties and #10 of 18 scored counties in Ohio.

How Franklin County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Franklin County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.60.5
Spending per listing$17.5M$22.4M$24.5M
Households per official establishment8,38013,85512,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+29.4%+21.0%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,452$1,398$1,288
Median household income$75,176$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4541

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
51 → 66+29.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,532
Annual payroll, 2023
$95.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4621 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,361,536+2.8% since 2020
Households
553,099
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
532 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,504
Median household income
$75,176+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,381
Median home value
$288,400
Jobs located here
814,719
Daytime population
1,507,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clermont County, OH7050.6$25.5M+3.9%#45 of 325
2Summit County, OH67110.5$29.5M−0.3%#54 of 325
3Butler County, OH61120.8$18.1M+2.4%#93 of 325
4Hamilton County, OH60210.6$24.2M+1.0%#98 of 325
5Lorain County, OH59100.8$18.1M+3.1%#110 of 325
6Warren County, OH5891.0$17.6M+5.7%#121 of 325
7Cuyahoga County, OH53320.6$23.6M−2.3%#143 of 325
8Delaware County, OH48111.3$14.1M+12.5%#178 of 325
9Lake County, OH4780.8$18.4M−0.1%#182 of 325
10Franklin County, OH45460.8$17.5M+2.8%#198 of 325

Other business types in Franklin 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 Franklin County, OH?

There are 46 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 21 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023, up 29.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Franklin County, OH spend on medical and dental services?

About $803M a year, or $1,452 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $17.5M 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 553,099 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin County has 0.8 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $17.5M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Franklin County would have about 33, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,380 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +32.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 1,361,536 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 553,099 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $75,176 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County scores 45 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #198 of 325 scored counties.

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