Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Texas

Texas has 499 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 120 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 0.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Texas comes to about $12.8B a year: $1,164 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $25.6M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 4% above 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 1,149 businesses with payroll in Texas classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers, up 28.7% from 2019. That is one for every 9,567 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, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $33.1M have gone to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Texas.

Among 50 states, Texas ranks #32 for urgent care and walk-in clinics, with a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle). Of the 12 scored metro areas in or partly in Texas, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores highest (67). Among 21 scored counties, Denton County scores highest (75).