Portland, OR · Healthcare
Healthcare in Portland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,066 physician offices in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 16,914 people with $1.6 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,066
36th most of 387 US metro areas
16,914
15.9 per business, against 13.3 across all metros
$1.6 billion
$95,235 per employee
66%
of businesses, against 71% across all metros
+6.6%
in the number of businesses (1,000 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Portland.
- Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of physician offices, 36th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 15.9 employees each, against 13.3 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $95,235 per employee a year, against $106,949.
- The market grew: 66 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps healthcare in Portland.
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Follow up on missed visits the same week
A warm, non-judgmental rebooking note drafted the morning after, so a no-show does not quietly become a lost patient.
Questions
Healthcare in Portland
How many physician offices are there in Portland?
1,066 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 16,914 people and paid $1.6 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Portland market for healthcare growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,000 to 1,066 (+6.6%).
What does VERA do for healthcare in Portland?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Portland business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Healthcare in other markets
Other Portland markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is physician offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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