San Francisco, CA · Healthcare

Healthcare in San Francisco, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 2,702 physician offices in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 29,031 people with $3.7 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

2,702

13th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

29,031

10.7 per business, against 13.3 across all metros

Annual payroll

$3.7 billion

$128,076 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

80%

of businesses, against 71% across all metros

Change since 2022

+5.5%

in the number of businesses (2,562 in 2022)

What the numbers say about San Francisco.

  • San Francisco is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of physician offices, 13th of 387.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 10.7 employees each, against 13.3 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $128,076 per employee a year, against $106,949.
  • The market grew: 140 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps healthcare in San Francisco.

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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 San Francisco

How many physician offices are there in San Francisco?

2,702 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 29,031 people and paid $3.7 billion in annual payroll.

Is the San Francisco market for healthcare growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 2,562 to 2,702 (+5.5%).

What does VERA do for healthcare in San Francisco?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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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