St. Louis, MO · Healthcare
Healthcare in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,785 physician offices in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 22,126 people with $2.7 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,785
21st most of 387 US metro areas
22,126
12.4 per business, against 13.3 across all metros
$2.7 billion
$119,808 per employee
73%
of businesses, against 71% across all metros
-2.7%
in the number of businesses (1,835 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of physician offices, 21st of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 12.4 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $119,808 per employee a year, against $106,949.
- The count fell by 50 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps healthcare in St. Louis.
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Every scheduled visit gets a confirmation drafted with time, location, and arrival notes. Staff approve the batch instead of dialing all afternoon.
Work the recall list properly
Patients past due for a routine visit surface automatically, each with a reminder written and open slots offered, sent in batches your team controls.
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 St. Louis
How many physician offices are there in St. Louis?
1,785 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 22,126 people and paid $2.7 billion in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for healthcare growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 1,835 to 1,785 (-2.7%).
What does VERA do for healthcare in St. Louis?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a St. Louis 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
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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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