Physical & Occupational Therapy in Colorado

Physical therapists and occupational therapists registered with a practice address in this area, including their board-recognised specialty areas.

10,533

Registered providers

278

Places with providers

13th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Colorado

Each bar is the number of places at that level of provider density. A long right tail means a few places carry far more providers per resident than the rest of the state.

Distribution across 180 places in Colorado.

Colorado has 10,533 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 4 licence types.

Colorado ranks 13th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

By licence type the breakdown is physical therapist (6,393), occupational therapist (2,855), pediatric occupational therapist (379), orthopedic physical therapist (367), with 0 further types making up the remainder.

Just over half of the licensed therapists here — 64% — hold the same licence, physical therapist. Where one type dominates like this, the practical question is less which letters someone has than whether they work with what you are bringing to them.

The three largest concentrations are Denver (9,226), Colorado Springs (5,497), Aurora (3,680).

One caveat on reading these numbers: the registry records where a provider registered an address, not where they see clients day to day, and addresses are not always kept current. It also says nothing about whether someone is taking new clients.

How Colorado got here

new registrations per year

Each registration carries the year it was issued, so the registry doubles as a record of when this workforce grew in Colorado. A rising line means the constraint is easing; a flat one means today's shortage is likely to be next year's too.

New registrations per year. licensed therapists in Colorado. Annual registrations in 2025 were 13% higher than in 2008. The final bar is faded because 2026 is still in progress. Starts at 2008 on purpose. The NPI system launched in 2006– 2007 and the whole profession registered at once, so those two years are an artefact of the rollout rather than a measure of anything. Including them would make the following year look like a collapse.

Who they are

self-reported to CMS

77.5% of registered licensed therapists in Colorado are women. Nationally the figure varies a great deal by licence type — occupational therapy at one end, psychiatry at the other. See the national breakdown.

You can filter any city list on this site by gender. We show it because it is one of the most common things people search for and, for some kinds of work, a real need — but it is only ever a filter here, never a ranking.

Where they are registered

circle size = providers in that ZIP code

The highest-count ZIP codes for licensed therapists in Colorado. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

6,393

60.7%

Occupational Therapist

2,855

27.1%

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

379

3.6%

Orthopedic Physical Therapist

367

3.5%

Places in Colorado

189 of 189 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Denver	1,366	740,613	18.4
Colorado Springs	1,209	494,743	24.4
Aurora	633	410,053	15.4
Fort Collins	527	171,500	30.7
Boulder	466	105,689	44.1
Littleton	355	46,246	76.8
Lakewood	331	156,927	21.1
Centennial	330	108,658	30.4
Englewood	250	35,305	70.8
Greenwood Village	244	15,323
Westminster	227	116,182	19.5
Golden	215	20,390	105.4
Longmont	213	100,109	21.3
Parker	206	65,985	31.2
Loveland	201	81,387	24.7
Highlands Ranch	200
Greeley	178	115,073	15.5
Grand Junction	177	71,827	24.6
Castle Rock	175	83,815	20.9
Pueblo	169	110,404	15.3
Broomfield	156	79,174	19.7
Thornton	150	147,766
Arvada	140	122,901	11.4
Louisville	121	20,581	58.8
Wheat Ridge	119	32,081
Vail	117	4,407
Durango	114	19,733	57.8
Windsor	103	43,840	23.5
Lafayette	97	30,116
Lone Tree	92	15,278	60.2
Brighton	80	45,395	17.6
Evergreen	73
Fort Carson	64
Steamboat Springs	59	13,557	43.5
Montrose	58	21,583	26.9
Northglenn	55	38,893	14.1
Peyton	48
Monument	48	13,813	34.7
Aspen	40	6,489	61.6
Frisco	37	2,792
Aspen Park	37
Edwards	34
Fountain	33	29,450	11.2
Erie	32	40,904	7.8
Fruita	30	14,003	21.4
Firestone	28	20,129	13.9
Delta	28	9,802	28.6
Air Force Academy	25
Carbondale	24	6,762	35.5
Park Center	23
Gunnison	23	6,836	33.6
Rifle	22	10,844	20.3
Cortez	22	9,126	24.1
Commerce City	22	72,345	3.0
Alamosa	22	9,849
Superior	21	13,637	15.4
Glenwood Springs	21	10,395	20.2
Salida	20	5,985	33.4
Woodland Park	19	8,014	23.7
Breckenridge	19	5,015	37.9
Glendale	18	4,475	40.2
Estes Park	17	5,780	29.4
Eagle	17	7,280	23.4
Buena Vista	17	3,248	52.3
Basalt	17	4,009	42.4
Telluride	15	2,454	61.1
Avon	15	6,184	24.3
Morrison	14	364
Johnstown	14	22,433	6.2
Sterling	13	13,054
Berthoud	13	14,080	9.2
Pagosa Springs	12	1,838
Crested Butte	12	1,693	70.9
Cimarron Hills	12
Wray	11	2,352	46.8
Trinidad	11	8,091	13.6
Silverthorne	10	5,418	18.5
Fort Morgan	10	11,841	8.4
Eaton	9	5,848	15.4
Castle Pines	9	15,583	5.8
Lyons	8	2,119	37.8
La Salle	8	2,304	34.7
La Junta	8	6,864
Wellington	7	12,169	5.8
Walsenburg	7	3,039	23.0
Mancos	7	1,266	55.3
Lamar	7	7,588	9.2
Granby	7	2,392	29.3
Frederick	7	18,241	3.8
Elizabeth	7	2,957	23.7
Burlington	7	3,164	22.1
Bayfield	7	2,974	23.5
Strasburg	6
Pueblo West	6
Olathe	6	1,927	31.1
Niwot	6
Monte Vista	6	4,005	15.0
Meeker	6	2,417	24.8
Holyoke	6	2,264	26.5
Franktown	6
Severance	5	11,841	4.2
Rocky Ford	5	3,752	13.3
Gypsum	5	9,212	5.4
Fort Lupton	5	10,402	4.8
Evans	5	22,500	2.2
Craig	5	8,874	5.6
Brush	5	5,337	9.4
Westcliffe	4	488	82.0
Manitou Springs	4	4,577	8.7
Leadville	4	2,668	15.0
Laporte	4
Green Mountain Falls	4	601	66.6
Fraser	4	1,543	25.9
Florence	4	3,856
Dillon	4	1,029	38.9
Rangely	3	2,304	13.0
Parachute	3	1,366	22.0
Paonia	3	1,477	20.3
Palisade	3	2,599	11.5
Norwood	3	516
New Castle	3	4,896	6.1
Larkspur	3	219
Haxtun	3	951	31.5
Federal Heights	3	14,075	2.1
Edgewater	3	4,870	6.2
Del Norte	3	1,396	21.5
Yuma	2	3,424	5.8
Winter Park	2	1,217	16.4
Timnath	2	11,600	1.7
Springfield	2	1,293	15.5
Rollinsville	2
Rock Creek Park	2
Red Feather Lakes	2
Poncha Springs	2	1,393	14.4
Ordway	2	1,053	19.0
Nunn	2	539	37.1
Nederland	2	1,463	13.7
Lewis	2
Ignacio	2	869
Hayden	2	2,250	8.9
Grand Lake	2	402	49.8
Fairplay	2	743	26.9
Crestone	2	166
Calhan	2	727	27.5
Brook Forest	2
Woody Creek	1
Valdez	1
Tabernash	1
Sugar City	1	238	42.0
Snowmass Village	1	2,965	3.4
Silverton	1	721	13.9
Silt	1	3,743	2.7
Ridgway	1	1,324	7.6
Placerville	1
Penrose	1
Oak Creek	1	834	12.0
Mount Crested Butte	1	966	10.4
Mountain Village	1	1,234	8.1
Minturn	1	986	10.1
Loma	1
Limon	1	2,021	4.9
La Veta	1	859	11.6
Kremmling	1	1,451	6.9
Kiowa	1	738	13.6
Keystone	1	1,274	7.8
Kersey	1	1,500	6.7
Indian Hills	1
Hugo	1	781	12.8
Hotchkiss	1	945	10.6
Fowler	1	1,171	8.5
Florissant	1
Flagler	1	584	17.1
Elbert	1
Eads	1	642	15.6
Dove Creek	1	664	15.1
Dolores	1	933	10.7
Divide	1
Derby	1
Crawford	1	411	24.3
Copper Mountain	1
Colorado City	1
Clifton	1
City of Creede	1	275	36.4
Cheyenne Wells	1	722	13.9
Bow Mar	1	832	12.0
Black Hawk	1	120
Ault	1	2,667	3.7
Alma	1	312	32.1
Akron	1	1,725	5.8

17 places have no per-resident figure. Those are office districts inside a larger urban area, rural towns whose practices serve a whole region, or places where most registrations share one employer's address — dividing by the resident population there produces a number that looks precise and describes nothing. The provider counts are unaffected; the test is described in the methodology.