Physical & Occupational Therapy in Florida

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

25,026

Registered providers

555

Places with providers

3rd

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Florida

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 343 places in Florida.

Florida has 25,026 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 4 licence types.

Florida ranks 3rd of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

By licence type the breakdown is physical therapist (14,540), occupational therapist (7,979), pediatric occupational therapist (732), orthopedic physical therapist (711), with 0 further types making up the remainder.

Just over half of the licensed therapists here — 61% — 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 Miami (8,776), Tampa (5,584), Jacksonville (5,430).

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 Florida 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 Florida. 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 Florida. Annual registrations in 2025 were 0% lower 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

72.3% of registered licensed therapists in Florida 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 Florida. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

14,540

58.1%

Occupational Therapist

7,979

31.9%

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

732

2.9%

Orthopedic Physical Therapist

711

2.8%

Places in Florida

426 of 426 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Jacksonville	1,567	1,017,689	15.4
Miami	1,444	489,812	29.5
Tampa	1,230	413,554	29.7
Orlando	1,118	333,888	33.5
Boca Raton	536	101,582	52.8
Sarasota	520	58,458	89.0
Gainesville	441	148,671	29.7
Naples	439	20,114
Fort Myers	414	101,581	40.8
Bradenton	335	58,014	57.7
Port Orange	326	66,395
St. Petersburg	320	264,033	12.1
Fort Lauderdale	312	188,677	16.5
Pensacola	308	53,817
Tallahassee	303	204,902	14.8
Sunrise	294	98,846	29.7
Lakeland	282	125,520	22.5
West Palm Beach	281	127,189	22.1
Clearwater	268	114,364	23.4
Melbourne	256	87,097	29.4
Delray Beach	243	69,809	34.8
Ocala	241	71,753	33.6
Brandon	236
Boynton Beach	228	82,396	27.7
Pembroke Pines	225	176,714	12.7
Coral Springs	223	138,783	16.1
St. Augustine	217	16,141
Hollywood	216	157,019	13.8
Kissimmee	209	85,591	24.4
Palm Harbor	189
Plantation	187	99,183	18.9
Winter Park	178	30,444	58.5
Vero Beach	176	17,603	100.0
Largo	174	80,690	21.6
Hialeah	174	230,968	7.5
Orange Park	172	8,953
Lake Mary	172	16,789	102.4
Jupiter	169	62,350	27.1
Davie	166	110,851	15.0
Weston	162	69,588	23.3
Palm Beach Gardens	160	63,883	25.0
Cape Coral	152	236,264	6.4
Greenacres	148	44,736	33.1
Clermont	146	52,812	27.6
Port St. Lucie	141	268,062	5.3
Coral Gables	141	49,578	28.4
Fort Walton Beach	136	21,097	64.5
Oviedo	134	41,317	32.4
Daytona Beach	132	88,471	14.9
Venice	126	30,477	41.3
Port Charlotte	118
Stuart	115	19,451
Riverview	114
Panama City	114	37,806	30.2
Winter Haven	112	62,313	18.0
Palm Coast	111	109,886	10.1
Doral	109	81,634	13.4
Temple Terrace	104	27,075	38.4
Miramar	102	142,570	7.2
New Port Richey	101	18,299	55.2
Wesley Chapel	99
Ormond Beach	99	44,692	22.2
Nocatee	99
Aventura	98	39,880	24.6
Homosassa	96
Jacksonville Beach	94	23,615	39.8
Altamonte Springs	94	48,000	19.6
Pompano Beach	91	117,211	7.8
Ocoee	91	51,932	17.5
Miami Lakes	91	33,067	27.5
Winter Garden	89	48,063	18.5
Miami Beach	89	81,594	10.9
Longwood	85	16,892	50.3
Crestview	82	31,193	26.3
Bonita Springs	82	57,634	14.2
Spring Hill	81
Sanford	80	67,483	11.9
Leesburg	80	38,905	20.6
Deerfield Beach	80	89,339	9.0
South Miami	79	13,660	57.8
The Villages	77
Lutz	75
Wellington	74	62,662	11.8
Merritt Island	74
Hudson	73
Homestead	72	86,242	8.3
Apopka	71	65,552	10.8
Hallandale Beach	69	42,698	16.2
Sebring	68	12,059	56.4
Sun City Center	67
Royal Palm Beach	67	42,477	15.8
Crescent Beach	67
Rockledge	66	31,343	21.1
North Miami Beach	66	46,236	14.3
Navarre	65
Tamarac	63	74,134	8.5
Niceville	62	17,948	34.5
Maitland	62	19,511	31.8
Fleming Island	60
Lake City	59	12,788	46.1
South Daytona	58	13,894	41.7
Orange City	57	15,309	37.2
Valrico	56
Seminole	56	18,997	29.5
Palm Bay	56	148,092	3.8
Palmetto	55	13,562	40.6
Lakewood Ranch	55
Zephyrhills	54	22,447	24.1
Pinellas Park	54	52,295	10.3
Fort Pierce	54	51,737	10.4
Cutler Bay	54	44,750	12.1
Titusville	53	49,800	10.6
Destin	52	14,046	37.0
Gulf Breeze	51	7,067	72.2
Oakland Park	50	45,332	11.0
North Miami	50	60,884	8.2
Trinity	49
Connerton	49
Fernandina Beach	47	13,869	33.9
Punta Gorda	46	20,383	22.6
Heathrow	46
Fruit Cove	46
Deltona	44	100,267	4.4
Pinecrest	43	18,635	23.1
Brooksville	43	10,145	42.4
Miramar Beach	42
Lauderhill	42	75,668	5.6
Plant City	41	44,118	9.3
North Port	39	96,551	4.0
Englewood	38
Tarpon Springs	37	25,602	14.5
West DeLand	36
Oldsmar	36	14,521	24.8
Lehigh Acres	36
Key West	36	24,999	14.4
Parkland	35	39,186	8.9
Lady Lake	35	17,496	20.0
Crystal River	35	3,618	96.7
St. Cloud	34	74,960	4.5
Panama City Beach	34	20,375	16.7
Lake Wales	34	18,650	18.2
Jensen Beach	34
Eustis	34	25,483	13.3
Estero	34	38,365	8.9
Margate	33	60,070	5.5
Cooper City	33	35,030	9.4
Valparaiso	32	4,896
Palm City	32
Pace	32
Celebration	31
Winter Springs	30	39,585	7.6
Belleview	30	6,512	46.1
West Melbourne	29	31,285	9.3
North Palm Beach	29	13,319	21.8
New Smyrna Beach	29	33,182	8.7
Miami Gardens	29	113,579	2.6
Indian Harbour Beach	29	8,914	32.5
Palm Springs	28	28,303	9.9
Milton	28	11,440	24.5
Dunedin	28	35,227	7.9
Coconut Creek	28	58,626	4.8
Wimauma	27
Tavares	27	22,490	12.0
Odessa	27
Newberry	27	8,618	31.3
Lealman	27
Davenport	27	18,110	14.9
Yulee	26
Palatka	26	10,872	23.9
World Golf Village	25
River Park	25
Inverness	24	7,796	30.8
Palmetto Bay	23	24,886	9.2
Lecanto	23
Atlantis	23	2,140
Riviera Beach	22	39,357
Marianna	22	7,289	30.2
Mount Dora	21	18,791	11.2
Gulfport	21	11,404
Windermere	20	3,344
North Fort Myers	20
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	20	6,280	31.8
Fish Hawk	20
Tequesta	19	6,299	30.2
North DeLand	19
Miami Springs	19	13,611	14.0
Lake Mary Jane	19
Indialantic	19	3,096	61.4
Bay Pines	19
South Pasadena	18	5,169	34.8
Sebastian	18	27,352	6.6
Kenneth City	18	4,868	37.0
West Lealman	17
Westlake	17	9,042	18.8
Ruskin	17
Lake Placid	17	2,599	65.4
Key Largo	17
Jay	17	594
Chipley	17	3,804	44.7
Viera West	16
Dania Beach	16	32,791	4.9
Dade City	16	10,173	15.7
Middleburg	15
Haines City	15	45,973	3.3
Casselberry	15	31,872	4.7
West Perrine	14
Southwest Ranches	14	7,773	18.0
Osprey	14
Marco Island	14	16,421	8.5
Hurlburt Field	14
Hernando	14
Green Cove Springs	14	10,079	13.9
Sunny Isles Beach	13	22,395	5.8
Satellite Beach	13	11,365	11.4
Miami Shores	13	11,669	11.1
Live Oak	13	7,248	17.9
Lighthouse Point	13	10,756	12.1
Fort Myers Beach	13	5,287	24.6
DeBary	13	23,544	5.5
Chiefland	13	2,456	52.9
Butler Beach	13
Atlantic Beach	13	13,245	9.8
Wauchula	12	4,946	24.3
Port St. Joe	12	3,995	30.0
Minneola	12	21,064	5.7
Wilton Manors	11	11,655
Tierra Verde	11
Port Richey	11	3,655	30.1
Lynn Haven	11	22,479	4.9
Juno Beach	11	3,935	28.0
Edgewater	11	24,795	4.4
Cocoa	11	19,777	5.6
Apollo Beach	11
Melbourne Beach	10	3,260	30.7
Lauderdale Lakes	10	36,898	2.7
Lake Worth Beach	10	43,970	2.3
Hobe Sound	10
Florida City	10	13,576	7.4
Ellenton	10
Dunnellon	10	2,056	48.6
Callahan	10	1,830	54.6
Safety Harbor	9	16,624	5.4
Palm Beach	9	9,423	9.6
Okeechobee	9	5,811	15.5
North Weeki Wachee	9
Neptune Beach	9	7,020	12.8
Lantana	9	12,449	7.2
Keystone Heights	9	1,579	57.0
Beverly Hills	9
Bartow	9	23,617	3.8
Alachua	9	10,612	8.5
Wildwood	8	19,436	4.1
North Bay Village	8	8,099	9.9
Madison	8	2,988	26.8
Macclenny	8	8,251	9.7
Flagler Beach	8	5,595	14.3
Arcadia	8	8,046
Tavernier	7
Perry	7	7,330	9.5
Nokomis	7
Callaway	7	14,369	4.9
Westchase	6
Starke	6	5,963	10.1
Shalimar	6	758
San Castle	6
Rotonda	6
Quincy	6	8,162	7.4
Palmona Park	6
Oakland	6	3,774	15.9
Marathon	6	10,060	6.0
Gonzalez	6
Crescent City	6	1,728	34.7
Crawfordville	6
Clewiston	6	7,594	7.9
Bunnell	6	4,298	14.0
Broadview Park	6
Blountstown	6	2,272	26.4
Belle Glade	6	17,241	3.5
Avon Park	6	10,514	5.7
Williston	5	3,456	14.5
Virginia Gardens	5	2,307	21.7
Surfside	5	5,591	8.9
Seffner	5
North River Shores	5
Monticello	5	2,767	18.1
Mangonia Park	5	2,667	18.7
Longboat Key	5	7,359	6.8
Key Biscayne	5	14,815	3.4
Holiday	5
Hialeah Gardens	5	22,777	2.2
DeFuniak Springs	5	7,338	6.8
Auburndale	5	21,369	2.3
Wright	4
Tyndall AFB	4
St. Pete Beach	4	8,553	4.7
Reddick	4	535
Patrick AFB	4
North Lauderdale	4	45,733	0.9
Medley	4	1,075	37.2
Loughman	4
Lake Park	4	9,125	4.4
Indian Rocks Beach	4	3,563	11.2
Hastings	4
Gotha	4
Glencoe	4
Feather Sound	4
Cocoa Beach	4	11,314	3.5
Big Pine Key	4
Belleair	4	4,631	8.6
Bayonet Point	4
Bay Harbor Islands	4	6,021	6.6
Alva	4
Sorrento	3
Siesta Key	3
Sanibel	3	6,303	4.8
Mims	3
Malabar	3	3,175	9.4
Lake Alfred	3	10,107	3.0
Laguna Beach	3
June Park	3
Ives Estates	3
Interlachen	3	1,502	20.0
Immokalee	3
Holly Hill	3	13,268	2.3
High Springs	3	6,762	4.4
Hawthorne	3	1,505	19.9
Groveland	3	25,526	1.2
Gibsonton	3
Fruitland Park	3	9,543	3.1
Fort White	3	665
Dundee	3	6,424	4.7
Chuluota	3
Bushnell	3	3,157	9.5
Bristol	3	936
Belle Isle	3	7,688	3.9
Archer	3	1,159	25.9
Anna Maria	3	1,023	29.3
Welaka	2	786	25.4
Villas	2
Thonotosassa	2
Sweetwater	2	20,828	1.0
Silver Springs	2
San Antonio	2	1,603	12.5
Redington Beach	2	1,355	14.8
Port St. John	2
Pomona Park	2	824	24.3
Paxton	2	695
North Redington Beach	2	1,444	13.9
Madeira Beach	2	3,940	5.1
Land O' Lakes	2
Lake Helen	2	2,994	6.7
Lake Butler	2	1,921	10.4
Howey-in-the-Hills	2	1,857	10.8
Graceville	2	2,217	9.0
Fern Park	2
El Portal	2	1,943	10.3
East Palatka	2
Desoto Lakes	2
Cudjoe Key	2
Citrus Springs	2
Cinco Bayou	2	473	42.3
Carrabelle	2	2,572	7.8
Bal Harbour	2	3,036	6.6
Apalachicola	2	2,473	8.1
Altoona	2
West Park	1	15,444	0.6
Westgate	1
Waldo	1	814	12.3
Umatilla	1	4,199	2.4
Trenton	1	2,296	4.4
Tangerine	1
South Palm Beach	1	1,488	6.7
Silver Springs Shores East	1
San Carlos Park	1
Samoset	1
Port LaBelle	1
Ponce de Leon	1	521	19.2
Pine Island	1
Ormond-by-the-Sea	1
Oriole Beach	1
Orchid	1	554	18.1
Ocean Ridge	1	1,868	5.4
Naples Manor	1
Mulberry	1	4,573	2.2
Morriston	1
Montverde	1	1,836	5.4
Midway	1	3,482	2.9
Micanopy	1	653	15.3
Mayo	1	1,119	8.9
Mascotte	1	10,150	1.0
Mary Esther	1	4,093	2.4
McIntosh	1	551	18.1
Lochmoor Waterway Estates	1
Lisbon	1
Laurel	1
Lake Kerr	1
Kendall	1
Indiantown	1	6,826	1.5
Hypoluxo	1	2,954	3.4
Hilliard	1	3,161	3.2
Harbour Heights	1
Gretna	1	1,296	7.7
Greenville	1	778	12.9
Grant-Valkaria	1	5,982	1.7
Goulding	1
Golden Beach	1	1,029	9.7
Glen St. Mary	1	510	19.6
Geneva	1
Freeport	1	7,543	1.3
Fort Meade	1	5,379	1.9
Floral City	1
Fanning Springs	1	1,349	7.4
Eagle Lake	1	6,415	1.6
Duck Key	1
Dover	1
Daytona Beach Shores	1	5,187	1.9
Cross City	1	1,849	5.4
Cottondale	1	879	11.4
Brooker	1	339	29.5
Bronson	1	1,292	7.7
Bonifay	1	2,839	3.5
Biscayne Park	1	3,062	3.3
Belleair Beach	1	1,581	6.3
Bell	1	579	17.3
Azalea Park	1
Ave Maria	1

19 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.