Physical & Occupational Therapy in Georgia

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

10,860

Registered providers

431

Places with providers

17th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Georgia

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 363 places in Georgia.

Georgia has 10,860 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 4 licence types.

Georgia ranks 17th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

By licence type the breakdown is physical therapist (6,604), occupational therapist (3,082), pediatric occupational therapist (446), orthopedic physical therapist (244), 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 Atlanta (6,573), Decatur (1,819), Marietta (1,704).

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 Georgia 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 Georgia. 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 Georgia. Annual registrations in 2025 were 34% 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

75.6% of registered licensed therapists in Georgia 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 Georgia. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

6,604

60.8%

Occupational Therapist

3,082

28.4%

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

446

4.1%

Orthopedic Physical Therapist

244

2.2%

Places in Georgia

283 of 283 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Atlanta	1,320	529,110	24.9
Marietta	470	63,574	73.9
Augusta	342	201,999	16.9
Lawrenceville	333	32,822	101.5
Savannah	323	149,440	21.6
Roswell	294	91,505	32.1
Decatur	294	25,276
Cumming	270	12,494
Alpharetta	251	66,921	37.5
Columbus	222	202,171	11.0
Gainesville	201	49,221	40.8
Woodstock	187	39,895	46.9
Suwanee	185	23,034	80.3
Athens	176	128,612	13.7
Kennesaw	149	37,970	39.2
Duluth	136	33,815	40.2
Fayetteville	135	20,465	66.0
Rome	117	38,934	30.1
Newnan	116	45,867	25.3
Dacula	110	9,373	117.4
Canton	104	40,778	25.5
Evans	103
Bolingbroke	101
Valdosta	100	56,186	17.8
Snellville	100	22,478	44.5
Dalton	96	35,322	27.2
Buford	95	18,780	50.6
Acworth	95	22,925	41.4
Warner Robins	94	87,761	10.7
Loganville	94	17,212	54.6
Smyrna	92	57,513	16.0
Tucker	85	37,290	22.8
Peachtree City	85	40,880	20.8
Grovetown	83	17,939	46.3
Stockbridge	82	36,331	22.6
Douglasville	81	41,523	19.5
Norcross	80	19,086	41.9
Cartersville	80	25,349	31.6
McDonough	74	33,395	22.2
Dallas	71	15,402	46.1
Fort Stewart	66
Sandy Springs	64	105,013	6.1
Carrollton	61	27,925	21.8
Calhoun	61	20,196	30.2
Dawsonville	60	4,888	122.7
Conyers	60	20,377	29.4
Cusseta-Chattahoochee County	59	8,465
Brunswick	58	15,730	36.9
Austell	58	8,339	69.6
Brookhaven	57	59,643	9.6
Dunwoody	55	51,792	10.6
Johns Creek	54	80,401	6.7
St. Simons	51
Macon-Bibb County	51	157,556	3.2
Lilburn	51	16,369	31.2
Fort Oglethorpe	51	10,868	46.9
Watkinsville	50	4,131
Griffin	50	23,896	20.9
Monroe	49	16,507	29.7
Covington	49	17,477	28.0
Stone Mountain	48	6,562
Thomasville	47	18,667	25.2
Albany	47	66,907	7.0
Pooler	45	32,744	13.7
Lithonia	45	2,608
Martinez	44
Hinesville	44	36,674	12.0
Statesboro	42	35,366	11.9
Villa Rica	41	21,022	19.5
Richmond Hill	41	20,022	20.5
Dahlonega	39	7,918	49.3
Powder Springs	38	21,004	18.1
Milledgeville	38	16,835	22.6
Jonesboro	38	6,046
Dublin	37	16,565	22.3
Kings Bay Base	36
Hiram	36	5,585	64.5
Flowery Branch	35	13,110	26.7
Tifton	34	17,595	19.3
Ringgold	34	3,391
Kingsland	31	21,299	14.6
Jefferson	30	17,185	17.5
Warm Springs	29	441
LaGrange	29	34,730	8.4
Perry	28	25,699	10.9
Cleveland	28	3,472	80.6
Blairsville	28	878
Riverdale	26	14,637	17.8
Morrow	26	6,211	41.9
Hoschton	26	8,623	30.2
Cordele	25	9,652	25.9
Moultrie	24	14,973	16.0
Jasper	24	5,400	44.4
Demorest	24	2,262	106.1
Waycross	23	13,936	16.5
Conley	23
Tyrone	22	8,091	27.2
Blue Ridge	22	1,297
Hephzibah	21	3,815	55.0
Rincon	20	11,726	17.1
Jesup	20	10,301	19.4
Braselton	20	18,496	10.8
Toccoa	19	9,539	19.9
Chamblee	19	32,334	5.9
Greensboro	18	3,519	51.2
Fairburn	18	17,133	10.5
Grayson	17	5,569	30.5
Camilla	17	4,988
Leesburg	16	3,597	44.5
College Park	16	13,887	11.5
Byron	16	6,567	24.4
Bethlehem	16	822
Winder	15	21,252	7.1
Vidalia	15	10,885	13.8
Peachtree Corners	15	42,519	3.5
Lithia Springs	15
Hapeville	15	7,410	20.2
Ellijay	15	2,008	74.7
Clermont	15	1,165	128.8
Sharpsburg	14	325
Milton	14	41,266	3.4
LaFayette	14	7,157	19.6
Clayton	14	2,089	67.0
Robins AFB	12
Hampton	12	9,349	12.8
Gray	12	3,567	33.6
East Point	12	38,225	3.1
Bogart	12	1,326
Alma	12	3,400	35.3
Trenton	11	2,236	49.2
Jackson	11	5,884	18.7
Fitzgerald	11	8,882	12.4
Cedartown	11	10,514	10.5
Bainbridge	11	14,606	7.5
Royston	10	2,693	37.1
Mableton	10	78,820	1.3
Locust Grove	10	14,610	6.8
Douglas	10	11,864	8.4
Commerce	10	9,303	10.7
Thomaston	9	9,852	9.1
Moody AFB	9
Hartwell	9	4,914	18.3
Chatsworth	9	5,029	17.9
Young Harris	8	797	100.4
Thomson	8	6,763	11.8
Sugar Hill	8	29,280	2.7
Oakwood	8	7,245	11.0
Forsyth	8	4,952	16.2
Eatonton	8	6,749	11.9
Bloomingdale	8	3,077	26.0
Avondale Estates	8	3,543	22.6
Zebulon	7	1,358	51.5
Winterville	7	1,203	58.2
Sandersville	7	5,397	13.0
Quitman	7	4,032	17.4
Lavonia	7	2,200	31.8
Gordon	7	1,720
Cairo	7	10,150	6.9
Baxley	7	5,058	13.8
Americus	7	15,617
Adairsville	7	5,101	13.7
Summerville	6	4,440	13.5
Madison	6	5,179	11.6
Hiawassee	6	1,038	57.8
Elberton	6	4,890	12.3
Cornelia	6	5,459	11.0
Union City	5	29,910	1.7
Sylvester	5	5,430	9.2
Swainsboro	5	7,436	6.7
Social Circle	5	5,537	9.0
Rossville	5	3,922	12.7
Reidsville	5	2,576	19.4
Pembroke	5	2,706	18.5
Hazlehurst	5	4,172	12.0
Ellerslie	5
Ball Ground	5	3,470	14.4
Rockmart	4	5,369	7.5
Port Wentworth	4	17,604	2.3
Pine Mountain	4	1,303	30.7
Nashville	4	5,038	7.9
Harlem	4	4,239	9.4
Guyton	4	3,247	12.3
Folkston	4	4,767	8.4
East Ellijay	4	1,816	22.0
Donalsonville	4	2,834	14.1
Bremen	4	7,751	5.2
Blakely	4	5,156	7.8
Adel	4	5,854	6.8
Waynesboro	3	5,511	5.4
Statham	3	3,350	9.0
Scottdale	3
Manchester	3	3,594	8.3
McRae-Helena	3	5,443	5.5
Lookout Mountain	3	1,662	18.1
Homer	3	2,016	14.9
Hahira	3	3,595	8.3
Greenville	3	823	36.5
Franklin Springs	3	1,206	24.9
Eastman	3	5,572	5.4
Doraville	3	16,365	1.8
Colbert	3	679	44.2
Cochran	3	4,986	6.0
Berkeley Lake	3	2,034	14.7
Avalon	3	244
Stonecrest	2	61,337	0.3
Senoia	2	6,276	3.2
Rock Spring	2
Monticello	2	3,040	6.6
Milan	2	605	33.1
Metter	2	4,076	4.9
Lula	2	3,048	6.6
Louisville	2	2,237	8.9
Lake Park	2	1,559	12.8
Hull	2	248	80.6
Hawkinsville	2	4,789	4.2
Hamilton	2	1,824	11.0
Glennville	2	5,023	4.0
Garden City	2	10,513	1.9
Forest Park	2	19,168	1.0
Danielsville	2	895	22.3
Cuthbert	2	3,026	6.6
Colquitt	2	1,937	10.3
Claxton	2	2,560	7.8
Clarkesville	2	2,186	9.1
Canon	2	732	27.3
Brooks	2	584	34.2
Brooklet	2	2,525	7.9
Bishop	2	362	55.2
Arlington	2	1,126	17.8
Woodbine	1	1,084	9.2
Whitesburg	1	624	16.0
White	1	635	15.7
Waverly	1
Washington	1	3,638	2.7
Uvalda	1	438	22.8
Unadilla	1	3,091	3.2
Tybee Island	1	3,156	3.2
Trion	1	1,972	5.1
Thunderbolt	1	2,534	3.9
Sylvania	1	2,704	3.7
Springfield	1	3,344	3.0
Sparta	1	1,322	7.6
Screven	1	836	12.0
St. Marys	1	20,546	0.5
Rochelle	1	1,146	8.7
Rhine	1	285	35.1
Rebecca	1	205
Plains	1	531	18.8
Piney Grove	1
Pine Lake	1	755	13.2
Pendergrass	1	1,919	5.2
Pavo	1	601	16.6
Palmetto	1	5,298	1.9
Nahunta	1	1,059	9.4
Mount Airy	1	1,510	6.6
Moreland	1	394	25.4
Mineral Bluff	1
Milner	1	819	12.2
Millen	1	2,952	3.4
Leary	1	498
Lakeland	1	3,062	3.3
Hardwick	1
Fort Valley	1	9,220	1.1
Fort Gaines	1	970	10.3
Doerun	1	737	13.6
Dawson	1	4,131	2.4
Darien	1	1,807	5.5
Comer	1	1,631	6.1
Climax	1	265	37.7
Clarkston	1	14,431	0.7
Chickamauga	1	3,017	3.3
Cherry Log	1
Chattahoochee Hills	1	3,524	2.8
Centerville	1	9,505	1.1
Cataula	1
Buckhead	1
Bowersville	1	427	23.4
Boston	1	1,251	8.0
Barnesville	1	6,329	1.6
Baldwin	1	4,240	2.4
Appling	1
Ambrose	1	347
Adrian	1	566	17.7

21 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.