Physical & Occupational Therapy in Michigan

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

16,161

Registered providers

574

Places with providers

9th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Michigan

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 418 places in Michigan.

Michigan has 16,161 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 3 licence types.

Michigan ranks 9th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

The largest single group is physical therapist, at 9,636 providers or 60% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Michigan licenses its providers.

Just over half of the licensed therapists here — 63% — 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 Grand Rapids (5,974), Detroit (4,983), Ann Arbor (3,749).

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 Michigan 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 Michigan. 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 Michigan. Annual registrations in 2025 were 2% 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

73.6% of registered licensed therapists in Michigan 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 Michigan. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

9,636

59.6%

Occupational Therapist

5,294

32.8%

Orthopedic Physical Therapist

281

1.7%

Places in Michigan

432 of 432 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Grand Rapids	1,193	201,183	59.3
Ann Arbor	681	122,233
Plymouth	553	9,164
Detroit	544	649,095	8.4
Troy	371	88,733	41.8
Kalamazoo	370	72,683	50.9
Livonia	339	92,603	36.6
Lansing	334	113,884	29.3
Royal Oak	333	57,583	57.8
Mount Clemens	329	15,419
Saginaw	281	42,863	65.6
Farmington Hills	281	83,291	33.7
Southfield	279	76,111	36.7
Traverse City	260	15,832
Sterling Heights	250	133,931	18.7
Flint	239	79,306	30.1
Orchard Lake Village	237	2,214
Dearborn	228	105,611	21.6
Novi	222	67,319	33.0
Midland	221	42,806	51.6
Warren	217	137,138	15.8
Ypsilanti	215	19,766	108.8
Rochester Hills	168	77,539	21.7
Utica	156	5,114
Bay City	156	31,868	49.0
Battle Creek	147	52,021	28.3
East Lansing	146	49,355	29.6
Brighton	141	7,904
Northville	135	6,013
Jackson	130	31,022
Village of Clarkston	125	903
Holland	125	35,372	35.3
Muskegon	114	37,224	30.6
Mount Pleasant	113	20,925	54.0
Wyoming	110	78,588	14.0
Portage	110	49,862	22.1
Grand Blanc	110	7,880	139.6
Bloomfield Hills	109	4,390
Howell	99	9,896	100.0
Madison Heights	98	28,297	34.6
Fair Plain	98
Monroe	94	20,076	46.8
Taylor	91	61,279	14.9
Adrian	91	20,191	45.1
Wayne	87	17,065	51.0
Rochester	87	12,824	67.8
Chelsea	83	5,424	153.0
Marquette	81	21,944	36.9
Wolverine Lake	74	4,455	166.1
Dearborn Heights	74	60,664	12.2
Hartland	71
Pontiac	70	62,077	11.3
Port Huron	66	28,273	23.3
Wyandotte	65	24,072	27.0
St. Clair Shores	65	57,872	11.2
Okemos	65
Grand Haven	64	11,038	58.0
Fraser	61	14,496	42.1
Auburn Hills	61	25,925	23.5
Davison	59	5,039	117.1
Southgate	57	28,931
Fenton	57	11,774	48.4
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores	55	2,533
South Lyon	55	12,107	45.4
Lapeer	54	9,201
Westland	53	82,333	6.4
Rockford	53	6,313	84.0
Petoskey	52	5,772	90.1
Niles	51	11,665	43.7
Alpena	51	10,088	50.6
Norton Shores	50	25,088	19.9
Lake Orion	49	2,900
Spring Lake	48	2,504
Sault Ste. Marie	48	13,083	36.7
Keego Harbor	48	2,723
Grandville	46	17,018	27.0
Bingham Farms	45	1,071
Caledonia	44	1,778
Cadillac	44	10,438	42.2
Greenville	43	9,256	46.5
Romeo	42	3,750	112.0
Hudsonville	42	7,964	52.7
Milford	41	6,520	62.9
Allen Park	41	27,445	14.9
Grosse Pointe	39	5,490	71.0
Owosso	38	14,437
Holly	38	5,906	64.3
Wayland	37	4,531	81.7
Ludington	37	7,634
Saline	36	9,001	40.0
Roseville	36	46,863	7.7
Frankenmuth	36	5,197	69.3
Woodhaven	34	12,503	27.2
New Baltimore	34	12,123	28.0
Whitmore Lake	33
Mason	33	8,264	39.9
Zeeland	32	5,637	56.8
Riverview	32	11,947	26.8
Oak Park	32	29,072	11.0
Coldwater	32	14,216	22.5
Sylvan Lake	31	1,685
Ferndale	31	19,212	16.1
Alma	31	9,304	33.3
New Haven	30	6,749	44.5
Iron Mountain	30	7,469
Escanaba	30	12,257	24.5
Caro	30	4,258	70.5
Harper Woods	29	14,860	19.5
Gaylord	29	4,444
Flushing	28	8,175	34.3
Big Rapids	28	8,623	32.5
Marshall	27	6,800	39.7
Jenison	27
Ionia	27	12,208
Grosse Pointe Woods	27	15,792	17.1
Flat Rock	27	10,218	26.4
Cheboygan	27	4,804	56.2
Burton	27	29,313	9.2
Lakeport	26
Kentwood	26	54,776	4.7
Ishpeming	26	6,205	41.9
Romulus	25	24,547	10.2
Byron Center	25
Trenton	24	17,849	13.4
Holt	24
Grosse Pointe Farms	24	9,735	24.7
Garden City	24	26,280	9.1
Benton Harbor	24	8,803	27.3
Tawas City	23	1,830
Lake Angelus	23	289
Houghton	23	8,560	26.9
Dundee	23	6,008	38.3
Dexter	23	4,461	51.6
Berkley	23	15,145	15.2
West Branch	22	2,370
St. Johns	22	7,780	28.3
DeWitt	22	4,795	45.9
Charlevoix	22	2,325	94.6
Three Rivers	20	7,910	25.3
Paw Paw	20	3,386	59.1
Kingsford	20	5,096
Grand Ledge	20	7,853	25.5
Charlotte	20	9,305	21.5
Cedar Springs	20	3,789	52.8
Auburn	20	2,039	98.1
Allendale	20
Pinckney	19	2,333	81.4
Hastings	19	7,490
Clawson	19	11,312	16.8
Clare	19	3,318	57.3
Marine City	18	3,997	45.0
Hillsdale	18	8,002	22.5
Gladwin	18	3,140	57.3
Spring Arbor	17
Plainwell	17	3,722	45.7
Oxford	17	3,451
Lowell	17	4,134	41.1
Ironwood	17	4,950	34.3
Grayling	17	1,969
Farmington	17	11,409	14.9
Coopersville	17	4,802	35.4
Clio	17	2,478	68.6
Newaygo	16	2,547	62.8
Manistee	16	6,157	26.0
Fennville	16	1,724	92.8
Beverly Hills	16	10,449	15.3
Belleville	16	3,851	41.5
Wixom	15	17,313	8.7
Tecumseh	15	8,608	17.4
Richmond	15	5,927
Bad Axe	15	2,943
Allegan	15	5,127	29.3
South Haven	14	4,002	35.0
Rogers City	14	2,869	48.8
Mattawan	14	2,934	47.7
Kingsley	14	1,455	96.2
Hart	14	2,065	67.8
Fowlerville	14	2,874	48.7
Richland	13	946	137.4
Kalkaska	13	2,258	57.6
Fremont	13	4,599	28.3
Forest Hills	13
Temperance	12
Northview	12
Haslett	12
Hancock	12	4,596	26.1
Freeland	12
Essexville	12	3,284	36.5
Eaton Rapids	12	5,218	23.0
Reed City	11	2,528	43.5
Rapid City	11
Linden	11	4,186	26.3
Harbor Springs	11	1,255	87.6
Frankfort	11	1,280	85.9
Birmingham	11	21,923	5.0
Middleville	10	4,407	22.7
Imlay City	10	3,753	26.6
Harbor Beach	10	1,556	64.3
Eastpointe	10	33,814	3.0
Watervliet	9	1,720	52.3
Swartz Creek	9	5,827	15.4
Suttons Bay	9	587
Sandusky	9	2,664
Milan	9	5,973	15.1
Lake City	9	835
Ithaca	9	2,807	32.1
Indian River	9
Huntington Woods	9	6,274	14.3
Elk Rapids	9	1,610	55.9
Dowagiac	9	5,725	15.7
Coloma	9	1,415	63.6
Cass City	9	2,487	36.2
Bridgeport	9
Berrien Springs	9	1,767
Zeba	8
Stevensville	8	1,154	69.3
Ortonville	8	1,339	59.7
Montague	8	2,424	33.0
Hamtramck	8	27,261	2.9
Center Line	8	8,503	9.4
Boyne City	8	3,793	21.1
Sparta	7	4,255	16.5
Schoolcraft	7	1,439	48.6
Roscommon	7	992	70.6
Ovid	7	1,498	46.7
Marysville	7	9,868	7.1
Lambertville	7
Gladstone	7	5,189	13.5
East Jordan	7	2,243	31.2
Croswell	7	2,263	30.9
Belding	7	6,000	11.7
Almont	7	2,848	24.6
Yale	6	1,873	32.0
Walled Lake	6	7,320	8.2
Sturgis	6	10,900	5.5
New Buffalo	6	1,685	35.6
Marlette	6	1,833	32.7
Interlochen	6
Hudson	6	2,347	25.6
Crystal Falls	6	1,607	37.3
Clinton	6	2,481	24.2
Carson City	6	1,137	52.8
Bellaire	6	1,059	56.7
Williamston	5	3,810	13.1
Whitehall	5	3,205	15.6
Walker	5	25,881	1.9
Vicksburg	5	3,973	12.6
St. Louis	5	7,406	6.8
St. Ignace	5	2,351	21.3
North Muskegon	5	4,079	12.3
Mount Morris	5	3,086	16.2
Manistique	5	2,868	17.4
Laurium	5	1,891	26.4
Iron River	5	3,027	16.5
Inkster	5	24,959
Houghton Lake	5
Hazel Park	5	14,937	3.3
Grosse Pointe Park	5	11,095	4.5
Grant	5	982	50.9
Galesburg	5	2,071	24.1
Comstock Park	5
Birch Run	5	1,540	32.5
Springfield	4	5,246	7.6
Portland	4	3,770	10.6
Montrose	4	1,700	23.5
Melvindale	4	12,325	3.2
Lathrup Village	4	4,019	10.0
Jonesville	4	2,175	18.4
Hemlock	4
Grass Lake	4	1,098	36.4
Edwardsburg	4	1,286	31.1
Cassopolis	4	1,707
Calumet	4	688	58.1
Bridgman	4	2,040	19.6
Blissfield	4	3,262	12.3
Au Gres	4	954	41.9
White Cloud	3	1,548
Twin Lake	3
Sanford	3	761	39.4
Reese	3	1,265	23.7
Prudenville	3
Perry	3	2,134	14.1
Ontonagon	3	1,264	23.7
North Branch	3	1,111	27.0
Munising	3	1,938	15.5
Mio	3
Metamora	3	613	48.9
Manchester	3	2,027	14.8
Lexington	3	910	33.0
Lawton	3	1,861	16.1
Howard City	3	1,923	15.6
Harrison	3	2,171	13.8
Gobles	3	830	36.1
Eau Claire	3	542
East Grand Rapids	3	11,663	2.6
Douglas	3	1,411	21.3
Dimondale	3	1,183	25.4
Deckerville	3	872	34.4
Chesaning	3	2,399	12.5
Carleton	3	2,302	13.0
Buckley	3	780	38.5
Brooklyn	3	1,450	20.7
Beulah	3	312
Benzonia	3	566
Baldwin	3	1,025	29.3
Algonac	3	4,109	7.3
Albion	3	7,474	4.0
Watersmeet	2
Tustin	2	249	80.3
Sterling	2	451
Shepherd	2	1,513	13.2
Saranac	2	1,386	14.4
St. Clair	2	5,833	3.4
St. Charles	2	1,941	10.3
Rockwood	2	3,132	6.4
Powers	2	375	53.3
Otisville	2	805	24.8
Oscoda	2
Norway	2	2,815	7.1
Negaunee	2	4,663
Nashville	2	1,605	12.5
Mohawk	2
Michigan Center	2
Mecosta	2	484	41.3
McBain	2	642	31.2
Lincoln Park	2	38,529
Leslie	2	1,937	10.3
Lakeview	2	1,048	19.1
Laingsburg	2	1,402	14.3
Ida	2
Hubbell	2
Harrisville	2	443
Goodrich	2	2,003	10.0
Glen Arbor	2
Farwell	2	899	22.2
Evart	2	1,789	11.2
Durand	2	3,457	5.8
Decatur	2	1,646	12.2
Centreville	2	1,374
Cement City	2	417	48.0
Capac	2	1,943	10.3
Canadian Lakes	2
Buchanan	2	4,143	4.8
Breckenridge	2	1,265	15.8
Bath	2
Armada	2	1,681	11.9
Wolverine	1	280	35.7
Weidman	1
Vandalia	1	327	30.6
Unionville	1	481	20.8
Ubly	1	824	12.1
Stephenson	1	793	12.6
Stanwood	1	212	47.2
Standish	1	1,449	6.9
Springport	1	821	12.2
Shelby	1	2,185	4.6
Saugatuck	1	882	11.3
Sand Lake	1	480	20.8
Sand Lake	1
St. Joseph	1	7,893	1.3
Rose City	1	581	17.2
Riverdale	1
Rapid River	1
Port Sanilac	1	555	18.0
Port Austin	1	649	15.4
Pleasant Ridge	1	2,592	3.9
Pinconning	1	1,176	8.5
Pigeon	1	1,180	8.5
Pentwater	1	909	11.0
Parma	1	760	13.2
Otsego	1	4,045	2.5
Ossineke	1
Onsted	1	1,002	10.0
Onaway	1	907	11.0
Nunica	1
Napoleon	1
Minden City	1	177	56.5
Millington	1	1,003	10.0
Millersburg	1	204	49.0
Michigamme	1
Menominee	1	8,175	1.2
Memphis	1	1,091	9.2
Mayville	1	904	11.1
Martin	1	395	25.3
Mancelona	1	1,399	7.1
Luna Pier	1	1,351	7.4
Levering	1
Leonard	1	356	28.1
Lamont	1
Lake Linden	1	1,041	9.6
Lake Isabella	1	1,952	5.1
Kincheloe	1
Homer	1	1,603	6.2
Hillman	1	666	15.0
Highland Park	1	8,248	1.2
Hickory Corners	1
Hersey	1	362	27.6
Hartford	1	2,448	4.1
Hanover	1	469	21.3
Grawn	1
Grand Marais	1
Franklin	1	3,134	3.2
Ewen	1
Estral Beach	1	413	24.2
Elsie	1	950	10.5
Edmore	1	1,274	7.8
East Tawas	1	2,662	3.8
Dryden	1	1,037	9.6
Dollar Bay	1
Deerfield	1	887	11.3
Daggett	1	201	49.8
Corunna	1	3,000	3.3
Coleman	1	1,252	8.0
Climax	1	737	13.6
Clifford	1	308	32.5
Chatham	1	214	46.7
Cedar	1
Caseville	1	637	15.7
Byron	1	525	19.0
Brown City	1	1,280	7.8
Bronson	1	2,316	4.3
Boyne Falls	1	374
Bloomingdale	1	528	18.9
Big Bay	1
Bergland	1
Beaverton	1	1,217	8.2
Bangor	1	1,965	5.1
Augusta	1	843	11.9
Ashley	1	513	19.5
Alden	1
Alanson	1	783	12.8
Akron	1	368	27.2

50 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.