Physical & Occupational Therapy in Tennessee

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

8,391

Registered providers

324

Places with providers

24th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Tennessee

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 253 places in Tennessee.

Tennessee has 8,391 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 3 licence types.

Tennessee ranks 24th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

The largest single group is physical therapist, at 5,389 providers or 64% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Tennessee licenses its providers.

Just over half of the licensed therapists here — 68% — 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 Nashville (4,977), Knoxville (3,657), Memphis (2,594).

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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee. 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 Tennessee. Annual registrations in 2025 were 46% 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

72.8% of registered licensed therapists in Tennessee 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 Tennessee. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

5,389

64.2%

Occupational Therapist

2,379

28.4%

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

196

2.3%

Places in Tennessee

235 of 235 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Nashville	1,025	721,074	14.2
Knoxville	715	202,021	35.4
Memphis	539	609,647	8.8
Franklin	458	90,226	50.8
Chattanooga	407	194,144	21.0
Murfreesboro	300	171,178	17.5
Clarksville	257	188,829	13.6
Johnson City	234	74,943	31.2
Germantown	225	40,001	56.2
Jackson	178	69,339	25.7
Brentwood	145	45,313	32.0
Hendersonville	139	64,266	21.6
Kingsport	128	57,530	22.2
Bartlett	125	56,416	22.2
Smyrna	107	63,321	16.9
Cookeville	99	38,212	25.9
Mount Juliet	98	45,172	21.7
Springfield	94	20,090	46.8
Gallatin	92	54,590	16.9
Columbia	91	50,072	18.2
Spring Hill	90	61,336	14.7
Maryville	89	32,442	27.4
Cleveland	89	51,172	17.4
Middle Valley	86
Morristown	84	33,517	25.1
Lebanon	83	53,412	15.5
Rural Hill	80
Dickson	69	17,051	40.5
Goodlettsville	68	17,506	38.8
Collierville	68	51,909	13.1
Bristol	66	28,107	23.5
Athens	66	15,263	43.2
Tullahoma	55	21,279	25.8
Greeneville	55	16,141	34.1
Dyersburg	52	15,906	32.7
Oak Ridge	50	35,395	14.1
Crossville	49	13,113	37.4
Ooltewah	48
Sevierville	47	19,010	24.7
Elizabethton	43	14,350	30.0
Lenoir City	41	12,530	32.7
Milan	40	8,367	47.8
Loudon	39	6,963	56.0
McMinnville	38	13,943	27.3
Powell	37
Arlington	35	15,703	22.3
Shelbyville	34	26,146	13.0
Paris	34	10,468	32.5
La Vergne	31	42,146	7.4
La Follette	28	7,176	39.0
Martin	27	11,060	24.4
Kingston	27	6,299	42.9
Clinton	27	10,466	25.8
Pulaski	26	8,394	31.0
Lawrenceburg	26	12,236	21.2
Lewisburg	25	13,517	18.5
Livingston	24	4,147	57.9
Union City	23	10,814	21.3
Jefferson City	23	9,103	25.3
Signal Mountain	22	8,824	24.9
Ashland City	22	5,650	38.9
Sparta	21	5,038	41.7
Newport	20	7,049	28.4
Harriman	20	6,192	32.3
Farragut	20	25,121	8.0
Manchester	19	13,776	13.8
Alcoa	19	13,689	13.9
Millington	18	12,953	13.9
Lexington	18	8,130	22.1
Jonesborough	17	6,990	24.3
Humboldt	17	7,841	21.7
Covington	17	8,585	19.8
Winchester	16	10,438	15.3
Seymour	16
Maynardville	16	2,723	58.8
Dandridge	16	3,947	40.5
Bolivar	16	5,043	31.7
Waynesboro	15	2,319	64.7
Fayetteville	15	7,068	21.2
East Ridge	15	21,921	6.8
Selmer	13	4,575	28.4
Rogersville	13	4,690	27.7
Mowbray Mountain	13
Fairview	13	10,877	12.0
Dunlap	13	6,089	21.3
Dayton	13	7,819	16.6
Atoka	13	10,645	12.2
Sweetwater	12	6,706	17.9
Portland	12	13,658	8.8
Pleasant View	12	5,797	20.7
Jasper	12	3,636	33.0
White House	11	17,872	6.2
Madisonville	11	5,428	20.3
Savannah	10	7,689	13.0
Nolensville	10	15,789	6.3
Gray	10
Erwin	10	6,019	16.6
Trenton	9	4,137	21.8
Smithville	9	5,620	16.0
Parsons	9	2,162	41.6
Lakeland	9	14,422	6.2
Rockwood	8	5,607	14.3
New Tazewell	8	2,846	28.1
Huntingdon	8	4,462	17.9
Erin	8	1,207	66.3
Brownsville	8	9,301	8.6
Woodbury	7	2,828	24.8
Wartburg	7	957	73.1
McKenzie	7	5,632	12.4
Jamestown	7	2,135	32.8
Gordonsville	7	1,464	47.8
Blountville	7
Somerville	6	3,622	16.6
Oneida	6	3,899	15.4
Henderson	6	6,590	9.1
Harrison	6
Green Hill	6
Ardmore	6	1,244	48.2
Waverly	5	4,430	11.3
Tellico Plains	5	778	64.3
Ripley	5	7,499	6.7
Lafayette	5	6,020	8.3
Dover	5	1,918	26.1
Decherd	5	2,499	20.0
Bluff City	5	1,836	27.2
Adamsville	5	2,081	24.0
Thompson's Station	4	9,469	4.2
Telford	4
Spring City	4	1,989	20.1
Spencer	4	1,636	24.4
South Pittsburg	4	2,927	13.7
Rocky Top	4	1,681	23.8
Pleasant Hill	4	542	73.8
Pigeon Forge	4	6,598	6.1
Oakland	4	10,835	3.7
Mount Pleasant	4	5,103	7.8
Louisville	4	4,562	8.8
Kimball	4	1,633	24.5
Hohenwald	4	4,151	9.6
Harrogate	4	4,454	9.0
Etowah	4	3,786	10.6
Dresden	4	2,911	13.7
Benton	4	1,476	27.1
White Pine	3	2,619	11.5
Tazewell	3	2,363	12.7
Mountain City	3	2,490	12.0
McDonald	3
Lookout Mountain	3	2,044	14.7
Kingston Springs	3	2,758	10.9
Huntsville	3	1,709	17.6
Greenbrier	3	7,170	4.2
Decaturville	3	813	36.9
Chapel Hill	3	1,905	15.7
Carthage	3	2,282	13.1
Belle Meade	3	2,621	11.4
Bean Station	3	3,190	9.4
Apison	3
Andersonville	3
Westmoreland	2	2,879	6.9
Vonore	2	1,715	11.7
Tusculum	2	3,421	5.8
Tiptonville	2	3,333	6.0
Sewanee	2
Roan Mountain	2
Ridgeside	2	441	45.4
Red Boiling Springs	2	1,201	16.7
Red Bank	2	12,405	1.6
Oliver Springs	2	3,433	5.8
Norris	2	1,621	12.3
Morrison	2	785	25.5
Monterey	2	2,827	7.1
Medina	2	5,813	3.4
Lynchburg, Moore County	2	6,920	2.9
Linden	2	1,161	17.2
Jellico	2	2,126	9.4
Jacksboro	2	2,235	8.9
Gatlinburg	2	3,715	5.4
Gainesboro	2	969	20.6
Eagleville	2	964	20.7
Dyer	2	2,333	8.6
Ducktown	2	441	45.4
Cumberland City	2	330	60.6
Counce	2
Cottontown	2
Cornersville	2	1,385	14.4
Charleston	2	923	21.7
Camden	2	3,690	5.4
Burns	2	1,910	10.5
Brighton	2	2,892	6.9
Blaine	2	2,212	9.0
Whiteville	1	4,482	2.2
White Bluff	1	4,516	2.2
Watertown	1	1,691	5.9
Surgoinsville	1	1,920	5.2
Summertown	1
Strawberry Plains	1
South Fulton	1	2,158	4.6
Sneedville	1	1,349	7.4
Scotts Hill	1	893	11.2
Sale Creek	1
Russellville	1
Pikeville	1	1,872	5.3
Petersburg	1	562	17.8
Pegram	1	2,036	4.9
Olivet	1
Oakdale	1	201	49.8
New Market	1	1,431	7.0
Munford	1	6,996	1.4
Mount Carmel	1	5,540	1.8
Monteagle	1	1,439
Lyles	1
Lone Oak	1
Hampton	1
Guys	1	420	23.8
Gruetli-Laager	1	1,786	5.6
Greenfield	1	2,020	5.0
Greenback	1	1,251	8.0
Gallaway	1	520	19.2
Friendsville	1	916	10.9
Fincastle	1
Cumberland Gap	1	312	32.1
Cosby	1
Clifton	1	2,344	4.3
Church Hill	1	7,297	1.4
Christiana	1
Centerville	1	3,589	2.8
Celina	1	1,412	7.1
Byrdstown	1	823	12.2
Butler	1
Bulls Gap	1	768	13.0
Berry Hill	1	1,864	5.4
Baxter	1	2,128	4.7
Baileyton	1	464	21.6
Auburntown	1	293	34.1
Alamo	1	2,354	4.2

1 place has 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.