Key facts
- US households spent an estimated $892.8 billion on healthcare in 2025.
- Health and personal care stores (including pharmacies) sold $340.6 billion in January to September 2026, down 1.9% on a year earlier.
- In dental practices, the main occupation (dental assistants) earns a median $47,300 a year (May 2024), with employment projected to grow 6% by 2034.
- In India, households spend an estimated ₹5,54,599 crore a year on medical, a pool shared by several kinds of business.
- India has about 12.8 lakh small businesses in health and social work.
These healthcare practice statistics cover small and independent practices, from dental and chiropractic offices to physical therapy clinics and med spas, with official data on jobs and pay, household health spending and pharmacy sales in the US, and health businesses in India.
Published November 2026. Sources: the US Census Bureau, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and India’s Ministry of Statistics (MoSPI); the full list is at the end. Market size figures are Advanton estimates from official data; see each source page for the method.
Sales and household spending in the US
Table of Contents
- Health and personal care stores (including pharmacies) had sales of $340.6 billion in January to September 2026, down 1.9% on the same months of 2025 (Census Bureau, not adjusted for prices). Source page
- In total, US households spent an estimated $892.8 billion on healthcare in 2025 (average spending per household times about 138 million households). Source page
- The average US household spent $6,470 a year on healthcare in 2025, 18.7% more than in 2021 ($5,452). Source page
Jobs and pay in the US
- Dental practices: the main occupation, dental assistants, earns a median $47,300 a year (May 2024), across 381,900 jobs nationally; employment is projected to grow 6% from 2024 to 2034, against 3% for all occupations. Source page
- Chiropractic practices: the main occupation, chiropractors, earns a median $79,000 a year (May 2024), across 57,200 jobs nationally; employment is projected to grow 10% from 2024 to 2034, against 3% for all occupations. Source page
- Physical therapy practices: the main occupation, physical therapists, earns a median $101,020 a year (May 2024), across 267,200 jobs nationally; employment is projected to grow 11% from 2024 to 2034, against 3% for all occupations. Source page
- Medical spas: the main occupation, skincare specialists, earns a median $41,560 a year (May 2024), across 97,400 jobs nationally; employment is projected to grow 7% from 2024 to 2034, against 3% for all occupations. Source page
The market in India
- Dental practices, diagnostic labs and patient testing centers, independent pharmacies and physical therapy practices compete for household spending on medical: about ₹5,54,599 crore a year in India, a pool shared with other businesses, not the market of any one of them (estimate). Source pages: Dental practices · Diagnostic labs and patient testing centers · Independent pharmacies · Physical therapy practices
Small businesses in India
- Health and social work: about 12.8 lakh small businesses in India, 53.9% of them in towns and cities; a typical urban one adds about ₹8,87,384 of value a year, a rural one ₹2,35,935 (MoSPI, ASUSE 2023-24). Source page
- Pharmaceutical and herbal products: about 7,396 small businesses in India, 77.1% of them in towns and cities; a typical urban one adds about ₹7,81,883 of value a year, a rural one ₹4,25,634 (MoSPI, ASUSE 2023-24). Source page
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Read the numbers carefully
- Dollar figures are not adjusted for inflation unless stated; compare growth with price rises before calling it real growth (why it matters).
- India’s spending pools are shared: where several kinds of business compete for the same household spending, the pool is not the market of any one of them (why it matters).
- Pay is the median for each industry’s main occupation, from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, not the earnings of business owners.
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Sources
- Advanton estimate from MoSPI HCES 2023-24 (household spending), population projections for 2025 and MoSPI ASUSE 2023-24 (unincorporated enterprises)
- Advanton estimate from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey (average spending per consumer unit × number of consumer units)
- MoSPI, Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2023-24, full report, Appendix A Tables 4, 29, 33, 35 and 37 (survey period October 2023 to September 2024)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures—2025 (news release USDL-26-1619, 29 October 2026), tables 1 to 3; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer expenditures in 2024 (BLS Report 1119, August 2026), tables 1 and 2
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook (pay May 2024, projections 2024-34)
- U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, September 2026 (release CB26-165, 15 October 2026), tables 1 and 2
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