How Has The Urgent Care Center Market Size Evolved In Recent Years?
The urgent care center market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• The market size of the urgent care center has seen significant expansion in the past years. It is projected to rise from $25.74 billion in 2024 to $27.13 billion in 2025, showing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4%. Elements contributing to the historic period's growth include shifts in healthcare infrastructure, increasing patient needs for facile care, cost-effectiveness and financial accessibility, heightened awareness and knowledge, urban growth and population concentration, and backing from healthcare payment providers.
What Are The Predictions for The Urgent Care Center Market?
The Urgent Care Center market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• In the coming years, the urgent care center market is set to experience significant growth. The market is projected to rise to $36.42 billion in 2029 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6%.
This growth during the projected period is due to factors such as increasing focus on preventive and primary care, integration of technology in healthcare services, stronger collaboration with conventional healthcare providers, switch to value-based care models, attention toward management of chronic illnesses, and efforts to improve population health management. Key trends for the forecast period constitute community education and outreach programs, the rise of retail health clinics, the incorporation of point-of-care testing, and an increased importance on patient outcomes and quality metrics.
Which Drivers Are Accelerating Growth In The Urgent Care Center Market?
The rise in chronic illnesses is predicted to drive demand for the urgent care center market. These ongoing diseases, such as Alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson's, and cancer, typically worsen over time without lifestyle modifications. They necessitate crucial healthcare services and medication, thus fuelling the need for urgent care centers. For instance, statistics from the UK-based charity Macmillan Cancer Support in June 2022 showed that the number of cancer patients reached 3 million in 2022 and is expected to rise nearly to 3.5 million by 2025 and 4 million by 2030 in the UK. As such, the growth of the urgent care center market is propelled by the escalation of chronic illnesses.
What Are The Core Segments Of The Global Urgent Care Center Market?
The urgent care center market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Service: Trauma Or Injury Services, Vaccination Services, Acute Illness Treatment Solutions, Other Services
2) By Ownership: Corporate Owned, Hospital Owned, Physician Owned, Other Ownerships
Subsegments:
1) By Trauma Or Injury Services: Minor Injury Treatment, Fracture Care, Laceration Repair
2) By Vaccination Services: Routine Immunizations, Travel Vaccinations, Flu Shots
3) By Acute Illness Treatment Solutions: Cold And Flu Treatment, Gastrointestinal Issues, Skin Infections And Rashes
4) By Other Services: Diagnostic Services, Physical Exams, Occupational Health Services
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Which Emerging Trends Are Reshaping The Urgent Care Center Market Size?
Innovations in technology is an emerging trend that's capturing the interest of the urgent care center market. Companies in the market are concentrating on the creation of new technologies to maintain market status. For example, DocGo, a medical service and solution provider based in the US, introduced a groundbreaking Urgent Care mobile application called DocGo On-Demand in October 2022. This app gives customers the ability to schedule house calls for urgent care, thus making premium healthcare more conveniently accessible. By merging home visits with telehealth consultations, DocGo presents a blend of services far superior to mere basic telehealth. The company provides the optimal form of care based on the requirements of individual patients, using both telehealth and home visits. DocGo's distinctive approach and proprietary technology enables house calls to be made at a cost comparative to a traditional urgent care center visit.
Who Are the Key Players In The Urgent Care Center Market?
Major companies operating in the urgent care center market include:
• NextCare Holdings Inc.
• Concentra Inc.
• HCA Healthcare Inc.
• MedExpress Urgent Care
• American Family Care
• FastMed Urgent Care
• CareNow Healthcare Private Limited
• St Joseph's Health Care London
• U.S. HealthWorks Inc.
• CityMD Healthcare Private Limited
• GoHealth Urgent Care
• CareSpot Urgent Care
• Dignity Health Care
• United Health Group
• Texas MedClinic
• Patient First Corporation
• Aurora Urgent Care
• Bellin Health Systems
• MD Now Medical Centers Inc.
• ZOOM Care
• Adventist Healthcare
• AtlantiCare
• CRH Healthcare LLC
• Excel Urgent Care
• Premier Health Partners
• Summit Health
• AFC Urgent Care
• CityDoc Urgent Care
• Fast Pace Medical Clinic PLLC
• Geisinger Careworks
What Are The Regional Insights Into The Urgent Care Center Market?
North America was the largest region in the urgent care center market share in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the urgent care center market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
