Behavioral Health & Counseling · Boston, MA

Behavioral Health & Counseling Market in
Boston, MA

$2.1B TAM · Market Score 74/100 · Ranked #8 of 925 MSAs by TAM

Bottom-up market data for the Boston, MA MSA. Sourced from PinpointIQ's MSA-level intelligence platform.

Total TAM
$2.1B
rank #8 of 925
Market Score
74/100
rank #83 of 925 · 91th percentile
Operators
615
4,457 employees
Pop. growth (5-yr)
3.8%
rank #337 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How Boston scored 74/100 for Behavioral Health & Counseling

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. Boston ranks in the 91th percentile nationally for Behavioral Health & Counseling.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
Total Population40%4,953,35499
Fragmentation Score35%64.629
% HH Income >$150K25%38.6599

TAM by segment

$2.1B in Boston broken down by segment

Health_behavioral Per Cap
$2.1B
100% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in Boston

Population
4,953,354
3.8% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$115,863
38.6% HHs $150K+
Housing units
2,059,059
17.1% age 65+
GDP per capita
$130,177

Frequently asked questions

Behavioral Health & Counseling market in Boston: common questions

How big is the behavioral health & counseling market in Boston, MA?

The behavioral health & counseling market in Boston, MA has a total addressable market of $2.1B, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes Boston the #8 largest behavioral health & counseling market of 925 U.S. MSAs.

How many behavioral health & counseling companies are in Boston?

PinpointIQ tracks 615 behavioral health & counseling establishments in the Boston MSA, employing approximately 4,457 people. Establishment counts are sourced from IRS County Business Patterns and refreshed monthly.

How does Boston rank nationally for behavioral health & counseling?

Boston scores 74/100 on PinpointIQ's Behavioral Health & Counseling Market Score, ranking #83 of 925 U.S. metros — the 91th percentile nationally. The Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite of the vertical-specific drivers that make a metro attractive for behavioral health & counseling operators and investors.

What drives behavioral health & counseling demand in Boston?

PinpointIQ scores Boston's behavioral health & counseling market on 3 components: Total Population (40% weight, 99th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, 29th percentile); % HH Income >$150K (25% weight, 99th percentile). The weights are calibrated to the behavioral health & counseling vertical and applied consistently across every U.S. MSA.

What are the biggest behavioral health & counseling sub-segments in Boston?

Boston's $2.1B behavioral health & counseling TAM breaks down into: Health_behavioral Per Cap ($2.1B, 100% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

Is Boston growing? How does population affect the behavioral health & counseling market?

Boston has a population of 4,953,354 and has grown 3.8% over the last 5 years. Population change is one of the drivers of behavioral health & counseling demand and factors into PinpointIQ's Market Score alongside vertical-specific attractiveness metrics.

TAM figures reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up market size model built from U.S. Census, BLS, IRS County Business Patterns, and other public + commercial sources at the census-tract level. Market Score is PinpointIQ's percentile-weighted composite; the components and weights are set per vertical and shown above. Data refreshed monthly.

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