Business phone system for physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics in Missouri

How many physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics operate in Missouri

Missouri had 996 physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics in 2023, according to Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 621340, Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists). They employed 8,776 people in mid-March and reported $444.2 million in annual payroll. That is the 17th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics make up 0.66% of the 151,475 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Missouri has 15.9 physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics, 4.2% above the national rate of 15.3. The average establishment has 8.8 employees against 9.0 nationally. Payroll per employee is $50,620, 3.2% above the U.S. figure of $49,067.

Where physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics in Missouri are concentrated

Census published physical therapy clinic counts for 23 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Missouri. The largest is St. Louis, MO-IL, with 549 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 22% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics in Missouri

54.8% of Missouri's physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 56.8% nationally. 81.3% had fewer than ten. At that size the phone is shared, so routing (who rings, when, and what happens after hours) matters more than the number of desk phones.

Calls a physical therapy clinic in Missouri has to catch

Therapy plans of care involve many visits over several weeks, so clinics spend a large share of phone time scheduling and confirming. Referral sources and payers also call to check on authorizations and progress. That holds for physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics in Missouri as much as anywhere.

A few of the calls that come in to physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics in Missouri:

• A physician's office calls to send a referral.
• A patient calls with a new referral after surgery.
• A patient calls to reschedule several visits around travel.

Texting patients

Reminder texts and quick reschedule replies help keep a full schedule full.

Texting from a local number in Missouri requires carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee on Callata.

What a phone system costs a physical therapy clinic in Missouri

Physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics in Missouri average 8.8 employees, so the comparison uses a 9-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 9 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $270.00 a month and 9 on Ooma Office Pro cost $224.55. Callata comes to $179.00 a month for 9 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.

Over a year, that is $1,092 less than RingCentral for a physical therapy clinic in Missouri of that size. Annual contracts lower some competitors' prices, so compare the plan you would actually sign.

Area codes in Missouri

Missouri has 9 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. Callata includes up to 3 local numbers, so a physical therapy clinic can hold a number in more than one of them.

How Callata works for physical, occupational and speech therapy clinics in Missouri

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Missouri is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

Practices that handle protected health information should review their own privacy obligations before recording calls, enabling AI summaries or texting appointment details, and keep clinical conversations out of text messages unless their policies allow it.