Physiotherapy
Is physiotherapy a lucrative job in Switzerland?
Or is just enough to sustain a decent lifestyle?
UK physio clinic owners with 2–5 staff earn less than when they worked solo. Data from 715 owners.
We ran a survey of 715 UK MSK clinic owners this year - physio, chiro, osteo, pod. The finding that's generated the most conversation: owners who've scaled to a small team (2–5 people) take home a median of £45,000. Solo practitioners average £40k - but they keep 51.5% of every pound through the door. The small team owner has staff costs without yet having the volume to cover them. A few other things that came out of the data: — The median rebooking rate across UK private practice is 80%. It has almost zero correlation with price or tech. It's almost entirely the first session. — 75% of owners don't know their cost to acquire a patient. The ones who do generate a median of £327k revenue vs £200k for those who don't. — Diary utilisation above 80% causes exponential damage, not linear. Wait times jump from 2.6 days to 5.5 days. Owner mental health starts dropping at the same threshold. — Podiatry is the only specialty that's busier in August than average. Every other discipline tanks. Genuinely curious whether the small-team earnings dip matches people's lived experience. Is the moment you hire your first associate the hardest financial period, or does it level out faster than the data suggests?