Industries › Medical Device › Philadelphia
Across 11 counties, the Philadelphia metro counts 153,791 business locations employing 2,873,871 people. The 9,177 with 50–499 employees are the starting pool for a medical device campaign, and Sapper works them by phone first.
| Sector | Locations | Jobs | 50–499 employees | 500+ employees | Change since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician offices | 3,565 | 53,730 | 153 | 6 | +42 |
| Outpatient care centers | 1,096 | 25,648 | 93 | 3 | +43 |
| Hospitals | 131 | 163,107 | 42 | 67 | −12 |
| Medical & diagnostic labs | 520 | 7,733 | 31 | 0 | +18 |
| Dental offices | 2,556 | 20,014 | 16 | 0 | −7 |
Where to start: Physician offices and outpatient care centers hold the most mid-size locations, 246 between them. The fastest-growing of these sectors was outpatient care centers, +43 locations in a year. Acute care hospitals in the metro include Christiana Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, Cooper University Hospital, West Jersey Hospital, Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Jefferson Stratford Hospital (CMS).
| County | All locations | Finance | Health care | Prof. services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia, PA | 29,460 | 1,226 | 4,353 | 3,243 |
| Montgomery, PA | 26,711 | 1,902 | 3,402 | 3,725 |
| Bucks, PA | 20,043 | 1,114 | 2,181 | 2,440 |
| New Castle, DE | 17,855 | 1,317 | 1,871 | 2,857 |
| Chester, PA | 15,102 | 994 | 1,625 | 2,464 |
Where the market sits: Philadelphia County and Montgomery County hold 36.5% of the metro’s business locations across 11 counties. Philadelphia County alone has 1,226 finance and 4,353 health care locations. The metro crosses state lines (PA, DE), so buyers here answer to more than one state’s rules.
The metro has 210 medical, dental and hospital equipment wholesaler locations. That is a lot of outreach competing for the same attention, so the first message has to be specific.
What wins: local detail. Mention Philadelphia County or a Philadelphia sector so the buyer can tell the message is about them.
1. We agree on the accounts firstYou approve the target list. It is exclusive to you.
2. We introduce you, then keep goingPhone first, backed by email, LinkedIn and mail.
3. We qualify before we bookNeed, timing and who else is involved, confirmed.
4. You walk into a warm conversationWith the account history and a confirmed time.
For a medical device company, the list starts with care setting: hospital, physician office, outpatient center or lab. Then product fit and who buys in that setting. Philadelphia County and Montgomery County hold the most Philadelphia locations, and physician offices has the most mid-size ones (153). How appointment setting works →
The 11-county Philadelphia metro has 153,791 business locations. 9,177 have 50–499 employees and 514 have 500 or more (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
The most mid-size locations are in physician offices (153), followed by outpatient care centers (93).
Titles to test first include medical and health services managers. The metro has 14,060 of them, plus 1,470 purchasing managers. Which of them fit depends on your offer. You see and approve the Philadelphia list before the first call.
Nearby markets: Medical Device in Allentown (48 mi), Medical Device in New York (81 mi) and Medical Device in Baltimore (90 mi).
Abstrakt, Sapper’s parent company, covers Philadelphia contractors and home-service companies on its Philadelphia page.
