Trends · data through July 2026

Emergency Rooms in the United States

Iceflower tracks 559 stores from 248 emergency rooms chains in the United States. Carolina QuickCare grew fastest over the last year, ahead of ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers and CareNow Urgent Care.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
248
Tracked stores
559
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked emergency rooms chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Carolina QuickCare and ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Carolina QuickCare ▲3 +18.4%
2 E ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers logo ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers ▲2 +16.8%
3 C CareNow Urgent Care logo CareNow Urgent Care ▲1 +15.7%
4 M MD Now Urgent Care - +13.0%
5 P Peachtree Immediate Care ▲1 +10.9%
6 S Stopwatch Urgent Care ▲1 +9.5%
7 C CityMD logo CityMD - +7.9%
8 U UNI Urgent Care ▲1 +4.6%
9 N NowCare logo NowCare ▲1 +3.4%
10 U UNC Health Rex logo UNC Health Rex ▲2 -1.4%
11 G Get Well Urgent Care - -2.7%
12 I Integrity Urgent Care - -3.9%
13 M MD Express Urgent Care - -9.0%
14 A AFC Urgent Care logo AFC Urgent Care - -9.4%
15 F FastMed Urgent Care logo FastMed Urgent Care - -14.5%
  • AFC Urgent Care
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Memorial Hermann
  • American Family Care
  • CareNow Urgent Care
  • Watson Clinic
  • Primary Health
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

559 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • AFC Urgent Care (49)
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network (5)
  • Memorial Hermann (6)
  • American Family Care (34)
  • CareNow Urgent Care (31)
  • Watson Clinic (1)
  • Primary Health (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A AFC Urgent Care logo AFC Urgent Care 49
  • 2 A American Family Care logo American Family Care 34
  • 3 C CareNow Urgent Care logo CareNow Urgent Care 31
  • 4 M MedExpress Urgent Care logo MedExpress Urgent Care 27
  • 5 P Peachtree Immediate Care 22
  • 6 M Midwest Express Clinic logo Midwest Express Clinic 18
  • 7 C CareFirst Urgent Care 16
  • 8 M MD Now Urgent Care 12
  • 9 E ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers logo ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers 12
  • 10 C CareSpot Urgent Care 10
  • 11 C Carolina QuickCare 8
  • 12 C CityMD logo CityMD 7
  • 13 P Patriot Urgent Care logo Patriot Urgent Care 7
  • 14 M Memorial Hermann logo Memorial Hermann 6
  • 15 F FastMed Urgent Care logo FastMed Urgent Care 6
  • 16 L Lehigh Valley Health Network logo Lehigh Valley Health Network 5
  • 17 T TGH Urgent Care powered by Fast Track 4
  • 18 S Stopwatch Urgent Care 4
  • 19 U UNI Urgent Care 4
  • 20 I Integrity Urgent Care 4
  • 21 M MedFast Urgent Care 4
  • 22 G Get Well Urgent Care 4
  • 23 P Primary Health logo Primary Health 4
  • 24 M Marque Urgent Care logo Marque Urgent Care 3
  • 25 G Gateway Urgent Care 3
  • 26 I IEP Urgent Care 3
  • 27 M Mercy Urgent Care 3
  • 28 U UNC Health Rex logo UNC Health Rex 3
  • 29 B BestMed Urgent Care 3
  • 30 M MD Express Urgent Care 3
  • 31 M Medallus Urgent Care 3
  • 32 N NowCare logo NowCare 3
  • 33 M Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers 2
  • 34 P PromptMed Urgent Care 2
  • 35 B Blue Water Urgent Care 2
  • 36 S Southern Immediate Care 2
  • 37 C Children's Urgent Care 2
  • 38 H Health Express Urgent Care logo Health Express Urgent Care 2
  • 39 H HCA Houston Healthcare 2
  • 40 M Medical City ER 2
  • 41 C CareSpot 2
  • 42 L Lancaster General Health logo Lancaster General Health 2
  • 43 S Southbay Urgent Care 2
  • 44 P Physicians Care 2
  • 45 L Low Country Urgent Care 2
  • 46 M Maxem Health Urgent Care 2
  • 47 E Exer Urgent Care logo Exer Urgent Care 2
  • 48 N NextCare Urgent Care logo NextCare Urgent Care 2
  • 49 A Alliance Urgent Care 2
  • 50 L Legacy ER 2

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