Trends · data through August 2026

Emergency Rooms in the United States

Iceflower tracks 557 stores from 246 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
246
Tracked stores
557
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 ▲2 +17.0%
2 E ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers logo ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers ▲2 +16.2%
3 C CareNow Urgent Care logo CareNow Urgent Care ▲1 +15.5%
4 M MD Now Urgent Care ▲1 +12.3%
5 P Peachtree Immediate Care ▲1 +10.0%
6 S Stopwatch Urgent Care ▲1 +9.0%
7 C CityMD logo CityMD - +7.9%
8 U UNI Urgent Care ▲1 +4.2%
9 N NowCare logo NowCare ▲1 +3.1%
10 U UNC Health Rex logo UNC Health Rex ▲2 -1.4%
11 G Get Well Urgent Care - -4.1%
12 I Integrity Urgent Care ▲1 -6.8%
13 A AFC Urgent Care logo AFC Urgent Care - -9.8%
14 F FastMed Urgent Care logo FastMed Urgent Care ▼1 -14.5%
15 M Mercy Urgent Care ▼1 -15.2%
  • AFC Urgent Care
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Memorial Hermann
  • American Family Care
  • CareNow Urgent Care
  • Watson Clinic
  • CareFirst Urgent Care
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • AFC Urgent Care (50)
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network (5)
  • Memorial Hermann (6)
  • American Family Care (34)
  • CareNow Urgent Care (31)
  • Watson Clinic (1)
  • CareFirst Urgent Care (17)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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

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