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Show HN: I Researched Semaglutide (Ozempic) Clinics in the United States

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I conducted a small data study to calculate the number of semaglutide clinics by city and state and analyze their correlation with obesity rates.

I started the directory itself because I was helping a med spa clinic with their marketing and couldn’t find any existing directories specifically for semaglutide clinics. So, I decided to build one myself.

Given I already had this data, I thought it would be interesting and helpful to share it publicly.

Key Findings:

-There is a moderate negative correlation between a state's obesity rate and the number of its per-capita semaglutide clinics. States with a higher obesity rate have a lower number of semaglutide clinics.

-There are approximately 3,490 semaglutide clinics in the U.S.

-Utah, New Hampshire, and Florida have the most semaglutide clinics per capita.

-4% of all U.S. cities have at least one semaglutide clinic.

We are also nearing the completion of a pricing study. The pricing study will compare the cost of semaglutide injections across thousands of clinics in the U.S., breaking it down by the average cost per city and state. We’ll also be using this pricing data to add a cost filter to the directory's frontend.

Future Research Plans:

-Top rated semaglutide providers by state

-Average price of tirzepatide (nationally and by state)

-Top rated semaglutide providers that accept insurance

Would love your feedback on how to improve our data study (and the site overall) before we circulate it more widely. Thank you!

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This is awesome, thanks for doing it -- the data looks high quality, and the layout is fantastic!

I think it might be a bit early to accurately attribute a negative correlation between clinics and obesity rates at a state level but.

It also might have been good to spell out exactly what the research means by by "Semaglutide clinic".

Thanks for the feedback! And fair comment re: negative correlation. There are almost certainly new clinics popping up every week/month across the country. In our next study, we'll make sure to better define the meaning of a clinic.

FYI, we've added a better definition for semaglutide clinic at the top of the study: https://semaglutidesearch.com/studies/semaglutide-clinics/ -- thanks again for the feedback!

Late but that's awesome! Thanks for making the update!

This is interesting! Great job. Interesting that high obesity states have a lower number of clinics, but of course states with a lower GDP per capita have a higher obesity rate. Still, interesting to see that confirmed with real data.

Thanks! Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how this correlation shifts as the market matures and more providers pop up.

Really insightful research. Ngl, I didn't realize there'd be 3.5K clinics. I thought maybe 1.5K tops. What were your thoughts seeing 3.5K?

Thanks! Honestly, I wasn't all that surprised given there are 30,000+ med spas and weight loss clinics in the US. So 10% seems about right. And I suspect that number will climb in the coming months...

Have you checked out where there seems to be untapped market need/opportunity? i.e. disproportionately high-obesity states with disproportionately-low density of clinics?

Yep! Check out the scatterplot under the "Obesity Rate Correlation to Semaglutide Clinic Count" section. I think that's what you're looking for. Mississippi is the outlier here—only three clinics in the entire state despite a 39% obesity rate.

Here's a direct link to the section: https://semaglutidesearch.com/studies/semaglutide-clinics/#o...

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