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Dentists and orthodontists in Apache County, AZ
How Apache County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #395 of 1,886 scored counties
#3 of 12 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.9M
- On medical and dental services · $989 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 75% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,445
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 dentists and orthodontists in Apache County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 75% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Households in Apache County spend about $20.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $989 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 dentists and orthodontists, that is $3M per practice, 3 times the U.S. figure of $984K. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Apache County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 5,275 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.7M has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Apache County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Apache County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Apache County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #395 of 1,886 scored counties and #3 of 12 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Apache County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Apache County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $969K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,275 | 977 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $989 | $1,300 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $41,438 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Apache County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Apache County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,445−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 21,100
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 11,198 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $41,438+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,034
- Median home value
- $63,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,607
- Daytime population
- 66,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Apache County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 83 | 118 | 7.3 | $1.7M | +25.4% | #46 of 1,886 |
| 2Yuma County, AZ | 74 | 46 | 5.8 | $1.9M | +9.2% | #174 of 1,886 |
| 3Apache County, AZ | 65 | 7 | 3.3 | $3M | −2.2% | #395 of 1,886 |
| 4Cochise County, AZ | 60 | 35 | 6.9 | $1.6M | +0.6% | #557 of 1,886 |
| 5Gila County, AZ | 59 | 18 | 7.6 | $1.5M | +0.9% | #612 of 1,886 |
| 6Mohave County, AZ | 56 | 89 | 8.7 | $1.3M | +6.5% | #723 of 1,886 |
| 7Pima County, AZ | 48 | 493 | 11.3 | $1.1M | +2.8% | #1,012 of 1,886 |
| 8Graham County, AZ | 44 | 16 | 12.6 | $922K | +4.0% | #1,172 of 1,886 |
| 9Yavapai County, AZ | 43 | 137 | 12.3 | $983K | +6.5% | #1,200 of 1,886 |
| 10Coconino County, AZ | 41 | 61 | 11.1 | $1.1M | −0.6% | #1,251 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Apache County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Apache County, AZ?
There are 7 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Apache County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Apache County, AZ spend on medical and dental services?
About $20.9M a year, or $989 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $3M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,100 households in Apache County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Apache County, AZ compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Apache County has 3.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 75% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $3M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Apache County would have about 21, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,275 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Apache County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Apache County at 64,445 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,100 households. The median household income in Apache County is $41,438 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Apache County scores 65 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #395 of 1,886 scored counties.
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