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Dentists and orthodontists in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area

How the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #274 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
333
61 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
249
+3.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$296.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,150 a household
Spending per listing
$890K
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.9
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
663,982
+9.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area comes to about $296.4M a year: $1,150 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $890K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

There are 333 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 61 are chain locations, or 18%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.9, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area was 249 in 2023, up 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,035 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $4.6M have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is 40 (lower middle), #274 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area compares

The same measures for Florida 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.

Dentists and orthodontists in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePalm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.913.613.1
Spending per listing$890K$831K$984K
Households per official establishment1,035968952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.8%+7.4%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,150$1,132$1,288
Median household income$78,476$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4034

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
249+3.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,928
Annual payroll, 2023
$119.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
33361 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
301The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$4.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area, 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 the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
663,982+9.1% since 2020
Households
257,695
Median age
46.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,015 sq. mi.
People per square mile
623
Median household income
$78,476+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,213
Median home value
$339,600
Jobs located here
240,501
Daytime population
606,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL732358.1$1.3M+19.8%#32 of 387
2Homosassa Springs, FL72537.4$1.3M+11.1%#40 of 387
3Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL72819.2$1.2M+15.7%#43 of 387
4Wildwood-The Villages, FL71689.7$1.1M+21.1%#50 of 387
5Tallahassee, FL681278.0$1.3M+3.1%#64 of 387
6Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL671959.7$1.2M+6.5%#75 of 387
7Sebring, FL64408.5$1.1M+9.7%#96 of 387
8Ocala, FL631478.9$1.1M+17.3%#103 of 387
9Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL622869.7$1.1M+11.2%#112 of 387
10Punta Gorda, FL619210.2$1.1M+15.5%#117 of 387
16Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL4033312.9$890K+9.1%#274 of 387

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 333 dentists and orthodontists in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area. 61 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 249 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, up 3.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $296.4M a year, or $1,150 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 333 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $890K per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 257,695 households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 12.9 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $890K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area would have about 301, against 333 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,035 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area at 663,982 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 257,695 households. Median household income in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is $78,476, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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. The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area scores 40 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #274 of 387 scored metro areas.

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