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Dentists and orthodontists in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach, 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #43 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
81
13 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
50
−12.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$95.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,087 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
231,174
+15.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 dentists and orthodontists in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 16%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 30% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area spend about $95.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,087 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 81 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.2M per practice, 20% above 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.

Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area in 2023, down 12.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,761 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area.

Population estimates show the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #43 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePanama City-Panama City Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.213.613.1
Spending per listing$1.2M$831K$984K
Households per official establishment1,761968952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.3%+7.4%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,087$1,132$1,288
Median household income$71,514$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score7234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
50−12.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
421
Annual payroll, 2023
$32.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
97The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
231,174+15.7% since 2020
Households
88,065
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,343 sq. mi.
People per square mile
158
Median household income
$71,514
Average household income
$94,187
Median home value
$294,300
Jobs located here
85,476
Daytime population
211,363Residents 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach 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

Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?

There are 81 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area as of September 2026. 13 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, down 12.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $95.8M a year, or $1,087 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 9.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.2M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 97, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,761 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 72 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #43 of 387 scored metro areas.

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