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Dentists and orthodontists in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #75 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
195
44 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
136
+8.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$226M
On medical and dental services · $1,121 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
544,949
+6.5% 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 195 dentists and orthodontists in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 9.7 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

At $1,121 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area spend about $226M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 18% 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 136 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,483 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #75 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.713.613.1
Spending per listing$1.2M$831K$984K
Households per official establishment1,483968952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.8%+7.4%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,121$1,132$1,288
Median household income$75,967$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6734

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
136+8.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,206
Annual payroll, 2023
$86.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
19544 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
230The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$2.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
544,949+6.5% since 2020
Households
201,632
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,669 sq. mi.
People per square mile
314
Median household income
$75,967+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,236
Median home value
$286,000
Jobs located here
205,446
Daytime population
517,822Residents 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area?

There are 195 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area as of September 2026. 44 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 136 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $226M a year, or $1,121 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 195 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 201,632 households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 9.7 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.2M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area would have about 230, against 195 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,483 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area at 544,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,632 households. The median household income in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is $75,967 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 67 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #75 of 387 scored metro areas.

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