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Dentists and orthodontists in Sagadahoc County, ME

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Sagadahoc County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #475 of 1,886 scored counties
#6 of 15 scored counties in Maine

Listings
14
4 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,207 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,979
+3.4% 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 Sagadahoc County comes to about $19.8M a year: $1,207 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per practice, 44% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

Sagadahoc County has 14 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.5, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Sagadahoc County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,645 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $5M has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Sagadahoc County.

Population estimates show Sagadahoc County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Sagadahoc County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #475 of 1,886 scored counties and #6 of 15 scored counties in Maine.

How Sagadahoc County compares

The same measures for Maine 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 Sagadahoc County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureSagadahoc CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.510.513.1
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.1M$984K
Households per official establishment1,6451,307952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,207$1,163$1,288
Median household income$87,806$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market score6364

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 10
Employees, 2023
107
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
144 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Sagadahoc 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 Sagadahoc County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,979+3.4% since 2020
Households
16,446
Median age
47.4
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
254 sq. mi.
People per square mile
147
Median household income
$87,806+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,102
Median home value
$333,300
Jobs located here
16,774
Daytime population
36,121Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Maine, with Sagadahoc County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waldo County, ME7684.6$2.4M+2.6%#122 of 1,886
2Somerset County, ME73104.3$2.4M+2.3%#192 of 1,886
3Androscoggin County, ME65357.5$1.5M+4.8%#415 of 1,886
4Oxford County, ME64166.6$1.6M+4.2%#435 of 1,886
5Lincoln County, ME64169.6$1.2M+3.8%#447 of 1,886
6Sagadahoc County, ME63148.5$1.4M+3.4%#475 of 1,886
7York County, ME61859.3$1.3M+4.8%#543 of 1,886
8Aroostook County, ME59144.7$2.2M−0.7%#593 of 1,886
9Hancock County, ME48239.0$1.3M+3.0%#1,001 of 1,886
10Penobscot County, ME407711.8$931K+3.8%#1,290 of 1,886

Other business types in Sagadahoc County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Sagadahoc County, ME?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 dentists and orthodontists in Sagadahoc County. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in Sagadahoc County, ME spend on medical and dental services?

About $19.8M a year, or $1,207 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 16,446 households in Sagadahoc County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sagadahoc County, ME compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Sagadahoc County has 8.5 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.4M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Sagadahoc County would have about 20, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,645 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Sagadahoc County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Sagadahoc County at 37,979 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,446 households. Median household income in Sagadahoc County is $87,806, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Sagadahoc County scores 63 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #475 of 1,886 scored counties.

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