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Dentists and orthodontists in Anne Arundel County, MD

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #979 of 1,886 scored counties
#11 of 21 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
298
36 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
209
−6.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$323.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,440 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
603,380
+1.7% 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 298 dentists and orthodontists in Anne Arundel County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.3, 2% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Anne Arundel County comes to about $323.7M a year: $1,440 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 298 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.1M per practice, 10% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 209 businesses with payroll in Anne Arundel County classed as offices of dentists, down 6.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,075 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Anne Arundel County.

Population estimates show Anne Arundel County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Anne Arundel County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #979 of 1,886 scored counties and #11 of 21 scored counties in Maryland.

How Anne Arundel County compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Anne Arundel County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureAnne Arundel CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.313.413.1
Spending per listing$1.1M$990K$984K
Households per official establishment1,075923952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−6.3%−1.9%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,440$1,322$1,288
Median household income$124,911$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score4939

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
223 → 209−6.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,698
Annual payroll, 2023
$125.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
29836 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
329The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$1.7M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
603,380+1.7% since 2020
Households
224,748
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
415 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,442
Median household income
$124,911+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$156,835
Median home value
$467,900
Jobs located here
269,614
Daytime population
605,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Maryland

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The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Anne Arundel County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dorchester County, MD7285.9$1.8M+3.4%#216 of 1,886
2Cecil County, MD70286.9$1.8M+3.2%#266 of 1,886
3St. Mary’s County, MD68378.7$1.6M+2.4%#313 of 1,886
4Baltimore city, MD621315.1$2.1M−2.3%#494 of 1,886
5Charles County, MD558113.3$1.1M+5.9%#773 of 1,886
6Queen Anne’s County, MD542412.1$1.1M+8.8%#801 of 1,886
7Calvert County, MD534212.6$1.2M+1.7%#827 of 1,886
8Harford County, MD5211311.1$1.2M+2.0%#863 of 1,886
9Frederick County, MD5214614.0$1M+11.0%#877 of 1,886
10Washington County, MD51549.0$1.3M+2.0%#895 of 1,886
11Anne Arundel County, MD4929813.3$1.1M+1.7%#979 of 1,886

Other business types in Anne Arundel County

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Anne Arundel County, MD?

There are 298 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Anne Arundel County as of September 2026. 36 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 209 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, down 6.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Anne Arundel County, MD spend on medical and dental services?

About $323.7M a year, or $1,440 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 298 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 224,748 households in Anne Arundel County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anne Arundel County, MD compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Anne Arundel County has 13.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.1M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Anne Arundel County would have about 329, against 298 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,075 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Anne Arundel County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Anne Arundel County at 603,380 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,748 households. The median household income in Anne Arundel County is $124,911 a year, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Anne Arundel County scores 49 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #979 of 1,886 scored counties.

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