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Dentists and orthodontists in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area

How the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 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 #272 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada

Listings
1,221
206 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
964
+11.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On medical and dental services · $1,275 a household
Spending per listing
$901K
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.2
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,407,226
+5.8% 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area comes to about $1.1B a year: $1,275 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $901K per practice, 8% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area has 1,221 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.2, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Official counts show 964 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 895 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $19.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #272 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada.

How the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area compares

The same measures for Nevada 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureLas Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro areaNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.213.813.1
Spending per listing$901K$932K$984K
Households per official establishment895911952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.8%+10.2%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,275$1,287$1,288
Median household income$76,472$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market score4038

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
964+11.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,834
Annual payroll, 2023
$371.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,221206 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,118The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
21
Amount
$19.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,407,226+5.8% since 2020
Households
862,518
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
7,892 sq. mi.
People per square mile
295
Median household income
$76,472+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,279
Median home value
$431,000
Jobs located here
1,114,493
Daytime population
2,346,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Nevada

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Nevada for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Nevada, with the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Nevada

Metro areas in Nevada ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Reno, NV4930013.3$1M+5.0%#193 of 387
2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV401,22114.2$901K+5.8%#272 of 387
3Carson City, NV165021.1$583K−0.2%#383 of 387

Other business types in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,221 dentists and orthodontists in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area. 206 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 964 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.1B a year, or $1,275 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,221 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $901K 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 862,518 households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area has 14.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $901K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area would have about 1,118, against 1,221 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 895 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area at 2,407,226 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 862,518 households. Median household income in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area is $76,472, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area scores 40 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #272 of 387 scored metro areas.

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