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Dentists and orthodontists in Ashland County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Ashland County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #165 of 1,886 scored counties
#17 of 77 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27M
- On medical and dental services · $1,302 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,523
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Ashland County is 74 (upper middle), #165 of 1,886 scored counties and #17 of 77 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dentists and orthodontists.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 dentists and orthodontists in Ashland County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Ashland County comes to about $27M a year: $1,302 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 11 dentists and orthodontists, that is $2.5M per practice, 2.5 times 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Ashland County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 2,072 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Ashland County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ashland County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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.
| Measure | Ashland County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 10.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $1.3M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,072 | 1,275 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,302 | $1,398 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,860 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 152
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Ashland 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 Ashland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,523+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 20,720
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 423 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $69,860+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,890
- Median home value
- $186,800
- Jobs located here
- 18,646
- Daytime population
- 47,965Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Ashland County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morrow County, OH | 89 | 7 | 5.2 | $2.7M | +3.7% | #11 of 1,886 |
| 2Madison County, OH | 89 | 11 | 7.0 | $2.1M | +7.1% | #12 of 1,886 |
| 3Holmes County, OH | 84 | 5 | 3.7 | $3.8M | +1.7% | #27 of 1,886 |
| 4Union County, OH | 80 | 32 | 13.2 | $1.3M | +16.5% | #78 of 1,886 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 79 | 71 | 8.4 | $1.8M | +3.9% | #86 of 1,886 |
| 6Carroll County, OH | 77 | 5 | 4.5 | $2.9M | −1.1% | #108 of 1,886 |
| 7Preble County, OH | 76 | 6 | 3.6 | $3.7M | −0.8% | #120 of 1,886 |
| 8Mercer County, OH | 76 | 10 | 6.1 | $2.2M | +0.5% | #124 of 1,886 |
| 9Champaign County, OH | 76 | 10 | 6.4 | $2.1M | +0.2% | #125 of 1,886 |
| 10Pickaway County, OH | 76 | 19 | 8.7 | $1.6M | +7.4% | #136 of 1,886 |
| 17Ashland County, OH | 74 | 11 | 5.3 | $2.5M | +0.1% | #165 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Ashland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Ashland County, OH?
There are 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Ashland County as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) 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 Ashland County, OH spend on medical and dental services?
About $27M a year, or $1,302 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,720 households in Ashland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashland County, OH compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Ashland County has 5.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $2.5M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Ashland County would have about 27, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,072 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Ashland County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ashland County at 52,523 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,720 households. The median household income in Ashland County is $69,860 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Ashland County scores 74 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #165 of 1,886 scored counties.
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