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Dentists and orthodontists in Van Wert County, OH
How Van Wert County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #894 of 1,886 scored counties
#64 of 77 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,311 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,013
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Van Wert County spend about $15.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,311 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 28% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Van Wert County has 12 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.4, 21% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Van Wert County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,283 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Van Wert County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Van Wert County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #894 of 1,886 scored counties and #64 of 77 scored counties in Ohio.
How Van Wert 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 | Van Wert County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 10.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.3M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,283 | 1,275 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,311 | $1,398 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Van Wert 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 Van Wert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,013+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,549
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $67,917+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,591
- Median home value
- $152,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,293
- Daytime population
- 25,207Residents 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 Van Wert 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 |
| 64Van Wert County, OH | 51 | 12 | 10.4 | $1.3M | +0.3% | #894 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Van Wert County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Van Wert County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 dentists and orthodontists in Van Wert County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Van Wert County, OH spend on medical and dental services?
About $15.1M a year, or $1,311 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 11,549 households in Van Wert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Wert County, OH compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Van Wert County has 10.4 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Van Wert County would have about 15, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,283 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Van Wert County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Van Wert County at 29,013 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,549 households. Median household income in Van Wert County is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Van Wert County scores 51 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #894 of 1,886 scored counties.
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