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Dentists and orthodontists in Bamberg County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Bamberg County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,859 of 1,886 scored counties
#38 of 38 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On medical and dental services · $864 a household
- Spending per listing
- $802K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,796
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Bamberg County scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #1,859 of 1,886 scored counties and #38 of 38 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Bamberg County spend about $4M a year on medical and dental services, or $864 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 dentists and orthodontists, that is $802K per practice, 18% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Bamberg County has 5 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 10.8 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Bamberg County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,161 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bamberg County declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bamberg County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Bamberg County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 11.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $802K | $951K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,161 | 1,205 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $864 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $44,370 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Bamberg 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 Bamberg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,796−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,644
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $44,370+41.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,606
- Median home value
- $97,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,526
- Daytime population
- 10,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jasper County, SC | 77 | 6 | 4.6 | $2.3M | +32.2% | #112 of 1,886 |
| 2Edgefield County, SC | 76 | 5 | 5.1 | $2.1M | +16.1% | #127 of 1,886 |
| 3Laurens County, SC | 68 | 15 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +6.2% | #309 of 1,886 |
| 4Chesterfield County, SC | 66 | 9 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +3.4% | #374 of 1,886 |
| 5Darlington County, SC | 65 | 11 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +0.1% | #397 of 1,886 |
| 6Kershaw County, SC | 65 | 21 | 7.8 | $1.4M | +11.6% | #422 of 1,886 |
| 7Berkeley County, SC | 60 | 99 | 10.6 | $1.1M | +18.7% | #589 of 1,886 |
| 8Cherokee County, SC | 59 | 16 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +3.7% | #626 of 1,886 |
| 9Horry County, SC | 58 | 142 | 8.9 | $1.2M | +20.9% | #668 of 1,886 |
| 10Clarendon County, SC | 56 | 7 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +0.7% | #699 of 1,886 |
| 38Bamberg County, SC | 14 | 5 | 10.8 | $802K | −3.5% | #1,859 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Bamberg County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Bamberg County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 dentists and orthodontists in Bamberg County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Bamberg County, SC spend on medical and dental services?
About $4M a year, or $864 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $802K 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 4,644 households in Bamberg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bamberg County, SC compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Bamberg County has 10.8 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $802K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Bamberg County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,161 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Bamberg County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Bamberg County at 12,796 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,644 households. Median household income in Bamberg County is $44,370, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.2%, 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. Bamberg County scores 14 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #1,859 of 1,886 scored counties.
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