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Dentists and orthodontists in Chester County, SC
The dentists and orthodontists in Chester County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On medical and dental services · $929 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 77% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,001
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $929 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Chester County spend about $12.2M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 4 dentists and orthodontists, that is $3.1M per practice, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Chester County has 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 77% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Chester County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 3,290 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chester County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Chester County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Chester 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 | Chester County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 11.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $951K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,290 | 1,205 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $929 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $52,458 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Chester 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 Chester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,001+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,159
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $52,458+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,310
- Median home value
- $158,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,197
- Daytime population
- 27,098Residents 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 |
| Chester County, SC | Not scored | 4 | 3.0 | $3.1M | +2.2% |
Other business types in Chester County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Chester County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dentists and orthodontists in Chester County. 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 Chester County, SC spend on medical and dental services?
About $12.2M a year, or $929 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 13,159 households in Chester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chester County, SC compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Chester County has 3.0 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 77% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $3.1M, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Chester County would have about 12, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,290 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Chester County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Chester County at 33,001 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,159 households. Median household income in Chester County is $52,458, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Chester County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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