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Dentists and orthodontists in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area

How the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #305 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
500
98 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
353
−2.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$420.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,096 a household
Spending per listing
$842K
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.0
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,014,101
+9.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area is 37 (lower middle), #305 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 500 dentists and orthodontists in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 13.0 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area comes to about $420.8M a year: $1,096 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 500 dentists and orthodontists, that is $842K per practice, 14% below 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.

Official counts show 353 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,087 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area 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.

Dentists and orthodontists in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGreenville-Anderson-Greer metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.011.413.1
Spending per listing$842K$951K$984K
Households per official establishment1,0871,205952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.2%+3.7%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,096$1,086$1,288
Median household income$71,240$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score3749

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
353−2.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,292
Annual payroll, 2023
$216M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50098 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
428The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$3.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,014,101+9.0% since 2020
Households
383,842
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,710 sq. mi.
People per square mile
355
Median household income
$71,240+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,317
Median home value
$264,600
Jobs located here
442,869
Daytime population
979,975Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC691428.9$1.2M+20.9%#61 of 387
2Spartanburg, SC6014410.1$1M+14.3%#121 of 387
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC5225110.8$1M+4.7%#179 of 387
3Florence, SC47698.8$1.1M+0.9%#205 of 387
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC401,47213.7$877K+10.1%#275 of 387
4Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC4013213.8$868K+12.0%#277 of 387
5Charleston-North Charleston, SC3946813.9$857K+10.7%#285 of 387
6Columbia, SC3741512.2$883K+6.0%#303 of 387
7Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC3750013.0$842K+9.0%#305 of 387
8Sumter, SC364310.5$942K−0.3%#310 of 387

Other business types in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area?

There are 500 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area as of September 2026. 98 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 353 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $420.8M a year, or $1,096 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 500 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $842K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 383,842 households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area has 13.0 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $842K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area would have about 428, against 500 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,087 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area at 1,014,101 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 383,842 households. The median household income in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area is $71,240 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.8% 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. The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area scores 37 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #305 of 387 scored metro areas.

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