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Dentists and orthodontists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #61 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
142
23 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
95
+3.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$166.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,047 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.9
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
427,551
+20.9% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area comes to about $166.2M a year: $1,047 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

There are 142 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area as of September 2026. 23 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.9 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,671 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $985K have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is 69 (upper middle), #61 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureMyrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.911.413.1
Spending per listing$1.2M$951K$984K
Households per official establishment1,6711,205952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.3%+3.7%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,047$1,086$1,288
Median household income$66,880$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score6949

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
95+3.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
805
Annual payroll, 2023
$56.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
14223 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
169The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$985K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
427,551+20.9% since 2020
Households
158,779
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,133 sq. mi.
People per square mile
338
Median household income
$66,880
Average household income
$87,740
Median home value
$287,700
Jobs located here
142,324
Daytime population
375,675Residents 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 142 dentists and orthodontists in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. 23 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $166.2M a year, or $1,047 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 142 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 8.9 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.2M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 169, against 142 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,671 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 69 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #61 of 387 scored metro areas.

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