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Dentists and orthodontists in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area

How the Burlington-South Burlington, VT 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #233 of 387 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Vermont

Listings
108
14 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
107
−4.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$120.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,279 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
227,803
+0.9% 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

At $1,279 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area spend about $120.9M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 108 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.1M per practice, 14% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 108 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 11.4 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area in 2023, down 4.5% from 2019. That is one for every 884 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Burlington-South Burlington metro area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area is 44 (lower middle), #233 of 387 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Vermont.

How the Burlington-South Burlington metro area compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureBurlington-South Burlington metro areaVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.49.213.1
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.3M$984K
Households per official establishment8841,163952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.5%−7.5%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,279$1,208$1,288
Median household income$93,043$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score4455

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
107−4.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
855
Annual payroll, 2023
$62.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10814 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
123The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$2.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Burlington-South Burlington 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 Burlington-South Burlington metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
227,803+0.9% since 2020
Households
94,559
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,250 sq. mi.
People per square mile
182
Median household income
$93,043+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,646
Median home value
$401,000
Jobs located here
121,615
Daytime population
237,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 108 dentists and orthodontists in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area. 14 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, down 4.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $120.9M a year, or $1,279 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 108 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 94,559 households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 11.4 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.1M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area would have about 123, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 884 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Burlington-South Burlington metro area at 227,803 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,559 households. Median household income in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area is $93,043, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.3%, 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 Burlington-South Burlington metro area scores 44 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #233 of 387 scored metro areas.

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