Health care · County · Virginia
Dentists and orthodontists in Bristol city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Bristol city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,763 of 1,886 scored counties
#74 of 84 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On medical and dental services · $942 a household
- Spending per listing
- $681K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,418
- −5.2% since 2020
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What this means
Bristol city scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #1,763 of 1,886 scored counties and #74 of 84 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 dentists and orthodontists in Bristol city. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 13.8 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Bristol city comes to about $6.8M a year: $942 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $681K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 31% 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Bristol city in 2023. That is one for every 2,409 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates show Bristol city declined 5.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bristol city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Bristol city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $681K | $940K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,409 | 989 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $942 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $50,404 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Bristol city, 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 Bristol city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,418−5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,226
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 13 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,309
- Median household income
- $50,404+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,726
- Median home value
- $184,100
- Jobs located here
- 10,880
- Daytime population
- 20,776Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 92 | 7 | 6.8 | $2.1M | +17.4% | #3 of 1,886 |
| 2Frederick County, VA | 87 | 18 | 5.1 | $2.5M | +8.8% | #14 of 1,886 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 86 | 5 | 4.2 | $2.8M | +11.3% | #16 of 1,886 |
| 4King George County, VA | 85 | 8 | 7.9 | $1.7M | +10.5% | #26 of 1,886 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 84 | 8 | 8.6 | $1.6M | +21.2% | #34 of 1,886 |
| 6Orange County, VA | 83 | 8 | 5.4 | $2.3M | +10.1% | #41 of 1,886 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 82 | 10 | 6.4 | $1.8M | +13.6% | #54 of 1,886 |
| 8Fluvanna County, VA | 81 | 5 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +6.2% | #55 of 1,886 |
| 9Isle of Wight County, VA | 80 | 9 | 5.7 | $2.1M | +6.7% | #69 of 1,886 |
| 10Clarke County, VA | 76 | 5 | 8.5 | $1.6M | +5.4% | #137 of 1,886 |
| 74Bristol city, VA | 25 | 10 | 13.8 | $681K | −5.2% | #1,763 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Bristol city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Bristol city, VA?
There are 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Bristol city as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Bristol city, VA spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.8M a year, or $942 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $681K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,226 households in Bristol city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bristol city, VA compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Bristol city has 13.8 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $681K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Bristol city would have about 7, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,409 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Bristol city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Bristol city at 16,418 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,226 households. The median household income in Bristol city is $50,404 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.4% 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. Bristol city scores 25 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #1,763 of 1,886 scored counties.
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