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Medical and dental practices in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area
How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #339 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 45,831
- 3,295 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 29,627
- +2.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $6.5B
- On medical and dental services · $1,440 a household
- Spending per listing
- $141K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.9
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,844,441
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #339 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area comes to about $6.5B a year: $1,440 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $141K per practice, 7% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 45,831 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3,295 are chain locations, or 7%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 101.9 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts show 29,627 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 152 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 560 SBA-backed loans worth $580M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the medical and dental practices 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 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 101.9 | 88.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $141K | $166K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 152 | 199 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.9% | +2.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,440 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $95,958 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29,627+2.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 178,498
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.9B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14,314Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 45,8313,295 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42,475The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 560
- Amount
- $580M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,844,441−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,499,409
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,854 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,673
- Median household income
- $95,958+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $135,506
- Median home value
- $871,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,588,635
- Daytime population
- 13,463,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 78 | 1,341 | 54.7 | $253K | +5.5% | #20 of 387 |
| 2Vallejo, CA | 76 | 841 | 53.4 | $271K | +0.6% | #28 of 387 |
| 3Yuba City, CA | 74 | 369 | 59.6 | $214K | +3.3% | #34 of 387 |
| 4Merced, CA | 73 | 383 | 44.5 | $264K | +5.1% | #37 of 387 |
| 5Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 68 | 6,153 | 69.8 | $205K | +3.2% | #63 of 387 |
| 6El Centro, CA | 63 | 266 | 53.6 | $208K | +1.1% | #90 of 387 |
| 7Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 62 | 1,798 | 63.1 | $194K | +2.3% | #100 of 387 |
| 8Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 60 | 10,360 | 71.4 | $191K | +3.5% | #110 of 387 |
| 9Visalia, CA | 59 | 781 | 54.5 | $224K | +2.4% | #115 of 387 |
| 10Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 59 | 1,496 | 78.3 | $191K | −0.4% | #116 of 387 |
| 25Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 31 | 45,831 | 101.9 | $141K | −2.6% | #339 of 387 |
Other business types in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area
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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics31
- Dentists and orthodontists19
- Primary care and pediatrics30
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics30
- Chiropractors41
- Physical therapy47
- Optometrists and eye care31
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45,831 medical and dental practices in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. 3,295 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 29,627 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. Official counts list 14,314 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.5B a year, or $1,440 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45,831 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $141K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,499,409 households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 101.9 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $141K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area would have about 42,475, against 45,831 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 152 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area at 12,844,441 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,499,409 households. The median household income in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is $95,958 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area scores 31 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #339 of 387 scored metro areas.
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