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Medical and dental practices in Riverside County, CA

How Riverside County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,097 of 2,394 scored counties
#21 of 55 scored counties in California

Listings
5,405
712 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
3,100
+8.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On medical and dental services · $1,393 a household
Spending per listing
$200K
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
69.7
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,544,916
+5.0% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Riverside County comes to about $1.1B a year: $1,393 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That works out to $200K per practice, 31% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

Riverside County has 5,405 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 712 are chain locations, or 13%, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 69.7, 18% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Riverside County was 3,100 in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 250 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 1,396 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 58 SBA-backed loans worth $61.3M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Riverside County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Riverside County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, Riverside County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,097 of 2,394 scored counties and #21 of 55 scored counties in California.

How Riverside County 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Riverside County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureRiverside CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households69.788.384.5
Spending per listing$200K$166K$152K
Households per official establishment250199270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.5%+2.6%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,393$1,464$1,288
Median household income$93,074$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5243

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
2,858 → 3,100+8.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
23,370
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7B
One-person businesses, 2023
1,396Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5,405712 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7,083The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
58
Amount
$61.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Riverside County, 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 Riverside County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,544,916+5.0% since 2020
Households
775,335
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
7,209 sq. mi.
People per square mile
344
Median household income
$93,074+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,893
Median home value
$557,300
Jobs located here
814,658
Daytime population
2,232,472Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in California, with Riverside County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA856723.4$531K+8.2%#33 of 2,394
2San Benito County, CA808641.8$372K+8.6%#104 of 2,394
3Calaveras County, CA736635.8$367K+2.8%#252 of 2,394
4Trinity County, CA691119.7$566K−2.3%#358 of 2,394
5Colusa County, CA692330.6$407K−0.1%#363 of 2,394
6Madera County, CA6919442.8$296K+7.4%#378 of 2,394
7Mariposa County, CA641621.3$569K−1.2%#557 of 2,394
8Yolo County, CA6441153.6$261K+3.1%#584 of 2,394
9San Joaquin County, CA631,34154.7$253K+5.5%#621 of 2,394
10Lassen County, CA612830.3$383K−13.1%#688 of 2,394
21Riverside County, CA525,40569.7$200K+5.0%#1,097 of 2,394

Other business types in Riverside County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Riverside County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5,405 medical and dental practices in Riverside County. 712 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 3,100 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. Official counts list 1,396 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Riverside County, CA spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.1B a year, or $1,393 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5,405 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $200K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 775,335 households in Riverside County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Riverside County, CA compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

Riverside County has 69.7 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $200K, 31% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Riverside County would have about 7,083, against 5,405 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 250 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Riverside County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Riverside County at 2,544,916 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 775,335 households. The median household income in Riverside County is $93,074 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Riverside County scores 52 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #1,097 of 2,394 scored counties.

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