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Medical and dental practices in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area

How the Lewiston-Auburn, ME 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #130 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Maine

Listings
350
27 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
96
−1.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$51.1M
On medical and dental services · $1,089 a household
Spending per listing
$146K
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
74.5
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
116,487
+4.8% 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 $1,089 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area spend about $51.1M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 350 medical and dental practices, that is $146K per practice, 4% below the U.S. figure of $152K.

The Lewiston-Auburn metro area has 350 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 74.5 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area in 2023, down 1.0% from 2019. That is one for every 489 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show the Lewiston-Auburn metro area grew 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area is 58 (upper middle), #130 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Maine.

How the Lewiston-Auburn metro area compares

The same measures for Maine 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 Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureLewiston-Auburn metro areaMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households74.581.484.5
Spending per listing$146K$143K$152K
Households per official establishment489373270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−1.0%+1.7%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,089$1,163$1,288
Median household income$67,873$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market score5854

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
96−1.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
950
Annual payroll, 2023
$72.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
35Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
35027 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
335The 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 physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Lewiston-Auburn 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 Lewiston-Auburn metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
116,487+4.8% since 2020
Households
46,953
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
468 sq. mi.
People per square mile
242
Median household income
$67,873+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,271
Median home value
$252,800
Jobs located here
50,802
Daytime population
111,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Maine

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Maine for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Maine, with the Lewiston-Auburn metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Maine

Metro areas in Maine ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lewiston-Auburn, ME5835074.5$146K+4.8%#130 of 387
2Bangor, ME5746771.6$154K+3.8%#137 of 387
3Portland-South Portland, ME452,486103.6$123K+4.5%#232 of 387

Other business types in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area

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

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 350 medical and dental practices in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area. 27 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 1.0% from 2019. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $51.1M a year, or $1,089 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 350 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $146K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,953 households in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

The Lewiston-Auburn metro area has 74.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $146K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Lewiston-Auburn metro area would have about 335, against 350 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 489 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lewiston-Auburn metro area at 116,487 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,953 households. The median household income in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area is $67,873 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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 Lewiston-Auburn metro area scores 58 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #130 of 387 scored metro areas.

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