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Medical and dental practices in Dent County, MO
How Dent County, MO 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #676 of 2,394 scored counties
#47 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 32
- 4 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,206 a household
- Spending per listing
- $212K
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.0
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,584
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 medical and dental practices in Dent County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 57.0 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in Dent County spend about $6.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,206 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $212K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Dent County in 2023. That is one for every 1,405 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Dent County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Dent County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #676 of 2,394 scored counties and #47 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.
How Dent County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Dent County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.0 | 68.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $212K | $203K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,405 | 328 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,206 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $56,312 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $293K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 324 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 Dent 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 Dent County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,584+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,618
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $56,312+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,407
- Median home value
- $167,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,361
- Daytime population
- 13,097Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, MO | 87 | 50 | 36.1 | $399K | +9.2% | #20 of 2,394 |
| 2Callaway County, MO | 84 | 47 | 28.5 | $476K | +3.2% | #49 of 2,394 |
| 3Osage County, MO | 84 | 19 | 35.9 | $386K | +2.7% | #53 of 2,394 |
| 4Stone County, MO | 83 | 25 | 18.5 | $695K | +4.1% | #57 of 2,394 |
| 5Texas County, MO | 83 | 23 | 24.2 | $469K | +6.9% | #59 of 2,394 |
| 6Webster County, MO | 83 | 40 | 28.6 | $462K | +10.4% | #60 of 2,394 |
| 7Morgan County, MO | 83 | 29 | 33.3 | $369K | +6.8% | #66 of 2,394 |
| 8McDonald County, MO | 82 | 20 | 23.4 | $516K | +3.1% | #72 of 2,394 |
| 9Lincoln County, MO | 82 | 94 | 41.2 | $356K | +11.4% | #79 of 2,394 |
| 10Ray County, MO | 81 | 25 | 27.4 | $498K | +1.1% | #82 of 2,394 |
| 47Dent County, MO | 62 | 32 | 57.0 | $212K | +1.3% | #676 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Dent County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Dent County, MO?
Dent County has 32 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Dent County, MO spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.8M a year, or $1,206 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $212K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,618 households in Dent County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dent County, MO compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Dent County has 57.0 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $212K, 39% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Dent County would have about 44, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,405 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Dent County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Dent County at 14,584 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,618 households. Median household income in Dent County is $56,312, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. Dent County scores 62 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #676 of 2,394 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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