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Medical and dental practices in Brown County, OH
How Brown County, OH 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #113 of 2,394 scored counties
#5 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 59
- 11 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,333 a household
- Spending per listing
- $387K
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.4
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,397
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Brown County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #113 of 2,394 scored counties and #5 of 88 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for medical and dental practices.
As of September 2026, map listings count 59 medical and dental practices in Brown County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 34.4 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Brown County comes to about $22.8M a year: $1,333 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $387K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Brown County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,224 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $787K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Brown County. Population estimates show Brown County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Brown County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Brown County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.4 | 71.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $387K | $196K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,224 | 366 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,333 | $1,398 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $71,270 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5911 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 150The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $787K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,397+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,138
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 490 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $71,270+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,014
- Median home value
- $196,200
- Jobs located here
- 7,340
- Daytime population
- 31,966Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morrow County, OH | 85 | 55 | 40.9 | $342K | +3.7% | #39 of 2,394 |
| 2Madison County, OH | 84 | 66 | 42.1 | $354K | +7.1% | #56 of 2,394 |
| 3Perry County, OH | 81 | 45 | 33.5 | $400K | +1.3% | #88 of 2,394 |
| 4Clermont County, OH | 80 | 378 | 44.5 | $338K | +3.9% | #107 of 2,394 |
| 5Brown County, OH | 79 | 59 | 34.4 | $387K | +1.6% | #113 of 2,394 |
| 6Licking County, OH | 77 | 331 | 48.2 | $311K | +3.8% | #157 of 2,394 |
| 7Pickaway County, OH | 76 | 109 | 49.8 | $280K | +7.4% | #182 of 2,394 |
| 8Union County, OH | 76 | 187 | 77.2 | $219K | +16.5% | #188 of 2,394 |
| 9Paulding County, OH | 75 | 24 | 31.5 | $429K | −0.4% | #198 of 2,394 |
| 10Noble County, OH | 74 | 12 | 26.0 | $491K | +1.3% | #223 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Brown 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 Brown County, OH?
Brown County has 59 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Brown County, OH spend on medical and dental services?
About $22.8M a year, or $1,333 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $387K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,138 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, OH compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Brown County has 34.4 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $387K, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Brown County would have about 150, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,224 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 44,397 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,138 households. Median household income in Brown County is $71,270, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Brown County scores 79 for medical and dental practices (high), #113 of 2,394 scored counties.
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