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Medical and dental practices in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #199 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 1,152
- 159 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 532
- +1.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $166.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,047 a household
- Spending per listing
- $144K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 72.6
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,152 medical and dental practices in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 72.6 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area comes to about $166.2M a year: $1,047 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $144K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 532 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area in 2023, up 1.0% from 2019. That is one for every 298 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 268 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area grew 20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is 49 (lower middle), #199 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 72.6 | 77.8 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $144K | $140K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 298 | 340 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.0% | +5.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,047 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 532+1.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,633
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $385.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 268Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,152159 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,090The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spartanburg, SC | 63 | 962 | 67.1 | $154K | +14.3% | #96 of 387 |
| 2Columbia, SC | 57 | 2,356 | 69.4 | $156K | +6.0% | #136 of 387 |
| 3Sumter, SC | 55 | 222 | 54.0 | $183K | −0.3% | #148 of 387 |
| 4Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 53 | 761 | 79.7 | $151K | +12.0% | #168 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 52 | 1,663 | 71.7 | $151K | +4.7% | #175 of 387 |
| 5Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 49 | 1,152 | 72.6 | $144K | +20.9% | #199 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 45 | 10,838 | 100.7 | $119K | +10.1% | #233 of 387 |
| 6Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 43 | 3,826 | 99.7 | $110K | +9.0% | #258 of 387 |
| 7Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 38 | 3,267 | 97.3 | $123K | +10.7% | #297 of 387 |
| 8Florence, SC | 28 | 677 | 86.3 | $114K | +0.9% | #351 of 387 |
Other business types in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 clinics49
- Dentists and orthodontists69
- Primary care and pediatrics48
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics46
- Chiropractors40
- Physical therapy60
- Optometrists and eye care48
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?
There are 1,152 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area as of September 2026. 159 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 532 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 1.0% from 2019. Another 268 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $166.2M a year, or $1,047 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,152 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $144K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 72.6 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $144K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 1,090, against 1,152 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 298 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 49 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #199 of 387 scored metro areas.
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