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Medical and dental practices in Union County, SC
How Union County, SC 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,795 of 2,394 scored counties
#34 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 41
- 4 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.4M
- On medical and dental services · $892 a household
- Spending per listing
- $253K
- 66% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.3
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,799
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 medical and dental practices in Union County. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 35.3 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in Union County spend about $10.4M a year on medical and dental services, or $892 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $253K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 66% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Union County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Union County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Union County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #1,795 of 2,394 scored counties and #34 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Union County 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 | Union County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.3 | 77.8 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $253K | $140K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 340 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $892 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $41,621 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 414 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,799−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,611
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 514 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $41,621+1.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,230
- Median home value
- $103,600
- Jobs located here
- 7,601
- Daytime population
- 22,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Edgefield County, SC | 83 | 15 | 15.4 | $688K | +16.1% | #58 of 2,394 |
| 2Jasper County, SC | 77 | 36 | 27.4 | $378K | +32.2% | #147 of 2,394 |
| 3Saluda County, SC | 73 | 16 | 20.9 | $467K | +4.1% | #248 of 2,394 |
| 4Abbeville County, SC | 71 | 24 | 24.6 | $409K | +2.3% | #305 of 2,394 |
| 5Kershaw County, SC | 66 | 123 | 45.7 | $231K | +11.6% | #506 of 2,394 |
| 6Calhoun County, SC | 62 | 8 | 12.9 | $765K | +0.6% | #638 of 2,394 |
| 7Laurens County, SC | 62 | 118 | 43.8 | $221K | +6.2% | #673 of 2,394 |
| 8Fairfield County, SC | 60 | 24 | 26.9 | $357K | −2.6% | #730 of 2,394 |
| 9Chesterfield County, SC | 60 | 65 | 37.1 | $249K | +3.4% | #749 of 2,394 |
| 10Lancaster County, SC | 60 | 226 | 56.3 | $205K | +18.3% | #762 of 2,394 |
| 34Union County, SC | 37 | 41 | 35.3 | $253K | −1.4% | #1,795 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Union 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 Union County, SC?
There are 41 medical and dental practices on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. No official count is published for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Union County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Union County, SC spend on medical and dental services?
About $10.4M a year, or $892 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $253K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,611 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, SC compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Union County has 35.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $253K, 66% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Union County would have about 68, against 41 on map listings.
How fast is Union County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 26,799 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,611 households. Median household income in Union County is $41,621, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 1.1%, 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. Union County scores 37 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,795 of 2,394 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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