List of Dentists in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 356,756 dentists in the USA, one in every 179 US companies. Most of them are small: seven in ten have one to four people, and only 424 firms employ 50 people or more. One in twenty-one dental practices is based in Houston, New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago. Below you find the largest dental practices in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

356,756 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies356,7561 in179 US companiesCities9,220Largest cityHouston 4,359Sole traders11%Employees1-4 (70%)Revenue$100-500K (65%)Email40%Phone75%Website62%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Carus Dental, P.C.	USA	Austin	12201 Renfert Way Ste 345	Travis	78758-5366	*****.com	2005	$761,060,612	4	Corporation	3	0092255702
2	Dental Care Alliance, L.L.C.	USA	Sarasota	1549 Ringling Blvd Ste 520	Sarasota	34236-6772	*****.net	2002	$473,407,046	4,104	Corporation	58	L03000000008
3	Premier Dental Holdings, INC.	USA	Orange	530 S Main St Ste 600	Orange	92868-4544	*****.com	2006	$452,183,549	3,900	Corporation	284	4147832
4	Western Dental Services, INC.	USA	Orange	530 S Main St Ste 600	Orange	92868-4544	*****.com	1986	$451,119,804	3,900	Corporation	284	330065869
5	Onsite Dental, LLC	USA	Aliso Viejo	85 Argonaut Ste 220	Orange	92656-4105	*****.com	2008	$400,000,000	20	Corporation	4	0802020733
6	Park Dental Partners, INC.	USA	Roseville	2200 County Road C W Ste 2210	Ramsey	55113-2551	*****.com	2023	$244,494,000	1,193	Corporation	N/A	1396634100023
7	Maine Dental Service CORPORATION	USA	Concord	1 Delta Dr	Merrimack	03302	*****.com	1965	$197,795,238	180	Corporation	5	292446
8	ST. John's Community Health	USA	Los Angeles	808 W 58th St	Los Angeles	90037-3632	*****.org	1963	$187,492,916	924	Corporation	9	1732872
9	Brainard G Llanes Dds LTD	USA	Roselle	818 E Nerge Rd	Dupage	60172-4884	*****.com	2009	$175,102,923	6		N/A	N/A
10	Ampla Health	USA	Yuba City	935 Market St	Sutter	95991-4217	*****.org	1973	$173,381,234	380	Corporation	20	0682129
11	Sac Health System	USA	San Bernardino	1455 3rd Ave	San Bernardino	92408	*****.org	1995	$159,613,304	75	Corporation	6	1932078
12	Sage Dental Management, LLC	USA	Boca Raton	1200 W Yamato Rd Ste A4	Palm Beach	33431	*****.com	2002	$153,138,565	336	Corporation	23	134216896
13	Delta Dental Of South Dakota	USA	Pierre	720 N Euclid Ave	Hughes	57501-1717	*****.com	1963	$118,006,846	32	Corporation	N/A	IN000100
14	Straumann Manufacturing, INC.	USA	Andover	60 Minuteman Rd	Essex	01810-1008	*****.us	2005	$117,996,984	346	Corporation	122	202613644
15	Advocates For A Healthy Community, INC.	USA	Springfield	440 E Tampa St	Greene	65806-1131	*****.com	1992	$108,591,088	98	Corporation	3	431602701
16	Marana Health Center, INC.	USA	Marana	13395 N Marana Main St	Pima	85653-7008	*****.org	1957	$101,052,322	350	Corporation	7	00498025
17	Orthosynetics, INC.	USA	Metairie	3838 N Causeway Blvd Ste 2200	Jefferson	70002-8306	*****.com	1985	$95,928,003	3,092	Corporation	31	2422912
18	Benevis CORPORATION	USA	Marietta	1090 Northchase Pkwy Se Ste 150	Cobb	30067-6407	*****.com	2013	$91,391,009	1,982	Corporation	58	N/A
19	Great Expressions Dental Centers, P.C.	USA	Southfield	29777 Telegraph Rd Ste 3000	Oakland	48034-7634	*****.com	2016	$89,702,531	2,391	Corporation	204	382837676
20	Lake County Tribal Health Consortium, INC.	USA	Lakeport	925 Bevins Ct	Lake	95453-9754	*****.com	1983	$85,134,576	80	Corporation	N/A	1142585
21	Aspen Dental Management, INC.	USA	East Syracuse	281 Sanders Creek Pkwy	Onondaga	13057-1307	*****.com	1999	$84,780,697	1,188	Corporation	656	20201046474
22	Community Health Centers, INC.	USA	Winter Garden	110 S Woodland St	Orange	34787-3546	*****.org	1972	$82,064,521	300	Corporation	9	725113
23	D4c Dental Brands, INC.	USA	Atlanta	2970 Brandywine Rd	Fulton	30341-5528	*****.com	2011	$77,410,287	500	Corporation	3	N/A
24	Trust For Retiree Medical Dental And Life Insurance Plan Of The Army And Air Force Exchang	USA	Dallas	3911 S Walton Walker Blvd	Dallas	75236-1509	*****.ee	2014	$76,961,324	6		N/A	752503003
25	The Lakes Community Health Center INC	USA	Iron River	7665 Us Highway 2	Bayfield	54847-4690	*****.org	2007	$67,932,622	49	Corporation	2	B 059669

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Where in the USA?

Houston has the most dentists in the USA (4,359), ahead of New York (3,863), Los Angeles (3,173), Miami (3,144) and Chicago (2,716). Together the five hold one in twenty-one of them. Relative to their size, Irvine, San Jose and Bellevue have the most: 2.0 to 2.9 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,220 US cities have at least one dental practice; 3,890 have ten or more; 1,925 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Dental practices per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.56. Irvine has 2.9 times the national share.

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By county 1,781 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	15,204	4%
Orange	10,115	3%
Maricopa	7,634	2%
Cook	5,868	2%
Harris	5,785	2%
Miami-Dade	5,325	1%
San Diego	5,011	1%
Dallas	4,936	1%
Montgomery	4,885	1%
Jefferson	3,987	1%

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 356,371 US dental practices with a known headcount, 248,289 (70%) have one to four people, 94,538 have five to nine, 13,120 have ten to 49 and 424 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (222,112, 65%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 10342,827 96%
Small 10 to 4913,120 4%
Medium 50 to 249407 0.1%
Large 250+17 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

268

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 119 more than $10 million.

5,837

firms were entered in 2026.

Dental practices in Houston

Houston has 4,359 dentists and dental practices, 0.5% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 11% below the national share. Seven in ten Houston firms have fewer than five people; 4 have 50 or more. 65 new firms were entered in 2026, 381 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 3,086 · 71%
5-9: 1,157 · 27%
10-19: 88 · 2%
20-49: 20 · 0.5%
50+: 4 · <0.1%

Legal form

Sole traders: 434 · 10%
Partnerships: 61 · 1%
Corporations and LLCs: 2,198 · 50%
Other or none: 1,666 · 38%

Of the US total: 1.2%
Of all Houston companies: 0.5%
Against the national share: 0.9×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 65
Entered 2025: 141
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.1%

Old

Before 1990: 381 · 9%
1990 or later: 3,978 · 91%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.8%

Reachable

Email: 1,493 · 34%
Phone: 3,025 · 69%
Website: 2,362 · 54%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 830 · 20%
$100K-$500K: 2,680 · 64%
$500K-$1M: 431 · 10%
$1M and more: 230 · 6%

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How many dentists are there in the USA?

Dentists and dental practices in the USA

356,756

21 October 2026

There are 356,756 dentists and dental practices in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 179 US companies. About 28 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (5,837 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 335,186 94%
Head offices: 7,653
Branch offices: 13,917

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 8021.

179,580 of the 356,756 are corporations and LLCs (50%); 40,960 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest dental practices in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Houston, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Yale New Haven Health Services is the largest dental practice in the USA by headcount. 424 firms employ 50 people or more; 171 employ 100 or more.

1New Haven5,216 staff
2Irvine4,500 staff
3Sarasota4,104 staff
4Orange3,900 staff
5Rochester1,350 staff
6Roseville1,193 staff
7East Syracuse1,188 staff
8Hillsboro1,000 staff
9Los Angeles924 staff
10Houston860 staff

By employee size · 356,371 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	248,289	70%
5-9	94,538	27%
10-19	11,173	3%
20-49	1,947	0.5%
50-99	253	<0.1%
100-199	93	<0.1%
200-499	61	<0.1%
500-999	12	<0.1%
1,000+	5	<0.1%

70% have 1 to 4 people; 1,947 have 20 to 49; 424 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	77,581	23%
$100K-$500K	222,112	65%
$500K-$1M	25,900	8%
$1M-$5M	16,690	5%
$5M-$10M	149	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	90	<0.1%
$50M-$100M	13	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	15	<0.1%
$500M+	1	<0.1%

65% between $100,000 and $500,000; 16,690 between $1M and $5M; 268 above $5M.

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in nine US dental practices work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Half are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders40,96011%
Partnerships4,3391%
Corporations and LLCs179,58050%
No form on record or other131,87737%

Single-site: 94%
Head offices: 7,653
Branches: 13,917

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

How reachable are they?

Dental practices are easier to reach than the average US company: 75% list a phone number and 62% a website.

Email141,302 40%
Phone267,697 75%
Website221,824 62%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

5,837 dental practices were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 28 a working day, after 10,664 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

9,3062022
9,8612023
10,6392024
10,6642025
5,8372026 so far

5,803 of this year's 5,837 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Holbrook15 staff
2Little Rock10 staff
3Buffalo10 staff
4Middletown10 staff
5De Pere7 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 529 dental practices for every one of the hematologists in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Dentists	356,756	62%	70%
General Practitioners	41,594	85%	67%
Internists	21,010	90%	66%
General Surgeons	6,961	92%	68%
Geriatricians	989	85%	65%
Hematologists	674	95%	64%

In other countries

The USA has more dental practices than the UK or Mexico, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	356,756	5.6
The UK	34,562	3.9
Mexico	5,141	2.9
Denmark	2,893	3.0
Ukraine	2,832	1.6

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The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 5 US dental practices from before 1900, 328 from before 1950 and 45,277 from before 1990.

1849
1. Ann Arbor
1858
1. San Francisco
1868
1. Johnson City
1885
1. Prairie du Sac
1887
1. Portland

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US dental practices date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many dentists are there in the USA?

There are 356,756 dentists and dental practices in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 179 US companies.

Which is the largest dental practice in the USA?

Yale New Haven Health Services in New Haven, with 5,216 staff. By revenue Dental Care Alliance, L.L.C. in Sarasota leads with $473.4 million a year.

Which US city has the most dentists?

Houston, with 4,359, ahead of New York (3,863), Los Angeles (3,173), Miami (3,144) and Chicago (2,716). Relative to its size, Irvine has the most: 2.9 times the national share.

How many dental practices are there in Houston?

4,359, which is 0.5% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 11% below the national share.

How big is a typical dental practice?

Small. 70% of the 356,371 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 424 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US dentists sole traders or companies?

One in nine (40,960) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 50% (179,580) are corporations and LLCs.

How many dental practices started in 2026?

5,837 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 10,664 in 2025. 5,803 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest dental practice in the USA?

Mark Fitzgerald DDS in Ann Arbor, 1849, followed by Gary C Armitage DDS MS in San Francisco (1858) and Sixth District Dental Society in Johnson City (1868). 5 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers dentists?

Our platform filters them on SIC 8021 (offices and clinics of dentists).

Can I download the full list?

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