Charleston, SC · Dental Practices

Dental Practices in Charleston, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 338 dentist offices in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,751 people with $176.5 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

338

69th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

2,751

8.1 per business, against 7.5 across all metros

Annual payroll

$176.5 million

$64,158 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

68%

of businesses, against 73% across all metros

Change since 2022

-0.6%

in the number of businesses (340 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Charleston.

  • Charleston ranks 69th of 387 US metro areas by number of dentist offices.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 8.1 employees.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps dental practices in Charleston.

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Questions

Dental Practices in Charleston

How many dentist offices are there in Charleston?

338 in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,751 people and paid $176.5 million in annual payroll.

Is the Charleston market for dental practices growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 340 to 338 (-0.6%).

What does VERA do for dental practices in Charleston?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Charleston business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Dental Practices in other markets

Other Charleston markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is dentist offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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