Chicago, IL · Dental Practices
Dental Practices in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 4,881 dentist offices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 30,767 people with $1.8 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
4,881
3rd most of 387 US metro areas
30,767
6.3 per business, against 7.5 across all metros
$1.8 billion
$58,083 per employee
80%
of businesses, against 73% across all metros
-0.8%
in the number of businesses (4,918 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for dentist offices, 3rd of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 6.3 employees each, against 7.5 across all metros.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps dental practices in Chicago.
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Close the loop on follow-up visits
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Questions
Dental Practices in Chicago
How many dentist offices are there in Chicago?
4,881 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 30,767 people and paid $1.8 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for dental practices growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 4,918 to 4,881 (-0.8%).
What does VERA do for dental practices in Chicago?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Chicago 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 Chicago 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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