Des Moines, IA · Dental Practices
Dental Practices in Des Moines, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 241 dentist offices in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,067 people with $136.1 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
241
87th most of 387 US metro areas
2,067
8.6 per business, against 7.5 across all metros
$136.1 million
$65,861 per employee
66%
of businesses, against 73% across all metros
-3.2%
in the number of businesses (249 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Des Moines.
- Des Moines ranks 87th of 387 US metro areas by number of dentist offices.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 8.6 employees.
- The count fell by 8 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps dental practices in Des Moines.
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Questions
Dental Practices in Des Moines
How many dentist offices are there in Des Moines?
241 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,067 people and paid $136.1 million in annual payroll.
Is the Des Moines market for dental practices growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 249 to 241 (-3.2%).
What does VERA do for dental practices in Des Moines?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Des Moines 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.
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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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