Portland, ME · Dental Practices
Dental Practices in Portland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 214 dentist offices in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,094 people with $159.9 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
214
98th most of 387 US metro areas
2,094
9.8 per business, against 7.5 across all metros
$159.9 million
$76,351 per employee
60%
of businesses, against 73% across all metros
+3.9%
in the number of businesses (206 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Portland.
- Portland ranks 98th of 387 US metro areas by number of dentist offices.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 9.8 employees each, against 7.5 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $76,351 per employee a year, against $61,024.
- The market grew: 8 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Dental Practices in Portland
How many dentist offices are there in Portland?
214 in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,094 people and paid $159.9 million in annual payroll.
Is the Portland market for dental practices growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 206 to 214 (+3.9%).
What does VERA do for dental practices in Portland?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Portland 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 Portland 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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