Washington, DC · Dental Practices
Dental Practices in Washington, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,290 dentist offices in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in 2023, employing 22,876 people with $1.5 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,290
7th most of 387 US metro areas
22,876
7.0 per business, against 7.5 across all metros
$1.5 billion
$67,293 per employee
78%
of businesses, against 73% across all metros
-0.2%
in the number of businesses (3,296 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Washington.
- Washington is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for dentist offices, 7th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 7.0 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $67,293 per employee a year, against $61,024.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Dental Practices in Washington
How many dentist offices are there in Washington?
3,290 in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 22,876 people and paid $1.5 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Washington market for dental practices growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 3,296 to 3,290 (-0.2%).
What does VERA do for dental practices in Washington?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Washington 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 Washington 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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