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A practical guide for dentists planning a startup, acquisition, relocation or second location. The short answer. The best location for a dental practice has enough of the right patients nearby and enough room in the market for your practice. No single number makes a location good or bad. You want the important numbers to tell the same story. Start with one filter the data can't apply for you: wher

  The metros dentists researched most over the past twelve months. It's July and the country is baking. 95 in Phoenix, 92 in Atlanta, even Cleveland is pushing 90. So in the spirit of the season, we looked at a different kind of heat: which dental markets are getting the most attention from dentists right now. Dentists use Dentagraphics to figure out where a first or next practice might m

The private buyer market, broken down by state, by specialty, and by the variance inside a single state line. 4,395 active listings, 21 states with enough sample to rank. 64.5% 25th percentile 76.5% National median 87.9% 75th percentile Price-to-revenue is arguably the most important KPI in a dental practice transition. This number moves with state, specialty, and deal structure. This article look

Spend any time scrolling dental practice listings and the prices start to feel random. Two practices with similar collections, very different asking prices. So we pulled the data: 17,963 active GP listings off the U.S. transition marketplaces, broker-reported collections attached, capped at $5M to keep this about single-office sales. A million-dollar practice in Montana has almost nothing in com

  While we have been patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for Spring, we’ve been hard at work improving our offerings for you and we couldn't be more excited to share our latest feature to go live - Direct Mail. If you’re already a practice owner or about to become one soon, Direct Mail is an extremely effective tool for bringing new patients into your office. So why are so

Invest in hiring a demographics company to write a custom report or use free but potentially lacking data It’s a question that we’ve been asked countless times. While we of course recommend doing market research before starting or buying a practice, we also understand wanting to save when you can. It was this pursuit of affordable but reliable tools that inspired us to create our Start

  The lines have blurred. No longer do general dental practices simply offer bread and butter family dentistry. So how does an aspiring practice owner know if their orthodontic practice might have more competition than just the area’s orthodontists Or what about a periodontist concerned by the number of general and oral surgery practices offering implants   With the slow boil rise

As we know well here at Dentagraphics, one of the key challenges that dental practice owners face is determining the ideal location for their offices. While finding a market that offers a demographic match with your target patient base and limited competition is undoubtedly important, equally crucial as a multi-location practice owner is ensuring that offices are situated at an optimal distance fr

If any topic in the nonclinical dental space could be considered “hot”, it is surely consolidation. You don’t need to spend long in this industry before you will inevitably be asked your opinion on it or hear someone else’s. Will we one day live in a world without locally-owned dental practices Or is there some natural plateau for dental practice ownership consolidation &nb

In the year 2023, having a website for your dental practice sounds like a no brainer. I certainly anticipate that the vast majority of practice owners reading this blog not only have a website but have also invested tens of thousands of dollars into its design and search engine rank. To most, it seems like a forgone conclusion that a good website is a must-have for a dental practice. But our resea

In this increasingly mobile age, dentists are always looking for the best places to practice. Among other factors like weather, cost-of-living and proximity to friends and family, the level of competition often comes to mind when conducting research. So, at the beginning of 2023, which areas of the country are the most competitive for dentists and which are the least Before we get started, we want

In this increasingly mobile age, dentists are always looking for the best places to practice. Among other factors like weather, cost-of-living and proximity to friends and family, the level of competition often comes to mind when conducting research. So, at the beginning of 2023, which areas of the country are the most competitive for dentists and which are the least Before we get started, we want