Who owns the dentists, eye doctors and vets in Tucson, AZ?

Which Tucson practices are private equity backed, corporate-owned or owned by their own clinicians, with the group and a source for each label.

• 382 dental practices: 46 PE-backed or lender-controlled (12%), 14 corporate-owned and 314 with no known PE ties.
• 201 eye care practices: 38 PE-backed (19%), 23 corporate-owned and 137 with no known PE ties.
• 31 locations of the vet chains we track: 23 PE-backed and 8 corporate-owned.
• 2 locations of the dermatology chains we track: 1 PE-backed.
• 1 location of the GI chains we track: 1 corporate-owned.

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Tucson dentists

PE-backed 28 PE-backed, now lender-controlled 18 Not PE, corporate-owned 14 Not confirmed 8 No known PE ties 314

12% of Tucson’s dental practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above Arizona as a whole (9%) and the US (7%).

The largest group is Heartland Dental, backed by KKR and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, with 17 of the 382 dental practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Dehnert Dental (MB2 Dental); Moonridge Martin LLC (The Aspen Group (TAG)); Seacove Dental Oracle (Familia Dental).

Groups here: Heartland Dental (17) · PDS Health (formerly Pacific Dental Services) (14) · InterDent (7) · MB2 Dental (6) · Sonrava Health (5) · The Aspen Group (TAG) (4) · Specialized Dental Partners (4) · Affordable Care (ACI) (3) · Bond Orthodontic Partners (2) · Benevis (2) · Imagen Dental Partners (1) · Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners (MADP) (1)

Tucson eye doctors

PE-backed 38 Not PE, corporate-owned 23 Not confirmed 3 No known PE ties 137

19% of Tucson’s eye care practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above Arizona as a whole (16%) and the US (6%).

The largest group is EyeCare Partners (ECP), backed by Partners Group, with 13 of the 201 eye care practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Accent on Vision (MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services)); Affinity Eye Care (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Alvernon Optical - Alvernon & 5th (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Alvernon Optical - Sunrise (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Alvernon Optical Campbell (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Casas Adobes (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Catalina Eye Care PC (NVISION Eye Centers); Clear View Vision Care Inc (SightMD (Sight Growth Partners)), and 4 more in the list below.

Groups here: EyeCare Partners (ECP) (13) · AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group) (12) · MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services) (9) · National Vision Holdings (7) · Visionworks (6) · Target Optical (4) · Eyemart Express (3) · LensCrafters (3) · American Vision Partners (2) · NVISION Eye Centers (2) · SightMD (Sight Growth Partners) (1) · Now Optics (Stanton Optical, My Eyelab) (1)

Tucson vets

PE-backed 23 Not PE, corporate-owned 8

The largest group is Lakefield Veterinary Group, backed by Desmarais and Peloton Capital Management, with 5 of the 31 chain locations here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Acacia Animal Hospital (Western Veterinary Partners); Catalina Pet Hospital (National Veterinary Associates (NVA)); Cimarron Animal Hospital (Western Veterinary Partners); Cortaro Farms Pet Hospital (PetVet Care Centers); Encanto Pet Clinic (Lakefield Veterinary Group); Pantano Animal Clinic (Lakefield Veterinary Group); Rita Ranch Pet Hospital (Lakefield Veterinary Group); Rolling Hills Pet Clinic (CareVet), and 6 more in the list below.

Groups here: Lakefield Veterinary Group (5) · Thrive Pet Healthcare (4) · Banfield Pet Hospital (4) · National Veterinary Associates (NVA) (4) · PetVet Care Centers (4) · VCA Animal Hospitals (4) · Western Veterinary Partners (3) · Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice (1) · CareVet (1) · Mission Pet Health (1)

We track the vet chains and groups, not every independent practice, so a practice not listed here hasn’t been checked.

Tucson dermatologists

PE-backed 1 Not confirmed 1

Groups here: Epiphany Dermatology (1) · U.S. Dermatology Partners (1)

We track the dermatology chains and groups, not every independent practice, so a practice not listed here hasn’t been checked.

Tucson GI doctors

Not PE, corporate-owned 1

Groups here: Arizona Digestive Health (1)

We track the GI chains and groups, not every independent practice, so a practice not listed here hasn’t been checked.

Every listed practice in Tucson

† From an individual dentist’s or doctor’s NPI record; it may not be an open office.

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