Who owns the dentists, eye doctors and vets in Fort Walton Beach, FL?
Which Fort Walton Beach practices are private equity backed, corporate-owned or owned by their own clinicians, with the group and a source for each label.
- 25 dental practices: 4 PE-backed (16%) and 19 with no known PE ties.
- 16 eye care practices: 1 PE-backed (6%), 1 corporate-owned, 1 in clinician-owned groups and 12 with no known PE ties.
- 2 locations of the vet chains we track: 2 PE-backed.
- 1 location of the GI chains we track.
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Fort Walton Beach dentists
PE-backed 4 Not confirmed 2 No known PE ties 19
16% of Fort Walton Beach’s dental practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above Florida as a whole (12%) and the US (7%).
The largest group is MB2 Dental, backed by Warburg Pincus and Charlesbank Capital Partners, with 3 of the 25 dental practices here.
Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Personal Care Family Dentistry (MB2 Dental).
Groups here: MB2 Dental (3) · The Aspen Group (TAG) (1) · Smile Doctors (1) · Guardian Dentistry Partners (1)
Fort Walton Beach eye doctors
PE-backed 1 Not PE, corporate-owned 1 Group practice 1 Not confirmed 1 No known PE ties 12
6% of Fort Walton Beach’s eye care practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: about the same as Florida as a whole (6%) and the US (6%).
Groups here: EyeCare Partners (ECP) (1) · Ellington Eyecare (1) · National Vision Holdings (1) · Retina Specialty Institute (1)
Fort Walton Beach vets
PE-backed 2
Groups here: Mission Pet Health (2)
We track the vet chains and groups, not every independent practice, so a practice not listed here hasn’t been checked.
Fort Walton Beach GI doctors
Not confirmed 1
Groups here: Borland Groover (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 Fort Walton Beach
| Practice | Address | Industry | Label | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Dental | 516 Mary Esther Blvd Ste 2 | Dentists | PE-backed | The Aspen Group (TAG) |
| Coastal Periodontics | 82 Beal Pkwy Sw | Dentists | PE-backed | MB2 Dental |
| Fishbein Orthodontics - Ft. Walton Beach | 403 Hollywood Blvd NW, Suite A102 | Dentists | PE-backed | Smile Doctors |
| Personal Care Family Dentistry | 348 Miracle Strip Pkwy Sw Ste 15a | Dentists | PE-backed | MB2 Dental |
| Bright Smiles Family and Cosmetic Dentistry | 208 Hospital Dr Ne | Dentists | Not confirmed | MB2 Dental |
| Practice of Dr. Tony Clark | 526 Mary Esther Cut Off NW | Dentists | Not confirmed | Guardian Dentistry Partners |
| Alex Trum, D.M.D. † | 303 Vaughan St Nw | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Ashley Dubois, D.D.S. † | 34 Walter Martin Rd Ne | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Bayer and Curtis Orthodontics | 220 Hollywood Blvd Se | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Carol Merkle, DMD † | 9 Yacht Club Drive | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Elbert Davis, DMD † | 201 Eglin Pkwy Se | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Emerald Coast Dentistry | 931 Mar Walt Dr | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| J. Brent Bartruff, D.M.D. † | 930 Mar Walt Dr # B | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| John D. Hutchinson, DDS | 816 Pinedale Rd | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Lawerence Horne, DMD † | 105 Hollywood Blvd Ne | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Laya Sleep Clinic, LLC | 348 Miracle Strip Pkwy Sw Ste 15a | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Lygia Nabors, DMD, MS, PA | 133 Beal Pkwy Nw | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Patrick Endodontics | 207 Pelham Rd | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Pohl & Bakker (dental practice) † | 31 Perry Ave | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Richard Apps, dmd † | 80a Beal Pkwy Nw | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Sand Dollar Dental, Inc | 300 Hollywood Blvd Se | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Sandy Smiles, PLLC | 824 Eglin Pkwy Ne | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Surfside Orthodontics PA | 28 Racetrack Rd Nw | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Van Cogley, d.d.s. † | 3 Vine Ave Ne | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Wright Parkway Dental Center | 106 Wright Pkwy Sw | Dentists | No known PE ties | |
| Clarkson Eye Care | 417a Racetrack Rd Nw | Eye care | PE-backed | EyeCare Partners (ECP) |
| Eyeglass World - Fort Walton Beach | 778 Beal Parkway NW, Suite 102 | Eye care | Not PE, corporate-owned | National Vision Holdings |
| Retina Specialty Institute | 2000 Lewis Turner Blvd | Eye care | Group practice | Retina Specialty Institute |
| Ellington Eyecare PLLC | 748 Beal Pkwy Nw | Eye care | Not confirmed | Ellington Eyecare |
| Amiel Eyecare Center | 36 Eglin Pkwy Ne | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Emerald Coast Eye Institute LLC | 911 Mar Walt Dr | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Family Eye Care | 17 Racetrack Rd Nw, Suite A | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| George D. Edlund O.d., P.A. | 50 Ne Eglin Parkway | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Kelli L. Parks, OD, LLC | 740 Beal Pkwy Nw | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Lealis Hale, M.D. † | 1005 Mar Walt Dr, Ophthalmology Department | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Omer Gal, M.D. † | 348 Miracle Strip Pkwy Sw Ste 38 | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Planchard & Gabriel & Hofmann (dental practice) † | 1034 Mar Walt Dr Unit 200 | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Special-Eyes Vision Center | 914a Mar Walt Dr | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Stein Eye Care, Inc. | 906b Mar Walt Dr | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| The Vision Hub at Fort Walton Beach | 36 Eglin Pkwy Ne | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Thomas C. Church M.d., PA | 51 Yacht Club Dr Ne | Eye care | No known PE ties | |
| Companion Animal Hospital & Boarding Center | Veterinarians | PE-backed | Mission Pet Health | |
| Friendship Veterinary Hospital | Veterinarians | PE-backed | Mission Pet Health | |
| Borland Groover – Fort Walton Beach Office | 1013 Mar Walt Drive, Suite B | Gastroenterology (GI) | Not confirmed | Borland Groover |
† From an individual dentist’s or doctor’s NPI record; it may not be an open office.
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