Who owns the dentists, eye doctors and vets in Venice, FL?

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

• 63 dental practices: 14 PE-backed or lender-controlled (22%), 3 corporate-owned and 46 with no known PE ties.
• 33 eye care practices: 5 PE-backed (15%), 5 corporate-owned, 1 in clinician-owned groups and 20 with no known PE ties.
• 2 locations of the vet chains we track: 1 PE-backed and 1 corporate-owned.
• 3 locations of the dermatology chains we track: 3 PE-backed.

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Venice dentists

PE-backed 10 PE-backed, now lender-controlled 4 Not PE, corporate-owned 3 No known PE ties 46

22% of Venice’s dental practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above Florida as a whole (12%) and the US (7%).

The largest group is Heartland Dental, backed by KKR and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, with 8 of the 63 dental practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: The Smile Centre - Venice (Heartland Dental); Venice Island Dental (Smile Brands).

Groups here: Heartland Dental (8) · PDS Health (formerly Pacific Dental Services) (3) · Sonrava Health (2) · Dental Care Alliance (DCA) (1) · The Aspen Group (TAG) (1) · InterDent (1) · Smile Brands (1)

Venice eye doctors

PE-backed 5 Not PE, corporate-owned 5 Group practice 1 Not confirmed 2 No known PE ties 20

15% of Venice’s eye care practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above Florida as a whole (6%) and the US (6%).

The largest group is National Vision Holdings, owned by public shareholders (NASDAQ: EYE) rather than a PE firm, with 4 of the 33 eye care practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Amara Aesthetic Surgery & Dermatology (US Eye).

Groups here: National Vision Holdings (4) · US Eye (3) · Eye Health America (EHA) (2) · Beyond 2020 Vision Specialists (1) · Optical Outlets (1) · Retina Consultants of America (RCA) (1) · Visionworks (1)

Venice vets

PE-backed 1 Not PE, corporate-owned 1

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Bright Cross Animal Clinic (Mission Pet Health).

Groups here: Mission Pet Health (1) · Vetco Total Care (Petco) (1)

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

Venice dermatologists

PE-backed 3

Groups here: Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery (ADCS) (1) · AQUA Dermatology (1) · Riverchase Dermatology (1)

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

Every listed practice in Venice

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

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