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Private equity owned dentists, eye doctors and vets in Massachusetts
106 Massachusetts cities, with the share of each city’s dental and eye care practices that are PE-backed or lender-controlled. Vets are locations of the chains we track.
| City | Dental | PE share | Eye care | PE share | Vet chains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 372 | 5% | 121 | 1% | 11 |
| Worcester | 156 | 3% | 42 | 0% | 3 |
| Brookline | 122 | 3% | 20 | 5% | 3 |
| Cambridge | 85 | 2% | 40 | 2% | 3 |
| Quincy | 93 | 3% | 26 | 0% | 2 |
| Framingham | 79 | 0% | 21 | 10% | 5 |
| Springfield | 69 | 12% | 32 | 3% | 2 |
| Waltham | 55 | 4% | 21 | 0% | 1 |
| Brockton | 54 | 7% | 18 | 0% | 1 |
| Medford | 55 | 4% | 17 | 0% | 2 |
| Peabody | 47 | 9% | 16 | 0% | 3 |
| Newton | 41 | 0% | 17 | 0% | 5 |
| Fall River | 42 | 7% | 20 | 0% | – |
| Lowell | 49 | 2% | 11 | 9% | 2 |
| Somerville | 47 | 2% | 10 | 0% | 3 |
| Plymouth | 36 | 11% | 17 | 0% | 4 |
| Lexington | 44 | 2% | 12 | 0% | 1 |
| Malden | 43 | 0% | 14 | 0% | – |
| Wellesley | 39 | 8% | 16 | 6% | 2 |
| Methuen | 50 | 6% | 6 | 0% | – |
| Danvers | 39 | 0% | 14 | 0% | 2 |
| Natick | 34 | 3% | 17 | 0% | 4 |
| Lynn | 46 | 4% | 8 | 0% | – |
| Burlington | 29 | 3% | 21 | 0% | 3 |
| Chelmsford | 34 | 6% | 13 | 8% | 3 |
| Watertown | 39 | 0% | 13 | 0% | 1 |
| Lawrence | 38 | 3% | 13 | 0% | 1 |
| North Andover | 41 | 0% | 7 | 0% | – |
| Norwood | 33 | 3% | 15 | 0% | 1 |
| Beverly | 34 | 3% | 12 | 0% | – |
| Braintree | 32 | 9% | 10 | 0% | 5 |
| Dorchester | 36 | 0% | 11 | 0% | – |
| Salem | 35 | 6% | 9 | 0% | 2 |
| Leominster | 28 | 7% | 15 | 0% | 3 |
| Pittsfield | 35 | 6% | 8 | 0% | 2 |
| Needham | 31 | 3% | 11 | 9% | 2 |
| Taunton | 32 | 3% | 10 | 0% | 1 |
| Woburn | 35 | 3% | 4 | 0% | 3 |
| Arlington | 31 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 2 |
| Hyannis | 26 | 4% | 14 | 0% | 1 |
| Milford | 30 | 0% | 10 | 10% | 1 |
| New Bedford | 35 | 6% | 6 | 0% | – |
| Revere | 36 | 0% | 5 | 0% | – |
| Belmont | 30 | 3% | 8 | 0% | 2 |
| Dedham | 21 | 5% | 15 | 0% | 4 |
| Marlborough | 32 | 0% | 8 | 12% | – |
| Stoneham | 26 | 0% | 12 | 0% | 2 |
| Attleboro | 26 | 8% | 11 | 0% | 1 |
| Haverhill | 31 | 10% | 5 | 0% | 2 |
| Wakefield | 28 | 0% | 9 | 0% | 2 |
| Weymouth | 33 | 3% | 5 | 0% | 1 |
| Shrewsbury | 27 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 3 |
| West Roxbury | 29 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 1 |
| Chicopee | 30 | 20% | 7 | 0% | – |
| Fitchburg | 30 | 0% | 7 | 0% | – |
| Hingham | 27 | 4% | 7 | 0% | 3 |
| Westborough | 26 | 8% | 6 | 0% | 3 |
| Andover | 23 | 4% | 7 | 29% | 2 |
| Canton | 24 | 4% | 8 | 0% | 1 |
| Everett | 24 | 0% | 7 | 0% | 2 |
| Northampton | 26 | 8% | 6 | 17% | 1 |
| Randolph | 23 | 0% | 9 | 0% | 1 |
| Brighton | 22 | 0% | 10 | 0% | – |
| Saugus | 17 | 6% | 12 | 0% | 3 |
| Concord | 23 | 4% | 7 | 14% | – |
| Franklin | 19 | 0% | 9 | 0% | 2 |
| Stoughton | 23 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 1 |
| Sudbury | 26 | 0% | 4 | 0% | – |
| West Springfield | 24 | 17% | 5 | 0% | 1 |
| Chestnut Hill | 19 | 5% | 10 | 10% | – |
| Reading | 19 | 0% | 10 | 0% | – |
| Winchester | 23 | 0% | 6 | 0% | – |
| Newburyport | 22 | 5% | 5 | 0% | – |
| Seekonk | 17 | 18% | 10 | 0% | 1 |
| Westford | 19 | 0% | 7 | 0% | 2 |
| Dracut | 22 | 5% | 4 | 0% | 1 |
| Gloucester | 17 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 1 |
| Hanover | 23 | 13% | 3 | 0% | 1 |
| Westwood | 18 | 11% | 7 | 0% | 2 |
| Auburn | 18 | 6% | 6 | 0% | 2 |
| Falmouth | 16 | 6% | 10 | 10% | – |
| Acton | 15 | 13% | 6 | 33% | 1 |
| Holyoke | 17 | 18% | 8 | 0% | – |
| Marshfield | 19 | 5% | 5 | 0% | 1 |
| Melrose | 19 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 1 |
| Tewksbury | 20 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 1 |
| Westfield | 17 | 12% | 7 | 0% | 1 |
| East Longmeadow | 18 | 22% | 4 | 0% | 2 |
| North Attleboro | 18 | 6% | 5 | 0% | 1 |
| Weston | 18 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 1 |
| Wilmington | 19 | 0% | 5 | 20% | – |
| Billerica | 16 | 6% | 6 | 0% | 1 |
| Chelsea | 21 | 10% | 2 | 0% | – |
| Greenfield | 17 | 18% | 6 | 0% | – |
| Mansfield | 18 | 6% | 4 | 25% | 1 |
| Marblehead | 18 | 0% | 4 | 0% | – |
| North Dartmouth | 15 | 27% | 7 | 0% | 1 |
| Norwell | 17 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 1 |
| Swampscott | 21 | 5% | 2 | 50% | – |
| Sturbridge | 13 | 23% | 8 | 0% | 1 |
| Holden | 13 | 0% | 7 | 0% | 1 |
| Northborough | 15 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 2 |
| Ashland | 16 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 2 |
| Dartmouth | 14 | 0% | 6 | 17% | – |
| Gardner | 15 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 1 |
| Roslindale | 17 | 0% | 3 | 0% | – |
Cities with at least 20 practices in our data. How we label