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Private equity owned dentists, eye doctors and vets in North Carolina
75 North Carolina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 574 | 9% | 149 | 9% | 49 |
| Raleigh | 390 | 5% | 143 | 17% | 25 |
| Durham | 201 | 6% | 57 | 14% | 15 |
| Greensboro | 185 | 8% | 68 | 9% | 15 |
| Cary | 170 | 6% | 57 | 25% | 19 |
| Wilmington | 151 | 8% | 67 | 13% | 14 |
| Winston Salem | 123 | 9% | 69 | 9% | 1 |
| Asheville | 117 | 8% | 52 | 2% | 12 |
| Chapel Hill | 134 | 2% | 25 | 12% | 6 |
| Fayetteville | 103 | 10% | 47 | 11% | 4 |
| Concord | 79 | 8% | 25 | 8% | 5 |
| Greenville | 69 | 4% | 28 | 25% | 5 |
| Mooresville | 59 | 8% | 26 | 0% | 7 |
| Hickory | 60 | 7% | 18 | 0% | 6 |
| High Point | 57 | 11% | 21 | 10% | 5 |
| Gastonia | 56 | 7% | 19 | 5% | 5 |
| Apex | 51 | 10% | 19 | 5% | 4 |
| Burlington | 54 | 11% | 17 | 18% | 2 |
| Matthews | 48 | 8% | 17 | 0% | 4 |
| Jacksonville | 46 | 4% | 17 | 24% | 5 |
| Huntersville | 46 | 15% | 11 | 9% | 8 |
| Wake Forest | 41 | 22% | 16 | 44% | 5 |
| Goldsboro | 42 | 5% | 17 | 0% | 1 |
| Hendersonville | 44 | 9% | 15 | 7% | 1 |
| Monroe | 40 | 15% | 17 | 29% | 2 |
| Rocky Mount | 42 | 17% | 15 | 13% | 1 |
| Salisbury | 41 | 7% | 17 | 0% | – |
| Garner | 37 | 19% | 12 | 25% | 3 |
| New Bern | 35 | 17% | 14 | 14% | 1 |
| Asheboro | 35 | 14% | 12 | 0% | 2 |
| Statesville | 37 | 5% | 11 | 9% | 1 |
| Holly Springs | 32 | 3% | 11 | 36% | 4 |
| Sanford | 27 | 7% | 12 | 8% | 4 |
| Morrisville | 27 | 19% | 10 | 10% | 5 |
| Clayton | 29 | 24% | 8 | 25% | 3 |
| Morehead City | 26 | 8% | 9 | 22% | 3 |
| Morganton | 33 | 3% | 4 | 0% | 1 |
| Kannapolis | 33 | 15% | 3 | 33% | 1 |
| Kernersville | 22 | 27% | 13 | 23% | 2 |
| Shelby | 28 | 7% | 7 | 0% | 1 |
| Lexington | 26 | 8% | 8 | 0% | 1 |
| Wilson | 27 | 11% | 7 | 14% | – |
| Cornelius | 20 | 0% | 6 | 17% | 5 |
| Boone | 21 | 0% | 7 | 14% | 3 |
| Leland | 23 | 17% | 6 | 33% | 2 |
| Lincolnton | 26 | 4% | 4 | 0% | 1 |
| Denver | 23 | 22% | 5 | 0% | 2 |
| Fuquay Varina | 22 | 14% | 6 | 0% | 2 |
| Albemarle | 14 | 14% | 12 | 17% | 1 |
| Lenoir | 23 | 4% | 2 | 0% | 2 |
| Waxhaw | 22 | 27% | 2 | 0% | 3 |
| Arden | 13 | 23% | 10 | 10% | 3 |
| Pinehurst | 23 | 0% | 2 | 0% | – |
| Clemmons | 15 | 20% | 9 | 0% | 1 |
| Kinston | 15 | 0% | 8 | 25% | 2 |
| Belmont | 17 | 6% | 5 | 20% | 2 |
| Southern Pines | 18 | 11% | 5 | 0% | 1 |
| Elizabeth City | 17 | 6% | 5 | 40% | 1 |
| Franklin | 16 | 19% | 6 | 0% | 1 |
| Lumberton | 15 | 0% | 8 | 12% | – |
| Smithfield | 14 | 0% | 8 | 25% | 1 |
| Knightdale | 14 | 21% | 6 | 50% | 2 |
| Mount Airy | 15 | 7% | 5 | 0% | 2 |
| Hampstead | 17 | 12% | 4 | 0% | – |
| Harrisburg | 17 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 1 |
| Hillsborough | 16 | 6% | 4 | 0% | 1 |
| Mebane | 14 | 21% | 5 | 0% | 2 |
| Pittsboro | 15 | 7% | 4 | 0% | 2 |
| Washington | 13 | 0% | 8 | 38% | – |
| Waynesville | 15 | 13% | 4 | 0% | 2 |
| Camp Lejeune | 17 | 0% | 3 | 0% | – |
| Indian Trail | 15 | 0% | 5 | 40% | – |
| Marion | 16 | 6% | 3 | 0% | 1 |
| Roanoke Rapids | 14 | 14% | 5 | 20% | 1 |
| Roxboro | 13 | 8% | 6 | 17% | 1 |
Cities with at least 20 practices in our data. How we label