Who owns the dentists, eye doctors and vets in Cary, NC?

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

• 170 dental practices: 11 PE-backed (6%) and 155 with no known PE ties.
• 57 eye care practices: 14 PE-backed (25%), 3 corporate-owned and 38 with no known PE ties.
• 19 locations of the vet chains we track: 11 PE-backed and 6 corporate-owned.
• 2 locations of the GI chains we track: 2 corporate-owned.

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Cary dentists

PE-backed 11 Not confirmed 4 No known PE ties 155

6% of Cary’s dental practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: about the same as North Carolina as a whole (8%) and the US (7%).

The largest group is Heartland Dental, backed by KKR and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, with 5 of the 170 dental practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Bovenizer & Baker Orthodontics (Orthodontic Partners); Preston Dental Center (Heartland Dental); Ritter & Brogden (Orthodontic Partners); Wake Dental (SGA Dental Partners (incl. former Gen4 Dental Partners)).

Groups here: Heartland Dental (5) · Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry (3) · Guardian Dentistry Partners (2) · Orthodontic Partners (2) · SALT Dental Partners (1) · Lightwave Dental (1) · SGA Dental Partners (incl. former Gen4 Dental Partners) (1)

Cary eye doctors

PE-backed 14 Not PE, corporate-owned 3 Not confirmed 2 No known PE ties 38

25% of Cary’s eye care practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above North Carolina as a whole (12%) and the US (6%).

The largest group is MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services), backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Charlesbank Capital Partners, with 11 of the 57 eye care practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Epic Eye, PLLC (EyeCare Partners (ECP)).

Groups here: MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services) (11) · EyeCare Partners (ECP) (5) · National Vision Holdings (1) · LensCrafters (1) · Retina Consultants of America (RCA) (1)

Cary vets

PE-backed 11 Not PE, corporate-owned 6 VC-backed, not PE 2

The largest group is Community Veterinary Partners (CVP), backed by OMERS Private Equity, with 4 of the 19 chain locations here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Animal Eye Care of Cary (Community Veterinary Partners (CVP)); Animal Kingdom Veterinary Hospital (Community Veterinary Partners (CVP)); Cary Veterinary Hospital (National Veterinary Associates (NVA)); Chatham Animal Hospital (Community Veterinary Partners (CVP)); Gentle Care Animal Hospital at Ten Ten (Thrive Pet Healthcare); Kildaire Animal Medical Center (Thrive Pet Healthcare); Mayfair Animal Hospital (Community Veterinary Partners (CVP)).

Groups here: Community Veterinary Partners (CVP) (4) · Banfield Pet Hospital (2) · Thrive Pet Healthcare (2) · VCA Animal Hospitals (2) · BluePearl Pet Hospital (1) · National Veterinary Associates (NVA) (1) · CityVet (1) · GoodVets (1) · Mission Pet Health (1) · Destination Pet (1) · Petfolk (1) · Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) (1)

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

Cary GI doctors

Not PE, corporate-owned 2

Groups here: GI Alliance (2)

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 Cary

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

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