Who owns the dentists, eye doctors and vets in Cincinnati, OH?

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

• 389 dental practices: 32 PE-backed or lender-controlled (8%), 8 corporate-owned and 344 with no known PE ties.
• 215 eye care practices: 57 PE-backed (27%), 26 corporate-owned and 131 with no known PE ties.
• 30 locations of the vet chains we track: 23 PE-backed and 6 corporate-owned.
• 6 locations of the dermatology chains we track: 6 PE-backed.
• 17 locations of the GI chains we track: 17 PE-backed.

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Cincinnati dentists

PE-backed 25 PE-backed, now lender-controlled 7 Not PE, corporate-owned 8 Not confirmed 5 No known PE ties 344

8% of Cincinnati’s dental practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above Ohio as a whole (6%) and the US (7%).

The largest group is Heartland Dental, backed by KKR and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, with 11 of the 389 dental practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Apex Dental, Inc. (Heartland Dental); Burnham Dental Group LLC (The Aspen Group (TAG)); Lee Dental, LLC (The Aspen Group (TAG)); Murdock Orthodontics - Cincinnati (Southern Orthodontic Partners); Rogers Family Dentistry (CORDENTAL Group); Smile Doctors Orthodontics - Cincinnati - Observatory (Smile Doctors); Tri-State Children's Surgery Center (Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers).

Groups here: Heartland Dental (11) · PDS Health (formerly Pacific Dental Services) (8) · Affordable Care (ACI) (7) · The Aspen Group (TAG) (7) · Great Expressions Dental Centers (2) · Smile Doctors (2) · Smile Brands (1) · Southern Orthodontic Partners (1) · CORDENTAL Group (1) · MB2 Dental (1) · D4C Dental Brands (1) · Shared Practices Group (1)

Cincinnati eye doctors

PE-backed 57 Not PE, corporate-owned 26 Not confirmed 1 No known PE ties 131

27% of Cincinnati’s eye care practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above Ohio as a whole (10%) and the US (6%).

The largest group is EyeSouth Partners, backed by Olympus Partners and MoonSail Capital, with 24 of the 215 eye care practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Harper's Point (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Kenwood Surgery Center (EyeSouth Partners); Mariemont Eye Care (EyeCare Partners (ECP)).

Groups here: EyeSouth Partners (24) · EyeCare Partners (ECP) (16) · MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services) (16) · LensCrafters (8) · Target Optical (5) · National Vision Holdings (4) · Eyemart Express (3) · AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group) (2) · The LASIK Vision Institute (LVI) (2) · Visionworks (2) · LasikPlus (LCA-Vision) (1) · SVS Vision (1)

Cincinnati vets

PE-backed 23 Not PE, corporate-owned 6 VC-backed, not PE 1

The largest group is Banfield Pet Hospital, owned by Mars Veterinary Health rather than a PE firm, with 4 of the 30 chain locations here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Animal Care Center - Blue Ash (Community Veterinary Partners (CVP)); Animal Care Center of Anderson (Community Veterinary Partners (CVP)); Beechmont Pet Hospital (National Veterinary Associates (NVA)); Care Center – Cincinnati (Ethos Veterinary Health); Cincinnati Veterinary Surgical and Wellness Center (Encore Vet Group); Covedale Pet Hospital (VetCor); Glenway Animal Hospital (Alliance Animal Health); Grady Veterinary Hospital (Rarebreed Veterinary Partners), and 5 more in the list below.

Groups here: Banfield Pet Hospital (4) · Community Veterinary Partners (CVP) (3) · PetVet365 (3) · Western Veterinary Partners (2) · PetVet Care Centers (2) · Alliance Animal Health (2) · VCA Animal Hospitals (2) · National Veterinary Associates (NVA) (1) · Ethos Veterinary Health (1) · Encore Vet Group (1) · VetCor (1) · Rarebreed Veterinary Partners (1)

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

Cincinnati dermatologists

PE-backed 6

The largest group is PhyNet Dermatology, backed by Century Equity Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, with 4 of the 6 chain locations here.

Groups here: PhyNet Dermatology (4) · DOCS Dermatology Group (Dermatologists of Central States) (2)

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

Cincinnati GI doctors

PE-backed 17

Groups here: Gastro Health (17)

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 Cincinnati

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

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