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Private equity owned dentists, eye doctors and vets in South Carolina
38 South 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | 230 | 9% | 108 | 5% | 16 |
| Greenville | 208 | 7% | 65 | 14% | 12 |
| Charleston | 152 | 10% | 66 | 15% | 13 |
| Myrtle Beach | 81 | 21% | 43 | 2% | 6 |
| Summerville | 85 | 19% | 31 | 10% | 10 |
| Spartanburg | 80 | 14% | 33 | 0% | 4 |
| Rock Hill | 76 | 14% | 29 | 3% | 6 |
| Anderson | 62 | 11% | 27 | 7% | 3 |
| North Charleston | 62 | 18% | 29 | 3% | 1 |
| Mount Pleasant | 46 | 2% | 23 | 0% | 6 |
| Lexington | 55 | 9% | 13 | 8% | 4 |
| Florence | 45 | 4% | 22 | 5% | 3 |
| Bluffton | 41 | 17% | 22 | 0% | 6 |
| Beaufort | 48 | 6% | 17 | 29% | 3 |
| Aiken | 41 | 10% | 23 | 17% | 3 |
| Fort Mill | 49 | 10% | 10 | 10% | 3 |
| Mt Pleasant | 41 | 7% | 22 | 14% | – |
| Simpsonville | 44 | 9% | 14 | 14% | 4 |
| Greer | 41 | 10% | 15 | 7% | 4 |
| Sumter | 40 | 12% | 16 | 6% | 2 |
| Greenwood | 36 | 14% | 14 | 0% | 1 |
| West Columbia | 41 | 2% | 6 | 0% | 1 |
| Conway | 34 | 3% | 9 | 0% | 1 |
| Easley | 31 | 13% | 8 | 12% | 2 |
| Orangeburg | 28 | 18% | 12 | 0% | 1 |
| Hilton Head Island | 27 | 4% | 10 | 20% | 2 |
| Murrells Inlet | 22 | 23% | 14 | 7% | – |
| Goose Creek | 23 | 17% | 8 | 12% | 1 |
| Irmo | 24 | 8% | 5 | 0% | 3 |
| Seneca | 23 | 4% | 9 | 22% | – |
| Indian Land | 15 | 27% | 12 | 17% | 2 |
| Camden | 19 | 16% | 7 | 0% | 1 |
| Georgetown | 13 | 0% | 12 | 0% | – |
| Walterboro | 14 | 7% | 9 | 22% | – |
| Lancaster | 12 | 25% | 9 | 0% | 1 |
| North Augusta | 19 | 5% | 3 | 0% | – |
| Pawleys Island | 17 | 6% | 3 | 0% | 1 |
| Moncks Corner | 14 | 14% | 6 | 17% | – |
Cities with at least 20 practices in our data. How we label