Which Florence dentists are private equity backed?

45 dental practices: 2 PE-backed or lender-controlled (4%) and 43 with no known PE ties.

Which Florence eye doctors are private equity backed?

22 eye care practices: 1 PE-backed (5%), 4 corporate-owned and 16 with no known PE ties.

Which Florence vets are private equity backed?

3 locations of the vet chains we track: 3 PE-backed.

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Who owns the dentists, eye doctors and vets in Florence, SC?

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

45 dental practices: 2 PE-backed or lender-controlled (4%) and 43 with no known PE ties.
22 eye care practices: 1 PE-backed (5%), 4 corporate-owned and 16 with no known PE ties.
3 locations of the vet chains we track: 3 PE-backed.

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Florence dentists

PE-backed 1 PE-backed, now lender-controlled 1 No known PE ties 43

4% of Florence’s dental practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: below South Carolina as a whole (10%) and the US (7%).

Groups here: The Aspen Group (TAG) (1) · Benevis (1)

Florence eye doctors

PE-backed 1 Not PE, corporate-owned 4 Not confirmed 1 No known PE ties 16

5% of Florence’s eye care practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: below South Carolina as a whole (8%) and the US (6%).

Groups here: National Vision Holdings (1) · Eye Health America (EHA) (1) · Eyemart Express (1) · LensCrafters (1) · Retina Consultants of America (RCA) (1) · Now Optics (Stanton Optical, My Eyelab) (1)

Florence vets

PE-backed 3

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Hewitt Animal Hospital (Thrive Pet Healthcare); Palmetto Animal Hospital (Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP)).

Groups here: Thrive Pet Healthcare (1) · Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP) (1) · Alliance Animal Health (1)

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

Every listed practice in Florence

Practice	Address	Industry	Label	Group
Aspen Dental - Florence, SC	2160 W Evans St, Ste 60	Dentists	PE-backed	The Aspen Group (TAG)
Florence Smiles Youth Dentistry, LLC	943 S Irby St	Dentists	PE-backed, now lender-controlled	Benevis
5 dentists at 377 W Palmetto St †	377 W Palmetto St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Advanced Dental Center, PA	2214 W Palmetto St	Dentists	No known PE ties
B. Webb Jones, Jr. DMD	712 S Coit St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Bela Family Dentistry of Florence	1509 W Palmetto St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Bonds & Patton Orthodontics LLC	1343 2nd Loop Rd	Dentists	No known PE ties
Carolina Regional Dental, P.A.	415 W Palmetto St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Charles Conner, DDS †	461 W Cheves St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Charles Messier, DMD †	320 S McQueen St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Daniel Duarte, DMD †	360 N Irby St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Daughtry Orthodontics	517 W Palmetto St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Dawson and Dawson Family Dentistry	226 S. Ravenel St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Downtown Dental Associates of Florence	254 S Irby St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Drs. Moss and Sang LLC	614 W Palmetto St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Drs. Padgett, Allen and Cates	322 S Coit St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Florence Dental Arts	1527 Heritage Ln	Dentists	No known PE ties
Florence Dental Care, LLC	1509 W Palmetto St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Florence Family Dental Care PA	1840 2nd Loop Rd	Dentists	No known PE ties
Florence Family Dentistry, P.A.	1527 Heritage Ln	Dentists	No known PE ties
Gavin L Criser DDS MS PA	220 Cherokee Rd Ste B	Dentists	No known PE ties
George P. Economy D.m.d. P.A.	254 S Irby St	Dentists	No known PE ties
H. W. Haney, DMD, PA.	417 W Cheves St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Heiden Dental Office	187 Warley St	Dentists	No known PE ties
John Bruce, D.M.D. †	521 S Dargan St	Dentists	No known PE ties
John Snowden, DMD †	1507 B Heritage Lane	Dentists	No known PE ties
Kerry White Brown, DDS, PC	2859 David H McLeod Blvd	Dentists	No known PE ties
Marc Heiden Dental	105 Warley Street	Dentists	No known PE ties
Mary Tepper, DMD †	714 E National Cemetery Rd	Dentists	No known PE ties
McLeod Family Medicine	144 N Ravenel St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Medrina Gilliam, DDS †	3217 Lakeshore Dr	Dentists	No known PE ties
Miller Dental Sleep LLC	1519 Heritage Ln	Dentists	No known PE ties
Miller Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, LLC	1519 Heritage Ln	Dentists	No known PE ties
Musc College of Dental Medicine	1594 Freedom Blvd	Dentists	No known PE ties
Orthodontic Specialists-Drs. Welch and Bonds, P.A.	1343 2nd Loop Rd	Dentists	No known PE ties
Patricia Fast, D.M.D. †	1507 Heritage Ln, Suite A	Dentists	No known PE ties
Paul Gwengi-Anam, D.D.S †	600 E Palmetto St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Paula Haley-Richardson, DMD †	1811 Cherokee Rd	Dentists	No known PE ties
Peedee Dental	943 S Irby St Unit A	Dentists	No known PE ties
Richardson and Lunn Cosmetic and Family Dentisrty	1525 Heritage Lane	Dentists	No known PE ties
Ryan Meyer, DDS †	1507a Heritage Ln	Dentists	No known PE ties
S Edward Parker DDS PA	1509 Heritage Lane	Dentists	No known PE ties
Sam Arazie, D.M.D., M.S.D., P.A. †	1385 2nd Loop Rd	Dentists	No known PE ties
Tommy Cantrell, D.M.D. †	253 S McQueen St	Dentists	No known PE ties
Vicki Chung DMD, PC	1218 S Cashua Dr	Dentists	No known PE ties
Carolinas Centers for Sight, PC	400 N Cashua Dr	Eye care	PE-backed	Eye Health America (EHA)
America's Best - Florence Mall	1945 W Palmetto Street, Suite 111 & 112	Eye care	Not PE, corporate-owned	National Vision Holdings
Eyemart Express - Florence SC	2672 David H McLeod Blvd	Eye care	Not PE, corporate-owned	Eyemart Express
LensCrafters - Florence	2701 David H McLeod Blvd	Eye care	Not PE, corporate-owned	LensCrafters
Palmetto Retina Center	1831 West Evans Street, Suite 315	Eye care	Not PE, corporate-owned	Retina Consultants of America (RCA)
Stanton Optical - Florence	1974 W Palmetto St	Eye care	Not confirmed	Now Optics (Stanton Optical, My Eyelab)
Bergelt Optometric LLC	2672 David McLeod Blvd	Eye care	No known PE ties
Clayton Davis, OD of South Carolina, LLC	200 N Beltline Dr	Eye care	No known PE ties
Dr.mark D.robertson,od	2701 David McLeod Boulevard, C/O LensCrafters	Eye care	No known PE ties
Eyecare of Florence	2045 W Evans St	Eye care	No known PE ties
Florence Primary Eye Care, PC	2014 S Irby St	Eye care	No known PE ties
Focused One Eyecare LLC	2014 S Irby St	Eye care	No known PE ties
Harrington Eye Center LLC	181 W Cheves St	Eye care	No known PE ties
Harrington Vision Center Inc II	2151 West Evans St, Ste D	Eye care	No known PE ties
Hugh Gaskin, M.D. †	602 E Cheves St	Eye care	No known PE ties
Kyriaka Kollis, OD †	1306 Celebration Blvd	Eye care	No known PE ties
Magnolia Eye Associates Inc	2701 David McLeod Blvd	Eye care	No known PE ties
Palmetto Vision Center	2138 W Palmetto St	Eye care	No known PE ties
Patrick Patterson, OD †	1800 W Palmetto St	Eye care	No known PE ties
Ronald Brown, O.D. †	1911 2nd Loop Rd	Eye care	No known PE ties
Sam Russell, od †	240 W Evans St	Eye care	No known PE ties
Stokes Regional Eye Centers	367 West Evans Street	Eye care	No known PE ties
Hewitt Animal Hospital	1080 Old Ebenezer Rd	Veterinarians	PE-backed	Thrive Pet Healthcare
Palmetto Animal Hospital	2221 2nd Loop Rd	Veterinarians	PE-backed	Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP)
Southern Paws Animal Medical Center	2230 Jody Road	Veterinarians	PE-backed	Alliance Animal Health

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

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