Who owns the dentists, eye doctors and vets in Austin, TX?

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

• 714 dental practices: 95 PE-backed or lender-controlled (13%), 7 corporate-owned, 6 in clinician-owned groups and 591 with no known PE ties.
• 278 eye care practices: 21 PE-backed (8%), 22 corporate-owned, 7 in clinician-owned groups and 226 with no known PE ties.
• 69 locations of the vet chains we track: 52 PE-backed and 16 corporate-owned.
• 18 locations of the dermatology chains we track: 3 PE-backed.
• 8 locations of the GI chains we track: 8 corporate-owned.

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Austin dentists

PE-backed 77 PE-backed, now lender-controlled 18 Not PE, corporate-owned 7 Group practice 6 Not confirmed 15 No known PE ties 591

13% of Austin’s dental practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: about the same as Texas as a whole (13%) and above the US (7%).

The largest group is MB2 Dental, backed by Warburg Pincus and Charlesbank Capital Partners, with 21 of the 714 dental practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Austin Dental Spa (Pearl Street Dental Partners); Becher Orthodontics - Austin (Southern Orthodontic Partners); Celebrate Dental and Braces (Smile Brands); David A. Slaughter, DDS (Gen4 Dental Partners); David A. Slaughter, DDS (SGA Dental Partners (incl. former Gen4 Dental Partners)); Derby Dental (Pearl Street Dental Partners); Derby Dental Care, PLLC (Pearl Street Dental Partners); Hamilton Dental (MB2 Dental), and 13 more in the list below.

Groups here: MB2 Dental (21) · Sonrava Health (14) · Heartland Dental (11) · Smile Brands (9) · PDS Health (formerly Pacific Dental Services) (7) · D4C Dental Brands (7) · Access Dental (6) · Deca Dental (6) · Star Dental Partners (5) · Apex Dental Partners (5) · Pearl Street Dental Partners (4) · Dental Care Alliance (DCA) (3)

Austin eye doctors

PE-backed 21 Not PE, corporate-owned 22 Group practice 7 Not confirmed 2 No known PE ties 226

8% of Austin’s eye care practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: about the same as Texas as a whole (7%) and above the US (6%).

The largest group is MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services), backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Charlesbank Capital Partners, with 10 of the 278 eye care practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Avery Ranch Eye Care, PLLC (MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services)); Eye Tech PA (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Innovative Eyecare (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Jackman Eye Austin (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Jansen Optical (Keplr Vision); Texas State Optical (Keplr Vision); Toc Eye and Face (NVISION Eye Centers).

Groups here: MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services) (10) · Visionworks (6) · Texas State Optical (TSO) (5) · AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group) (5) · National Vision Holdings (4) · NVISION Eye Centers (4) · Target Optical (4) · Keplr Vision (3) · Retina Consultants of America (RCA) (2) · Eyemart Express (2) · LensCrafters (2) · Mann Eye Institute (2)

Austin vets

PE-backed 52 Not PE, corporate-owned 16 Not confirmed 1

The largest group is Mission Pet Health, backed by Silver Lake and Shore Capital Partners, with 10 of the 69 chain locations here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Austin Animal Medical Center (Innovetive Petcare); Austin Pet & Exotic Hospital (Thrive Pet Healthcare); Austin Urban Veterinary Center (Innovetive Petcare); Austin Vet Care - Metric (Thrive Pet Healthcare); Austin Vet Hospital (National Veterinary Associates (NVA)); Austin Veterinary Diagnostic Hospital (VetCor); Brodie Animal Hospital (Mission Pet Health); Brykerwood Veterinary Clinic (National Veterinary Associates (NVA)), and 9 more in the list below.

Groups here: Mission Pet Health (10) · Thrive Pet Healthcare (8) · National Veterinary Associates (NVA) (8) · VCA Animal Hospitals (7) · Innovetive Petcare (6) · VetCor (6) · Banfield Pet Hospital (4) · CityVet (4) · United Veterinary Care (UVC) (2) · Modern Animal (2) · Vetco Total Care (Petco) (2) · Animal Dermatology Group (ADG) (1)

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

Austin dermatologists

PE-backed 3 Not confirmed 15

The largest group is U.S. Dermatology Partners, with 6 of the 18 chain locations here.

Groups here: Westlake Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery (9) · U.S. Dermatology Partners (6) · Sanova Dermatology (2) · Epiphany Dermatology (1)

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

Austin GI doctors

Not PE, corporate-owned 8

The largest group is Austin Gastroenterology, owned by GI Alliance rather than a PE firm, with 7 of the 8 chain locations here.

Groups here: Austin Gastroenterology (7) · Texas Digestive Disease Consultants (1)

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

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