- HIGH
- Business
- Tier 1
- Hard News
5 numbers making DSO leaders optimistic
- Source
- Becker's Dental + DSO Review
- Author
- Ariana Portalatin
- Originally at
- beckersdental.com(opens in a new tab)
Summary and scoring by The Bell Brief (Dr. Jennifer Bell) using the Drill-Down Protocol. Not the original publisher.
Why it matters for dental
DSO leaders see expansion opportunities in smaller DSO growth rates, regional footprint gains, and an approaching wave of platform exits that will reshape ownership and acquisition markets.
Key points
- 01
Dentira’s Dental Spend Index reports smaller DSOs achieved 26–32% year-over-year network growth.
- 02
DSOs added more than 1,200 locations in the South Atlantic region, exceeding any other U.S. region.
- 03
TUSK Practice Sales’ Q4 2026 Dental Market Report states DSO affiliation rose from 7.2% in 2015 to 16.1% while practice ownership fell to a 20-year low of 73%.
- 04
More than 20 PE-backed dental platforms are seven or more years into their hold periods, setting up recapitalizations, secondary sales, and possible IPOs over the next 12 months.
Who should care
- Owner
- DSO
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