November 2026 Practice Market Index: the median dental practice for sale collects $996,000 (n=857).
This month's Pro report is the full reading of The Dental Signal Practice Market Index, built from the public listings of dental practice brokers.
The headline: the median practice for sale collects $996,000 a year (n=857). 135 practices were newly listed in the last 30 days.
A single-location general practice collecting $1.6 million can be worth $1.69 million or $2.57 million heading into Q4 2026, and the $875,000 spread has almost nothing to do with which broker you hire or how many letters of intent you stack up. It has to do
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