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Dental clinics total: South Korea, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

South Korea had 19,142 registered dental clinics in 2024, according to Providers by year, NHIS management disclosure. Basis: registered.

Comparability A Confidence high

Cite this

National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), Korea. (2026). Dental clinics total: South Korea, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dental-clinics-total/2024/

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Record

Value
19,142 facilities
Unit
facilities
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
reported
Basis
registered
Scope
registered
Comparability
Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status
Current revision

Source quote

치과의원 18,589 18,851 19,032 19,142 19,254 19,330

English: Dental clinics (치과의원), count of institutions: 2021 18,589; 2022 18,851; 2023 19,032; 2024 19,142; 2025 19,254; 2026 Q2 19,330.

Locator: NHIS "Providers by year" table, row 치과의원, column 2024년 (columns 2021-2025 and 2026 2/4분기; table compiled 2026-06-30)

Local definition

Dental clinics (치과의원) that are health-insurance care institutions (요양기관) per NHIS; excludes dental hospitals (치과병원) counted separately.

Source

National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), Korea: Providers by year (연도별 요양기관 현황), NHIS management disclosure. Registry entry: kr-nhis-providers.

Notes

Dental clinics (치과의원), insured care institutions only. Dental hospitals (치과병원): 241. Table compiled 2026-06-30; 2023: 19,032; 2022: 18,851; 2021: 18,589.

Metric definition

Dental clinics (facility count) All markets for this metric.

History

Dental clinics total in South Korea: current records by yearDental clinics total in South Korea: current records by year. facilities; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break. Source: Providers by year, NHIS management disclosure. Dental Market Radar.Dental clinics total in South Korea: current records by yearfacilities; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break2023: 19,03219,0322024: 19,1422025: 19,25419,25420232025Source: Providers by year, NHIS management disclosure. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (registered). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dental clinics total, South Korea, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
202519,254 facilitiesregisteredComparability AProviders by year (연도별 요양기관 현황), NHIS management disclosure
202419,142 facilitiesregisteredComparability AProviders by year (연도별 요양기관 현황), NHIS management disclosure
202319,032 facilitiesregisteredComparability AProviders by year (연도별 요양기관 현황), NHIS management disclosure

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