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    ENTERPRISE OPERATING INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM FOR DSOs

    Compound EBITDA. Create Enterprise Value.Built for Clarity, Control and Velocity.

    • FINANCE
    • PMS
    • PAYROLL
    ARQ Dental logo — Enterprise Operating Intelligence Platform for DSOs
    • REPEATABLE
      EBITDA
    • MAXIMIZE
      ENTERPRISE VALUE

    Solving Performance and Integration Friction for Scaling Dental Support Organizations.

    See what’s changing. Understand why. Know what to do next.

    Built inside a live DSO. For DSOs.No rip and replaceHIPAA Compliant
    The outcomes

    Compounding EBITDA.
    Creating enterprise value.

    DSO leaders don't buy an operating intelligence layer for better data. They buy it for what the data makes possible. The technology is the enabler — these are the outcomes.

    01

    Unlock EBITDA opportunities

    Find revenue leakage, margin erosion, cost inefficiencies and underperforming locations — and the profitability sitting underneath them.

    Reveal the opportunity behind the numbers
    02

    Improve financial performance

    Understand the true drivers of revenue, costs and profitability, and compare actuals against budgets, targets and history.

    Separate growth from profitable growth
    03

    Drive operational accountability

    See which practices, departments and teams are performing — and exactly where management attention is needed.

    Make every location's next move clear
    04

    Accelerate decision-making

    Replace fragmented reporting, spreadsheets and manual analysis with timely, trusted intelligence leadership can act on.

    From a signal to an informed next step
    05

    Build enterprise value

    Financial visibility, operating discipline and scalability — the foundations for growth, acquisitions and a future exit.

    Build a stronger, more scalable business
    What ARQ identifies

    Each outcome starts with something specific ARQ surfaces in your PMS, finance and payroll data.

    • EBITDA improvement

      Practices with declining EBITDA despite growing revenue

    • Revenue growth

      Falling hygiene reappointment rates or underperforming procedure mix

    • Labour optimisation

      Staffing costs increasing faster than production

    • Cost control

      Overhead expenses exceeding budget or benchmarks

    • Enterprise value

      Persistent location-level margin differences and inconsistent operating performance

    Illustrative views of opportunities ARQ surfaces — not claimed results. Improvements realised depend on the actions your team takes; customer outcomes are shared only where verified.

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    The ARQ advantage

    Run a sharper, more valuable DSO.

    Three things every leadership team needs from their data — and rarely gets.

    ClarityControlVelocity
    01Clarity

    One trusted view of the enterprise.

    • Replace spreadsheets and Power BI patchwork
    • PMS, finance and payroll in one place
    • Every location, held to the same standard
    02Control

    Protect and grow EBITDA.

    Base
    +
    Volume
    −
    Mix
    +
    Margin
    EBITDA
    • Know if a shift is volume, mix or margin
    • Keep labour and supply costs in line
    • Find the location and the cause to act on
    03Velocity

    Decide while it still matters.

    Flagged · day 12Month-end
    • Spot dips mid-month, not after close
    • Board-ready answers without the scramble
    • Bring new acquisitions into view faster
    Descriptive → Prescriptive

    Most DSO software tells you
    what happened.

    ARQ tells you what to do next.

    The difference between descriptive and prescriptive DSO software is the recommendation: descriptive tools report what already happened, while ARQ Dental identifies the root cause and prescribes the specific action, owner and expected EBITDA impact. The timeline below shows that progression from raw data to prescribed action.

    01
    02
    03
    04
    1. Level 1
      Descriptive
      What happened?
      Historical snapshots, manual extraction, monthly Excel reporting.
    2. Level 2
      Diagnostic
      Why did it happen?
      Root-cause drill-down across locations, providers and cost lines.
    3. Level 3
      Predictive
      What will happen?
      Trend modelling and forward performance indicators.
    4. Level 4   
      Prescriptive
      What should we do?
      Specific ranked actions with estimated operational and EBITDA impact.
    AI-Powered Intelligence

    How ARQ gets you from data to decision.

    A suite of intelligence modules working together — turning raw PMS, payroll and claims data into ranked actions with measurable EBITDA impact.

    MEET HALI · AI DSO INTELLIGENCE

    Your AI intelligence partner — on call 24/7.

    Hali brings clarity to your data and confidence to your decisions. Ask anything about your DSO in plain English — every answer ranked by EBITDA impact, with the next best action.

    Hali — AI intelligence partner hologram avatar
    AI Agent
    Hi, I'm Hali 👋
    What would you like to know about your DSO today?
    • Analyze

      Transforms raw data from every location into board-ready answers in seconds.

    • Trust

      Trace any insight back to its source system, transaction and timestamp.

    • Prescribe

      Surfaces the next best action, ranked by estimated EBITDA impact.

    Hali, the ARQ Dental AI analytics assistant
    Ask Hali Online
    AI DSO Intelligence
    Outcomes Hali delivers
    • Insightful

      Find the why behind every number.

    • Predictive

      Spot EBITDA trends before they surface in month-end.

    • Actionable

      Ranked next steps, every time.

    • Unified

      One intelligence layer across PMS, payroll, HR and finance.

    The ARQ shift

    From siloed data to enterprise operating intelligence.

    One live integration engine connects every system you already run — ERP, PMS, HRiS — analyzes every dollar and prescribes the next action. Secure, scalable, audit-ready. No rip-and-replace. Impact within weeks.

    Built to integrate
    Medallion architecture. Secure. Scalable. Audit-ready.
    Enterprise grade
    Governed data. Role-based access. End-to-end security.
    AI-powered insights
    Smarter analysis. Faster answers. Better decisions.
    Time to value
    Rapid deployment. Real impact in weeks.
    CONNECTS WITH MOST MAJOR PMS, ERP AND HRIS SYSTEMS
    Denticon logo
    Dentrix logo
    Curve logo
    Eaglesoft
    Endovision logo
    Dentrix Ascend logo
    Open Dental logo
    NetSuite logo
    Sage Intacct logo
    QuickBooks logo
    Xero logo
    ADP logo
    Paycor logo
    Paylocity logo
    Paychex logo
    Denticon logo
    Dentrix logo
    Curve logo
    Eaglesoft
    Endovision logo
    Dentrix Ascend logo
    Open Dental logo
    NetSuite logo
    Sage Intacct logo
    QuickBooks logo
    Xero logo
    ADP logo
    Paycor logo
    Paylocity logo
    Paychex logo
    +40
    many more

    Integrations are built using each vendor's published APIs, reporting endpoints or scheduled data exports. Product names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners and are shown to indicate supported data sources — they do not imply a partnership, certification or endorsement.

    Who uses ARQ

    Driven from the top. Scaled across the network.

    ARQ Dental is built for DSO C-suite and operations leaders — CEOs, CFOs, COOs and regional managers — while clinicians stay focused on dentistry with no extra system to learn. Everyone in the group has access, but the workflows are designed for the people running the business.

    C-Suite
    Enterprise performance

    C-Suite

    Operate with real-time clarity and confidence

    • Single source of truth across the network
    • Real-time visibility into EBITDA drivers
    • Investor-grade reporting on demand

    Enterprise performance, end to end.

    Revenue
    $84.2M
    EBITDA
    $24.8M
    Margin
    29.5%
    Payback
    3.2x
    Operations & Area Managers
    Execution & optimization

    Operations & Area Managers

    Standardize and optimize performance across locations

    • Drive performance uplifts across every site
    • Auto surface efficiency opportunities 
    • Optimize capacity and procedure mix

    Cost, collections and payroll in one view.

    Cost efficiency
    Included
    Collections
    97.2%
    Payroll visibility
    Included
    Variance analysis
    Included
    Dentists & Clinical Teams
    Delivery & care

    Dentists & Clinical Teams

    Stay focused on patient care — no new system to learn

    • Guided by insights from leadership 
    • Visibility available only when it's needed
    • Zero workflow disruption at the chair

    Location, provider and chair-level intelligence.

    Provider productivity
    78%
    Chair utilization
    92%
    Case acceptance
    64%
    Procedure mix
    Included
    AI Insights

    Prescriptive next-best actions, ranked by value.

    Spanning C-Suite, Finance and Operations — one executive operating layer across every persona.

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    Lower no-show · Loc 12
    +$94K
    Rebalance hygiene · Loc 27
    +$128K
    Renegotiate supply · Network
    +$310K
    Enterprise visibility.Standardized execution.Zero clinical friction.
    The shifts ARQ delivers

    A few examples of how teams use ARQ

    Illustrative — not exhaustive.

    Reporting01
    3-day manual close
    →Same-day consolidated view

    Not "real-time reporting" — but eliminating the monthly scramble across 20+ locations where someone is wrestling with spreadsheets for days before leadership can see the numbers.

    Data connection02
    Three siloed systems
    →One living source of truth

    Not "integration" — but ending the moment where Finance says one thing, the PMS says another, and Payroll is reconciled on a spreadsheet. The CFO stops being an arbitrator of conflicting data.

    Labor cost03
    Reactive overspend
    →Prescriptive scheduling alignment

    Not "payroll analytics" — but catching the 38-hour hygienist creeping to 41 hours before it hits the P&L, across every location, automatically.

    Acquisition intelligence04
    Gut-feel due diligence
    →Data-validated acquisition decisions

    Not "M&A support" — but walking into a target practice with ARQ-modelled benchmarks already mapped against their PMS data, so you're negotiating from evidence not assumption.

    Benchmarking05
    "How are we doing?"
    →"Which 6 locations drag EBITDA — and why"

    Not "performance dashboards" — but replacing the quarterly offsite conversation with a weekly prescriptive alert that names the problem, the location, and the recommended action.

    Deployment06
    6-month ERP implementation
    →Live in 4 weeks

    Not "fast onboarding" — but no middleware, no IT project, no consultant fees — you connect three systems you already use and ARQ is running.

    AI layer (Hali)07
    Static reports
    →Answers to questions you didn't ask

    Not "AI-powered" — but a CFO typing "why did net revenue per chair drop in Q3 at our Milwaukee locations?" and getting a root-cause answer, not a pivot table to interpret.

    Reporting01
    3-day manual close
    →Same-day consolidated view

    Not "real-time reporting" — but eliminating the monthly scramble across 20+ locations where someone is wrestling with spreadsheets for days before leadership can see the numbers.

    Data connection02
    Three siloed systems
    →One living source of truth

    Not "integration" — but ending the moment where Finance says one thing, the PMS says another, and Payroll is reconciled on a spreadsheet. The CFO stops being an arbitrator of conflicting data.

    Labor cost03
    Reactive overspend
    →Prescriptive scheduling alignment

    Not "payroll analytics" — but catching the 38-hour hygienist creeping to 41 hours before it hits the P&L, across every location, automatically.

    Acquisition intelligence04
    Gut-feel due diligence
    →Data-validated acquisition decisions

    Not "M&A support" — but walking into a target practice with ARQ-modelled benchmarks already mapped against their PMS data, so you're negotiating from evidence not assumption.

    Benchmarking05
    "How are we doing?"
    →"Which 6 locations drag EBITDA — and why"

    Not "performance dashboards" — but replacing the quarterly offsite conversation with a weekly prescriptive alert that names the problem, the location, and the recommended action.

    Deployment06
    6-month ERP implementation
    →Live in 4 weeks

    Not "fast onboarding" — but no middleware, no IT project, no consultant fees — you connect three systems you already use and ARQ is running.

    AI layer (Hali)07
    Static reports
    →Answers to questions you didn't ask

    Not "AI-powered" — but a CFO typing "why did net revenue per chair drop in Q3 at our Milwaukee locations?" and getting a root-cause answer, not a pivot table to interpret.

    Acquisition Integration Engine

    Integrate acquisitions in
    days, not months.

    ARQ Dental's Acquisition Integration Engine brings a newly acquired practice onto standardized enterprise reporting in days rather than months. Every new practice runs through the same proven, repeatable path — from signed deal to enterprise value.

    01
    Acquire practice
    Deal closes. The clock that usually runs for months starts here.
    02
    Connect systems
    Finance, PMS and Payroll connect automatically. Nothing replaced.
    03
    Standardize KPIs
    ARQ normalises every metric to your network standard.
    04
    Operational visibility
    The new site appears live in your Command Centre.
    05
    Enterprise benchmarking
    Instantly comparable to every other location you run.
    06
    Value creation
    Prescriptive actions compound EBITDA from week one.
    ADSO Emerging DSO Award · 2026 Winner

    Built inside the DSO that won Emerging DSO of the Year.

    ARQ was born inside Bright Direction Dental — a live, growing DSO with fragmented data and manual reporting. We built the platform we wished existed, then proved it at scale.

    ARQ gave us the visibility and discipline we needed to scale. We couldn't have won this award without it.
    Jay Jorbin
    Chief Financial Officer, Bright Direction Dental
    Data you can stand behind

    Accuracy is a non-negotiable.

    Every figure in ARQ reconciles back to source — PMS, finance and payroll — governed end to end. Board-ready numbers you never have to second-guess.

    Illustrative ARQ enterprise intelligence view: connected PMS, finance and payroll sources, margin drivers and an Ask Hali conversation.