Alabama micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Alabaster, Alabama
Direct answer
204 healthcare providers hold a Alabaster practice address, 59.2 per 10,000 of its 34,460 residents, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Shelby County recorded 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $866,000, and Birmingham, AL sits 22 miles out.
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- Population: 34,460 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 204 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $90,1633
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 43 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Birmingham, AL, 22 miles1
Alabaster clinicians, by field
59.2 providers per 10,000 residents is what 204 enumerations across 27 fields works out to in a town of 34,460
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 43 | 12.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 27 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 19 | 5.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 15 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 15 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 13 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 12 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 12 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 8 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 8 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Alabaster practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 21 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Shelby County credit files already show
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $866,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $866,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 154 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
59.2 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. With 1 approvals on record in Shelby County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $90,163 in Alabaster is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Alabaster mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
Ranked from the 27 fields that actually practice in Alabaster, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Alabama and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Alabaster
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, general dentistry
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (43) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (27) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| General dentistry (19) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Counts in the first column are Alabaster providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Alabaster, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Alabaster prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 59.2 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabaster (current) | 34,460 | 204 | 59.2 | |
| Helena | 22,200 | 69 | 31.1 | 6 |
| Calera | 18,530 | 72 | 38.9 | 8 |
| Pelham | 25,396 | 416 | 163.8 | 9 |
| Hoover | 93,013 | 722 | 77.6 | 11 |
| Chelsea | 17,293 | 68 | 39.3 | 13 |
| Bessemer | 25,079 | 304 | 121.2 | 14 |
How Alabaster sits against the nearest metro
22 miles separate Alabaster from Birmingham, AL. Lease pricing follows Birmingham, AL, while revenue stays capped by the 34,460 residents here. Households here carry $90,163 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against.
More of Alabama
Alabaster owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Alabaster, and in what?
204 enumerations sit at Alabaster addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 59.2 for every 10,000 residents. 21 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and specialty physician groups follows with 27. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 204 here cover fewer than 204 practices.
02Why does Shelby County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 1 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Shelby County. That tracks how few Shelby County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 154 credit intermediation establishments operate in Shelby County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03How does the hospital in Alabaster affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 2 Medicare-certified providers hold Alabaster addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 59.2 per 10,000 market.
04What does Shelby County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, mental health designation HRSA carries on Shelby County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 34,460 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
05Which fields carry the volume in Alabaster?
The 27 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 43, with specialty physician groups at 27 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Alabaster?
Care Compare lists 2 certified providers with a Alabaster address. That count is a proxy for how much of the local revenue arrives on a federal payment cycle rather than at the front desk.
Sources
- 1U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, vintage 2024
- 2CMS NPPES, monthly full replacement file
- 3U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year 2023, table B19013
- 4CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 5U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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