Alabama micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Florence, Alabama
Direct answer
Lauderdale County carries 3 SBA healthcare approvals worth $900,000, and inside Florence the census shows 551 enumerated clinicians against 42,716 residents, 129.0 per 10,000, 15 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL lies 0 miles away.
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- Population: 42,716 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 551 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $50,3963
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 80 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 9 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, 0 miles1
Florence clinicians, by field
551 providers across 31 fields, 129.0 per 10,000 residents, counted at Florence addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 80 | 18.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 74 | 17.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 50 | 11.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 43 | 10.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 41 | 9.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 34 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 33 | 7.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 30 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 22 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 18 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 16 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 14 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 12 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 9 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 9 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 8 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 7 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 20 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 80 of the 551 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Lauderdale County credit files already show
3 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 3 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $900,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $300,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 92 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Florence the way a credit committee does
129.0 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. With 3 approvals on record in Lauderdale County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $50,396 in Florence is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
The 31 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Alabama.
The first pages of a Florence file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Florence that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, behavioral and mental health group practices.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (80) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (74) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (50) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
The first column is Florence's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Florence or anywhere else.
How Florence prices against its neighbors
129.0 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Florence
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence (current) | 42,716 | 551 | 129.0 | |
| Muscle Shoals | 17,409 | 178 | 102.2 | 6 |
| Russellville | 10,736 | 108 | 100.6 | 23 |
| Athens | 32,587 | 313 | 96.1 | 40 |
| Decatur | 57,974 | 544 | 93.8 | 42 |
| Hartselle | 16,201 | 121 | 74.7 | 49 |
| Madison | 64,029 | 662 | 103.4 | 52 |
How Florence sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 0 miles. Appraisers borrow Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL rents, and the 42,716 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $50,396, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 42,716 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Florence is the Lauderdale County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Alabama
- Muscle Shoals 17,409 residents
- Russellville 10,736 residents
- Athens 32,587 residents
- Decatur 57,974 residents
- Hartselle 16,201 residents
- Madison 64,029 residents
Florence owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Florence, and in what?
Across 31 fields, Florence carries 551 enumerated clinicians, 129.0 per 10,000 of the 42,716 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 80 of the total, then specialty physician groups at 74. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Lauderdale County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 3 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Lauderdale County. That tracks how few Lauderdale County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 92 credit intermediation establishments operate in Lauderdale County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03Which fields carry the volume in Florence?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 80 providers and specialty physician groups at 74 lead the 31 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
04What does Lauderdale County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Lauderdale County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
05How does the hospital in Florence affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 9 Medicare-certified providers hold Florence addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 129.0 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $50,396 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Florence runs $50,396. On elective and cash-pay work that is the number a funder converts into case acceptance, and it sets how much of a treatment plan a projection can assume gets started rather than deferred.
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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