Alabama micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Leeds, Alabama
Direct answer
12,573 residents, 48 enumerated clinicians, 38.2 per 10,000, 27 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Leeds market a funder prices. Jefferson County adds 15 healthcare approvals worth $6,145,700 and 13 miles of distance to Birmingham, AL.
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- Population: 12,573 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 48 across 13 fields2
- Median household income: $71,6723
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 13 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Birmingham, AL, 13 miles1
What NPPES records at Leeds addresses
48 providers across 13 fields, 38.2 per 10,000 residents, counted at Leeds addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 13 | 10.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 9 | 7.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 5 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 5 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 5 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 13 of the 48 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Jefferson County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
15 healthcare approvals averaging $409,713 set the deal shape lenders in Jefferson County have already underwritten
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 15 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $6,145,700 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $409,713 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 559 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Leeds the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 38.2 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A request measured against 15 prior Jefferson County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. With $71,672 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Leeds households actually spend.
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
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Leeds does not appear. Availability is still a Alabama question.
Underwriting by field in Leeds
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Leeds that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, chiropractic.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (13) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (9) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Chiropractic (5) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
Density beside the neighboring Alabama towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Leeds has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds (current) | 12,573 | 48 | 38.2 | |
| Irondale | 13,545 | 96 | 70.9 | 5 |
| Moody | 13,596 | 62 | 45.6 | 6 |
| Trussville | 27,079 | 168 | 62.0 | 7 |
| Center Point | 15,603 | 66 | 42.3 | 9 |
| Mountain Brook | 21,701 | 10 | 4.6 | 10 |
| Vestavia Hills | 38,151 | 194 | 50.9 | 11 |
What the geography does to a Leeds projection
13 miles separate Leeds from Birmingham, AL. Lease pricing follows Birmingham, AL, while revenue stays capped by the 12,573 residents here. At $71,672 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
Nearby Alabama towns
- Irondale 13,545 residents
- Moody 13,596 residents
- Trussville 27,079 residents
- Center Point 15,603 residents
- Mountain Brook 21,701 residents
- Vestavia Hills 38,151 residents
Questions from Leeds
01How many providers practice in Leeds, and in what?
48 enumerations sit at Leeds addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 38.2 for every 10,000 residents. 27 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and general dentistry follows with 9. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 48 here cover fewer than 48 practices.
02What does Jefferson County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Jefferson 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.
03Is Leeds underwritten as part of Birmingham, AL?
Partly. Birmingham, AL is 13 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 12,573 residents around Leeds. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
04What does SBA lending look like around Leeds?
$6,145,700 went to healthcare borrowers in Jefferson County across 15 approvals, $409,713 on average. Deals near Leeds get sized against that record before anything else.
05Is there local lending capacity in Jefferson County?
County Business Patterns records 559 credit intermediation establishments in Jefferson County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Leeds rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Leeds?
Care Compare lists 1 certified providers with a Leeds 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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