Alabama micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Pelham, Alabama
Direct answer
A Pelham file is read against 416 local clinicians, 163.8 for every 10,000 of its 25,396 residents, 61 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $866,000 already recorded in Shelby County, 15 miles from Birmingham, AL.
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- Population: 25,396 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 416 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $91,9043
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 255 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Birmingham, AL, 15 miles1
Fields practicing inside Pelham
Counted at the town's own addresses: 416 providers, 24 fields, 163.8 clinicians per 10,000 of the 25,396 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 255 | 100.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 26 | 10.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 18 | 7.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 18 | 7.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 17 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 16 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 9 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 7 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 6 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 6 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 5 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 255 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Shelby County
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Reading Pelham the way a credit committee does
At 163.8 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A short county record of 1 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $91,904 in Pelham is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Medical receivables factoring
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 24 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Alabama rules and the partner decide availability.
What a funder reads first in Pelham
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Pelham that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, optometry and ophthalmology, dme and hme suppliers.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (255) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (26) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
| DME and HME suppliers (18) | Accreditation and surety bond status, Rental versus sale revenue split, Denial rate and documentation quality | Inventory and rental fleet |
The first column is Pelham's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Pelham or anywhere else.
Pelham against nearby Alabama markets
Comparables travel. These are the Alabama towns whose density, at 163.8 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham (current) | 25,396 | 416 | 163.8 | |
| Hoover | 93,013 | 722 | 77.6 | 5 |
| Chelsea | 17,293 | 68 | 39.3 | 6 |
| Alabaster | 34,460 | 204 | 59.2 | 9 |
| Helena | 22,200 | 69 | 31.1 | 9 |
| Homewood | 27,919 | 227 | 81.3 | 10 |
| Vestavia Hills | 38,151 | 194 | 50.9 | 10 |
What the geography does to a Pelham projection
15 miles separate Pelham from Birmingham, AL. Lease pricing follows Birmingham, AL, while revenue stays capped by the 25,396 residents here. At $91,904 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
More of Alabama
Pelham owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Pelham, and in what?
416 enumerations sit at Pelham addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 163.8 for every 10,000 residents. 61 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and optometry and ophthalmology follows with 26. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 416 here cover fewer than 416 practices.
02Why does Shelby County show so little SBA activity?
Shelby County shows 1 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 154 lending establishments operate locally.
03What does Shelby County's shortage designation change?
Shelby County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, mental health. A pro forma for Pelham can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Which fields carry the volume in Pelham?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 255 of them, ahead of optometry and ophthalmology at 26, across 24 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
05Is Pelham underwritten as part of Birmingham, AL?
Partly. Birmingham, AL is 15 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 25,396 residents around Pelham. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
06Is there local lending capacity in Shelby County?
County Business Patterns records 154 credit intermediation establishments in Shelby County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Pelham rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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