Alabama micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Spanish Fort, Alabama
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Spanish Fort runs 96.2 providers per 10,000 residents, 107 clinicians against 11,118 people, 31 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Baldwin County lenders have approved 1 healthcare files worth $990,000 and the nearest metro is 7 miles out.
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- Population: 11,118 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 107 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $101,5743
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 33 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, 7 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 1 approvals totaling $990,0004
Who is enumerated in Spanish Fort
107 providers across 22 fields, 96.2 per 10,000 residents, counted at Spanish Fort addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 33 | 29.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 14 | 12.6 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 7 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 5 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 5 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 4 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [5] |
A single Spanish Fort practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 31 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What lenders have already approved in Baldwin County
The county file holds 1 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [4] |
| Dollars behind them | $990,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [4] |
| Typical approval size | $990,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [4] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 190 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
At 96.2 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. With 1 approvals on record in Baldwin County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $101,574 in Spanish Fort is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Spanish Fort mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Medical receivables factoring
Weighted by how often each of the 22 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Alabama rules and the partner decide availability.
Underwriting by field in Spanish Fort
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, dme and hme suppliers
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (33) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (14) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| DME and HME suppliers (7) | Accreditation and surety bond status, Rental versus sale revenue split, Denial rate and documentation quality | Inventory and rental fleet |
Counts in the first column are Spanish Fort providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Spanish Fort, not what any funder will do with your file.
Spanish Fort against nearby Alabama markets
Set Spanish Fort's 96.2 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Fort (current) | 11,118 | 107 | 96.2 | |
| Daphne | 30,751 | 380 | 123.6 | 7 |
| Fairhope | 26,044 | 355 | 136.3 | 14 |
| Prichard | 18,778 | 15 | 8.0 | 16 |
| Saraland | 16,458 | 101 | 61.4 | 17 |
| Foley | 28,043 | 297 | 105.9 | 25 |
| Gulf Shores | 17,431 | 108 | 62.0 | 32 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Spanish Fort
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL lies 7 miles from Spanish Fort, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL rents while 11,118 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $101,574 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
More of Alabama
Spanish Fort owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Spanish Fort, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Spanish Fort carries 107 enumerated clinicians, 96.2 per 10,000 of the 11,118 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 33 of the total, then chiropractic at 14. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Baldwin County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 1 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Baldwin County. That tracks how few Baldwin County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 190 credit intermediation establishments operate in Baldwin County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03Is Spanish Fort underwritten as part of Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL?
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL sits 7 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL; the 11,118 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04What does a $101,574 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Spanish Fort runs $101,574. 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.
05What does Baldwin County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Baldwin County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 11,118 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
06Is there local lending capacity in Baldwin County?
County Business Patterns records 190 credit intermediation establishments in Baldwin County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Spanish Fort 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
- 4U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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