California micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Claremont, California
Direct answer
Los Angeles County carries 298 SBA healthcare approvals worth $229,015,900, and inside Claremont the census shows 311 enumerated clinicians against 36,139 residents, 86.1 per 10,000, 28 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA lies 22 miles away.
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- Population: 36,139 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 311 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $122,1273
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 87 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 22 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
311 providers across 26 fields, 86.1 per 10,000 residents, counted at Claremont addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 87 | 24.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 48 | 13.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 34 | 9.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 21 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 17 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 16 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 13 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 11 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 9 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 9 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 6 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 6 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 5 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 4 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 4 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 87 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What lenders have already approved in Los Angeles County
298 healthcare approvals averaging $768,510 set the deal shape lenders in Los Angeles County have already underwritten
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 298 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $229,015,900 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $768,510 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 4,689 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
Underwriting starts with 86.1 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Because Los Angeles County already carries $229,015,900 across 298 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. A $122,127 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 26 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. California rules and the partner decide availability.
The first pages of a Claremont file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, general dentistry
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (87) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (48) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| General dentistry (34) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Column one counts Claremont clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Claremont file differently.
Claremont against nearby California markets
Comparables travel. These are the California towns whose density, at 86.1 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont (current) | 36,139 | 311 | 86.1 | |
| La Verne | 30,192 | 206 | 68.2 | 3 |
| Upland | 79,684 | 905 | 113.6 | 3 |
| Montclair | 37,650 | 319 | 84.7 | 4 |
| San Dimas | 33,226 | 379 | 114.1 | 6 |
| Glendora | 50,101 | 461 | 92.0 | 8 |
| Covina | 49,245 | 773 | 157.0 | 10 |
How Claremont sits against the nearest metro
22 miles separate Claremont from Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. Lease pricing follows Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, while revenue stays capped by the 36,139 residents here. Households here carry $122,127 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Referral flow comes from outside Claremont, which a projection needs to state plainly. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Claremont.
More of California
Questions from Claremont
01How many providers practice in Claremont, and in what?
311 enumerations sit at Claremont addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 86.1 for every 10,000 residents. 28 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 48. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 311 here cover fewer than 311 practices.
02What does SBA lending look like around Claremont?
Healthcare borrowers in Los Angeles County took 298 approvals worth $229,015,900 in the published fiscal year, averaging $768,510. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Claremont reaches for first.
03What does Los Angeles County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Los Angeles County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Claremont and evidences a staffing ramp in a 36,139 resident market.
04Which fields carry the volume in Claremont?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 87 providers and primary care and family medicine at 48 lead the 26 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.
05Is Claremont underwritten as part of Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?
Partly. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 22 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 36,139 residents around Claremont. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
06Is there local lending capacity in Los Angeles County?
County Business Patterns records 4,689 credit intermediation establishments in Los Angeles County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Claremont 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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