Colorado micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Fountain, Colorado
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Fountain runs 51.6 providers per 10,000 residents, 152 clinicians against 29,457 people, 38 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while El Paso County lenders have approved 34 healthcare files worth $11,939,200 and the nearest metro is 13 miles out.
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- Population: 29,457 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 152 across 20 fields2
- Median household income: $85,2463
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 57 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Colorado Springs, CO, 13 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 34 approvals totaling $11,939,2004
Who is enumerated in Fountain
152 providers across 20 fields, 51.6 per 10,000 residents, counted at Fountain addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 57 | 19.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 22 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 17 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 10 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 8 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 8 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 7 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [5] |
A single Fountain practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 38 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
El Paso County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
The published file shows 34 healthcare approvals in El Paso County, $11,939,200 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 34 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [4] |
| Total approved capital | $11,939,200 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [4] |
| Mean deal size | $351,153 | The dollar column over the approval column [4] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 345 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
51.6 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 34 approvals worth $11,939,200 in El Paso County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. A $85,246 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Fountain mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 20 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Colorado.
Underwriting by field in Fountain
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, aba and autism therapy
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (57) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (22) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| ABA and autism therapy (17) | Authorized hours against delivered hours, Payer mix stability, Billing compliance history | Working capital against authorization and billing lag |
NPPES supplies the Fountain counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Fountain file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring Colorado towns
Comparables travel. These are the Colorado towns whose density, at 51.6 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain (current) | 29,457 | 152 | 51.6 | |
| Monument | 13,408 | 212 | 158.1 | 28 |
| Castle Rock | 83,213 | 807 | 97.0 | 48 |
| Castle Pines | 15,162 | 74 | 48.8 | 54 |
| Parker | 65,473 | 1,025 | 156.6 | 57 |
| Lone Tree | 14,061 | 577 | 410.4 | 59 |
| Littleton | 44,879 | 1,792 | 399.3 | 65 |
How Fountain sits against the nearest metro
13 miles separate Fountain from Colorado Springs, CO. Lease pricing follows Colorado Springs, CO, while revenue stays capped by the 29,457 residents here. Households here carry $85,246 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 Colorado
- Monument 13,408 residents
- Castle Rock 83,213 residents
- Castle Pines 15,162 residents
- Parker 65,473 residents
- Lone Tree 14,061 residents
- Littleton 44,879 residents
What owners in Fountain ask
01How many providers practice in Fountain, and in what?
NPPES lists 152 providers at a Fountain practice address, 51.6 per 10,000 residents across 20 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 57 of them, 38 percent of the total, with general dentistry next at 22. Read that as clinicians: 152 enumerations, not 152 owners.
02What does El Paso County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates El Paso County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Fountain and evidences a staffing ramp in a 29,457 resident market.
03What does SBA lending look like around Fountain?
$11,939,200 went to healthcare borrowers in El Paso County across 34 approvals, $351,153 on average. Deals near Fountain get sized against that record before anything else.
04Is Fountain underwritten as part of Colorado Springs, CO?
Colorado Springs, CO sits 13 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Colorado Springs, CO; the 29,457 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05Is there local lending capacity in El Paso County?
County Business Patterns records 345 credit intermediation establishments in El Paso County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Fountain rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in El Paso County support?
El Paso County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
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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