Colorado micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Littleton, Colorado
Direct answer
Arapahoe County carries 57 SBA healthcare approvals worth $46,016,700, and inside Littleton the census shows 1,792 enumerated clinicians against 44,879 residents, 399.3 per 10,000, 29 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO lies 14 miles away.
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- Population: 44,879 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 1,792 across 34 fields2
- Median household income: $96,6113
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 523 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 15 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, 14 miles1
Who is enumerated in Littleton
The NPPES file puts 1,792 enumerated clinicians inside Littleton, spread over 34 fields at 399.3 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 523 | 116.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 157 | 35.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 149 | 33.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 138 | 30.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 128 | 28.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 107 | 23.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 90 | 20.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 82 | 18.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 72 | 16.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 42 | 9.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 35 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 33 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 31 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 29 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 22 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 20 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 20 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 16 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 16 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 14 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 13 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 10 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 8 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 8 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 5 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Fertility and IVF | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 31 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 523 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What Arapahoe County credit files already show
57 healthcare approvals averaging $807,311 set the deal shape lenders in Arapahoe County have already underwritten
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 57 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $46,016,700 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $807,311 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 508 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Littleton the way a credit committee does
399.3 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 57 approvals worth $46,016,700 in Arapahoe County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. Household income of $96,611 in Littleton 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
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 34 fields that actually practice in Littleton, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Colorado and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Littleton file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (523) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (157) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (149) | 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.
How Littleton prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Littleton has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton (current) | 44,879 | 1,792 | 399.3 | |
| Englewood | 35,238 | 1,147 | 325.5 | 4 |
| Lone Tree | 14,061 | 577 | 410.4 | 9 |
| Castle Pines | 15,162 | 74 | 48.8 | 12 |
| Wheat Ridge | 31,999 | 725 | 226.6 | 13 |
| Parker | 65,473 | 1,025 | 156.6 | 14 |
| Golden | 20,151 | 706 | 350.4 | 15 |
How Littleton sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 14 miles. Appraisers borrow Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO rents, and the 44,879 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $96,611 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 44,879 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Littleton is the Arapahoe County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Colorado
- Englewood 35,238 residents
- Lone Tree 14,061 residents
- Castle Pines 15,162 residents
- Wheat Ridge 31,999 residents
- Parker 65,473 residents
- Golden 20,151 residents
What owners in Littleton ask
01How many providers practice in Littleton, and in what?
1,792 enumerations sit at Littleton addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 399.3 for every 10,000 residents. 29 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 157. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 1,792 here cover fewer than 1,792 practices.
02What does SBA lending look like around Littleton?
$46,016,700 went to healthcare borrowers in Arapahoe County across 57 approvals, $807,311 on average. Deals near Littleton get sized against that record before anything else.
03Which fields carry the volume in Littleton?
The 34 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 523, with primary care and family medicine at 157 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
04What does a $96,611 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Littleton runs $96,611. 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 Arapahoe County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Arapahoe County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 44,879 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Littleton?
Care Compare lists 15 certified providers with a Littleton 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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