Delaware micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Smyrna, Delaware
Direct answer
A Smyrna file is read against 177 local clinicians, 132.8 for every 10,000 of its 13,326 residents, 28 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 4 SBA healthcare approvals worth $1,080,000 already recorded in Kent County, 10 miles from Dover, DE.
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- Population: 13,326 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 177 across 25 fields2
- Median household income: $70,4733
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 50 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Dover, DE, 10 miles1
What NPPES records at Smyrna addresses
177 providers across 25 fields, 132.8 per 10,000 residents, counted at Smyrna addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 50 | 37.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 20 | 15.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 14 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 11 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 9 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 9 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 8 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 6 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 6 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 5 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 50 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 Kent County
4 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 4 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $1,080,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $270,000 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 113 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
The ratio that matters up front is 132.8 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A short county record of 4 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $70,473 in Smyrna is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Smyrna mix reaches for
- 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 25 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Delaware rules and the partner decide availability.
The first pages of a Smyrna file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (50) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (20) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (14) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Smyrna counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Smyrna file is bound by them.
How Smyrna prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Smyrna has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna (current) | 13,326 | 177 | 132.8 | |
| Dover | 40,191 | 972 | 241.8 | 10 |
| Middletown | 25,686 | 342 | 133.1 | 12 |
| Milford | 14,079 | 343 | 243.6 | 28 |
| Newark | 30,506 | 1,522 | 498.9 | 28 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Smyrna
Dover, DE lies 10 miles from Smyrna, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Dover, DE rents while 13,326 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $70,473 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. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar.
Other Delaware markets
- Dover 40,191 residents
- Middletown 25,686 residents
- Milford 14,079 residents
- Newark 30,506 residents
Smyrna owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Smyrna, and in what?
Across 25 fields, Smyrna carries 177 enumerated clinicians, 132.8 per 10,000 of the 13,326 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 50 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 20. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Kent County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Kent County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Smyrna and evidences a staffing ramp in a 13,326 resident market.
03Why does Kent County show so little SBA activity?
Only 4 healthcare approvals appear for Kent County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Kent County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 113 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Smyrna underwritten as part of Dover, DE?
Dover, DE sits 10 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Dover, DE; the 13,326 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05Is there local lending capacity in Kent County?
County Business Patterns records 113 credit intermediation establishments in Kent County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Smyrna rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06How does the college here show up in the numbers?
At least one degree-granting institution is based in Smyrna, which puts a visible academic calendar into collections: term-time volume against summer troughs. Underwriting reads a seasonal swing better when a pro forma names its cause rather than smoothing it out.
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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