Georgia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Brookhaven, Georgia
Direct answer
A Brookhaven file is read against 238 local clinicians, 40.1 for every 10,000 of its 59,370 residents, 39 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 14 SBA healthcare approvals worth $7,242,400 already recorded in DeKalb County, 9 miles from Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.
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- Population: 59,370 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 238 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $117,4483
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 93 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 9 miles1
The provider census in Brookhaven
238 providers across 24 fields, 40.1 per 10,000 residents, counted at Brookhaven addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 93 | 15.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 20 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 16 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 15 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 13 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 12 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 9 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 9 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 6 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 6 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 5 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 12 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 93 of the 238 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Loan activity in DeKalb County
The published file shows 14 healthcare approvals in DeKalb County, $7,242,400 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 14 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $7,242,400 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $517,314 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 313 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Density of 40.1 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Because DeKalb County already carries $7,242,400 across 14 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. A $117,448 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Brookhaven does not appear. Availability is still a Georgia question.
The first pages of a Brookhaven file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, optometry and ophthalmology, general dentistry
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (93) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (20) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
| General dentistry (16) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Counts in the first column are Brookhaven providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Brookhaven, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Georgia towns
Comparables travel. These are the Georgia towns whose density, at 40.1 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven (current) | 59,370 | 238 | 40.1 | |
| Chamblee | 32,321 | 150 | 46.4 | 2 |
| Doraville | 12,436 | 108 | 86.8 | 5 |
| Clarkston | 14,416 | 48 | 33.3 | 6 |
| Decatur | 24,482 | 1,883 | 769.1 | 7 |
| Tucker | 37,224 | 590 | 158.5 | 8 |
| Norcross | 18,902 | 772 | 408.4 | 9 |
How Brookhaven sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 9 miles. Appraisers borrow Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA rents, and the 59,370 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $117,448 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Referral flow comes from outside Brookhaven, which a projection needs to state plainly.
Other Georgia markets
Questions from Brookhaven
01How many providers practice in Brookhaven, and in what?
NPPES lists 238 providers at a Brookhaven practice address, 40.1 per 10,000 residents across 24 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 93 of them, 39 percent of the total, with optometry and ophthalmology next at 20. Read that as clinicians: 238 enumerations, not 238 owners.
02What does DeKalb County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, DeKalb County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
03Is Brookhaven underwritten as part of Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?
Partly. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 9 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 59,370 residents around Brookhaven. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
04What does a $117,448 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Brookhaven runs $117,448. 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 SBA lending look like around Brookhaven?
$7,242,400 went to healthcare borrowers in DeKalb County across 14 approvals, $517,314 on average. Deals near Brookhaven get sized against that record before anything else.
06Is there local lending capacity in DeKalb County?
County Business Patterns records 313 credit intermediation establishments in DeKalb County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Brookhaven 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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