Georgia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Buford, Georgia
Direct answer
523 healthcare providers hold a Buford practice address, 280.5 per 10,000 of its 18,642 residents, 25 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Gwinnett County recorded 39 SBA healthcare approvals worth $20,020,400, and Gainesville, GA sits 15 miles out.
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- Population: 18,642 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 523 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $71,5983
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 129 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 8 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Gainesville, GA, 15 miles1
The provider census in Buford
280.5 providers per 10,000 residents is what 523 enumerations across 27 fields works out to in a town of 18,642
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 129 | 69.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 49 | 26.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 45 | 24.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 41 | 22.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 40 | 21.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 29 | 15.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 29 | 15.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 24 | 12.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 24 | 12.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 22 | 11.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 18 | 9.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 16 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 9 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 6 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 4 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 4 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 17 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 129 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
The lending record behind Buford
Lenders in Gwinnett County have already closed 39 healthcare approvals, averaging $513,344, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 39 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $20,020,400 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $513,344 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 531 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Underwriting starts with 280.5 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Because Gwinnett County already carries $20,020,400 across 39 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. Household income of $71,598 in Buford 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
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Buford does not appear. Availability is still a Georgia question.
What a funder reads first in Buford
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Buford that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, general dentistry.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (129) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (49) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| General dentistry (45) | 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 Buford providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Buford, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Buford prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Buford has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buford (current) | 18,642 | 523 | 280.5 | |
| Sugar Hill | 28,598 | 83 | 29.0 | 3 |
| Flowery Branch | 12,292 | 152 | 123.7 | 5 |
| Suwanee | 23,062 | 895 | 388.1 | 6 |
| Braselton | 17,390 | 143 | 82.2 | 10 |
| Cumming | 10,175 | 1,209 | 1188.2 | 10 |
| Auburn | 10,094 | 26 | 25.8 | 11 |
How Buford sits against the nearest metro
15 miles separate Buford from Gainesville, GA. Lease pricing follows Gainesville, GA, while revenue stays capped by the 18,642 residents here. At $71,598 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
Other Georgia markets
- Sugar Hill 28,598 residents
- Flowery Branch 12,292 residents
- Suwanee 23,062 residents
- Braselton 17,390 residents
- Cumming 10,175 residents
- Auburn 10,094 residents
What owners in Buford ask
01How many providers practice in Buford, and in what?
NPPES lists 523 providers at a Buford practice address, 280.5 per 10,000 residents across 27 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 129 of them, 25 percent of the total, with chiropractic next at 49. Read that as clinicians: 523 enumerations, not 523 owners.
02What does Gwinnett County's shortage designation change?
Gwinnett County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Buford can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Which fields carry the volume in Buford?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 129 providers and chiropractic at 49 lead the 27 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.
04What does SBA lending look like around Buford?
Healthcare borrowers in Gwinnett County took 39 approvals worth $20,020,400 in the published fiscal year, averaging $513,344. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Buford reaches for first.
05Is Buford underwritten as part of Gainesville, GA?
Partly. Gainesville, GA is 15 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 18,642 residents around Buford. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
06Is there local lending capacity in Gwinnett County?
County Business Patterns records 531 credit intermediation establishments in Gwinnett County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Buford 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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