Georgia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Douglasville, Georgia
Direct answer
Douglas County carries 3 SBA healthcare approvals worth $3,705,000, and inside Douglasville the census shows 669 enumerated clinicians against 40,540 residents, 165.0 per 10,000, 16 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA lies 16 miles away.
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- Population: 40,540 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 669 across 30 fields2
- Median household income: $76,5913
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 109 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 10 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 16 miles1
Fields practicing inside Douglasville
165.0 providers per 10,000 residents is what 669 enumerations across 30 fields works out to in a town of 40,540
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 109 | 26.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 80 | 19.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 61 | 15.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 45 | 11.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 42 | 10.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 39 | 9.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 38 | 9.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 37 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 37 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 27 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 26 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 22 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 17 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 11 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 11 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 9 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 7 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 6 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 6 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 19 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 109 of the 669 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
The lending record behind Douglasville
3 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 3 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $3,705,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $1,235,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 62 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
The ratio that matters up front is 165.0 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. With 3 approvals on record in Douglas County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $76,591 in Douglasville is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Medical receivables factoring
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
Ranked from the 30 fields that actually practice in Douglasville, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Georgia and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Douglasville
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Douglasville that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health, specialty physician groups.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (109) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Home health (80) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
| Specialty physician groups (61) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
NPPES supplies the Douglasville counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Douglasville file is bound by them.
Douglasville against nearby Georgia markets
Set Douglasville's 165.0 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglasville (current) | 40,540 | 669 | 165.0 | |
| Mableton | 78,314 | 148 | 18.9 | 9 |
| Powder Springs | 19,632 | 248 | 126.3 | 9 |
| Villa Rica | 20,095 | 228 | 113.5 | 12 |
| East Point | 38,270 | 238 | 62.2 | 14 |
| Smyrna | 57,177 | 687 | 120.2 | 14 |
| College Park | 13,953 | 200 | 143.3 | 15 |
What the geography does to a Douglasville projection
16 miles separate Douglasville from Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. Lease pricing follows Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, while revenue stays capped by the 40,540 residents here. Median household income runs $76,591, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 40,540 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. Douglasville is the Douglas County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Georgia towns
- Mableton 78,314 residents
- Powder Springs 19,632 residents
- Villa Rica 20,095 residents
- East Point 38,270 residents
- Smyrna 57,177 residents
- College Park 13,953 residents
Douglasville owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Douglasville, and in what?
Across 30 fields, Douglasville carries 669 enumerated clinicians, 165.0 per 10,000 of the 40,540 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 109 of the total, then home health at 80. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Douglas County's shortage designation change?
Douglas County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Douglasville can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Douglas County show so little SBA activity?
Douglas County shows 3 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 62 lending establishments operate locally.
04Is Douglasville underwritten as part of Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA sits 16 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA; the 40,540 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05Which fields carry the volume in Douglasville?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 109 of them, ahead of home health at 80, across 30 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
06Is there local lending capacity in Douglas County?
County Business Patterns records 62 credit intermediation establishments in Douglas County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Douglasville 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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