Georgia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Duluth, Georgia
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Duluth runs 311.5 providers per 10,000 residents, 1,033 clinicians against 33,157 people, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Gwinnett County lenders have approved 39 healthcare files worth $20,020,400 and the nearest metro is 23 miles out.
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- Population: 33,157 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 1,033 across 33 fields2
- Median household income: $95,5803
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 216 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 11 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 23 miles1
Duluth clinicians, by field
1,033 providers across 33 fields, 311.5 per 10,000 residents, counted at Duluth addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 216 | 65.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 111 | 33.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 86 | 25.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 84 | 25.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 74 | 22.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 69 | 20.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 60 | 18.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 58 | 17.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 45 | 13.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 35 | 10.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 33 | 10.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 25 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 17 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 16 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 14 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 9 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 8 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 8 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 8 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 8 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 8 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 6 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 22 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 216 of the 1,033 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Gwinnett County
Lenders in Gwinnett County have already closed 39 healthcare approvals, averaging $513,344, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 39 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $20,020,400 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $513,344 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 531 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
A file from here opens on 311.5 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. 39 approvals worth $20,020,400 in Gwinnett County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. With $95,580 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Duluth households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
Weighted by how often each of the 33 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Georgia rules and the partner decide availability.
Underwriting by field in Duluth
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, general dentistry account for most of what is enumerated in Duluth, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (216) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (111) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| General dentistry (86) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Column one counts Duluth clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Duluth file differently.
How Duluth prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the Georgia towns whose density, at 311.5 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth (current) | 33,157 | 1,033 | 311.5 | |
| Johns Creek | 81,167 | 391 | 48.2 | 4 |
| Norcross | 18,902 | 772 | 408.4 | 5 |
| Peachtree Corners | 42,638 | 200 | 46.9 | 5 |
| Suwanee | 23,062 | 895 | 388.1 | 6 |
| Lilburn | 16,210 | 394 | 243.1 | 8 |
| Doraville | 12,436 | 108 | 86.8 | 9 |
How Duluth sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 23 miles. Appraisers borrow Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA rents, and the 33,157 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $95,580, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Duluth.
More of Georgia
- Johns Creek 81,167 residents
- Norcross 18,902 residents
- Peachtree Corners 42,638 residents
- Suwanee 23,062 residents
- Lilburn 16,210 residents
- Doraville 12,436 residents
What owners in Duluth ask
01How many providers practice in Duluth, and in what?
NPPES lists 1,033 providers at a Duluth practice address, 311.5 per 10,000 residents across 33 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 216 of them, 21 percent of the total, with chiropractic next at 111. Read that as clinicians: 1,033 enumerations, not 1,033 owners.
02What does Gwinnett County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Gwinnett County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 33,157 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03How does the hospital in Duluth affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 11 Medicare-certified providers hold Duluth addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 311.5 per 10,000 market.
04Which fields carry the volume in Duluth?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 216 providers and chiropractic at 111 lead the 33 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.
05What does SBA lending look like around Duluth?
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 Duluth reaches for first.
06Is Duluth underwritten as part of Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA sits 23 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 33,157 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
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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