Michigan micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Portage, Michigan
Direct answer
49,975 residents, 597 enumerated clinicians, 119.5 per 10,000, 22 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Portage market a funder prices. Kalamazoo County adds 4 healthcare approvals worth $1,535,000 and 5 miles of distance to Kalamazoo-Portage, MI.
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- Population: 49,975 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 597 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $79,5293
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 133 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 11 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, 5 miles1
Fields practicing inside Portage
119.5 providers per 10,000 residents is what 597 enumerations across 27 fields works out to in a town of 49,975
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 133 | 26.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 60 | 12.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 56 | 11.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 49 | 9.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 45 | 9.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 42 | 8.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 32 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 29 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 22 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 21 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 13 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 13 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 12 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 10 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 9 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 9 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 8 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 7 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 5 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 133 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 Portage
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 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $1,535,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | $383,750 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 132 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
119.5 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 4 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $79,529 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Portage households actually spend.
Programs the Portage mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 27 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Michigan.
The first pages of a Portage file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, aba and autism therapy, general dentistry account for most of what is enumerated in Portage, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (133) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| ABA and autism therapy (60) | Authorized hours against delivered hours, Payer mix stability, Billing compliance history | Working capital against authorization and billing lag |
| General dentistry (56) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
How Portage prices against its neighbors
119.5 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Portage
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage (current) | 49,975 | 597 | 119.5 | |
| Kalamazoo | 73,290 | 1,648 | 224.9 | 5 |
| Battle Creek | 52,205 | 733 | 140.4 | 20 |
| Sturgis | 11,030 | 116 | 105.2 | 29 |
| Coldwater | 14,314 | 204 | 142.5 | 35 |
| Niles | 11,738 | 218 | 185.7 | 42 |
| Holland | 35,023 | 767 | 219.0 | 47 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Portage
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI lies 5 miles from Portage, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Kalamazoo-Portage, MI rents while 49,975 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $79,529 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Referral flow comes from outside Portage, which a projection needs to state plainly. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar.
More of Michigan
What owners in Portage ask
01How many providers practice in Portage, and in what?
597 enumerations sit at Portage addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 119.5 for every 10,000 residents. 22 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and aba and autism therapy follows with 60. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 597 here cover fewer than 597 practices.
02Why does Kalamazoo County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 4 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Kalamazoo County. That tracks how few Kalamazoo County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 132 credit intermediation establishments operate in Kalamazoo County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03Is Portage underwritten as part of Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?
Comparables and demand split at 5 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Kalamazoo-Portage, MI; the revenue line has to hold up against 49,975 local residents.
04What does Kalamazoo County's shortage designation change?
Kalamazoo County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Portage can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
05Which fields carry the volume in Portage?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 133 of them, ahead of aba and autism therapy at 60, across 27 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Portage?
The town carries 11 Medicare-certified providers. On a receivables request that number sets the expected collection lag, which is priced before anything about the practice itself is read.
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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