Mississippi micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Gulfport, Mississippi
Direct answer
Harrison County carries 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $1,123,800, and inside Gulfport the census shows 771 enumerated clinicians against 74,621 residents, 103.3 per 10,000, 20 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS lies 0 miles away.
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- Population: 74,621 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 771 across 33 fields2
- Median household income: $46,0443
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 157 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 9 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, 0 miles1
Who is enumerated in Gulfport
The NPPES file puts 771 enumerated clinicians inside Gulfport, spread over 33 fields at 103.3 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 157 | 21.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 78 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 63 | 8.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 62 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 51 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 46 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 32 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 31 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 29 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 27 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 25 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 25 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 23 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 18 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 14 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 10 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 7 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 7 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 7 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 7 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 6 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 6 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 6 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 6 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 5 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 4 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 23 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Gulfport practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 20 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Harrison County
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $1,123,800 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | $1,123,800 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 172 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
Underwriting starts with 103.3 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. A short county record of 1 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $46,044 in Gulfport is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Gulfport mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 33 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Mississippi.
The first pages of a Gulfport file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Gulfport, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (157) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (78) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Primary care and family medicine (63) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Gulfport counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Gulfport file is bound by them.
Gulfport against nearby Mississippi markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Gulfport has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport (current) | 74,621 | 771 | 103.3 | |
| Long Beach | 17,217 | 69 | 40.1 | 7 |
| Biloxi | 48,144 | 523 | 108.6 | 8 |
| Ocean Springs | 18,954 | 348 | 183.6 | 17 |
| Gautier | 19,055 | 63 | 33.1 | 24 |
| Pascagoula | 21,476 | 193 | 89.9 | 31 |
| Moss Point | 11,791 | 69 | 58.5 | 32 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Gulfport
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS lies 0 miles from Gulfport, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Gulfport-Biloxi, MS rents while 74,621 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $46,044 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. A college in Gulfport puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Gulfport is the Harrison County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Mississippi
- Long Beach 17,217 residents
- Biloxi 48,144 residents
- Ocean Springs 18,954 residents
- Gautier 19,055 residents
- Pascagoula 21,476 residents
- Moss Point 11,791 residents
Questions from Gulfport
01How many providers practice in Gulfport, and in what?
771 enumerations sit at Gulfport addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 103.3 for every 10,000 residents. 20 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and specialty physician groups follows with 78. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 771 here cover fewer than 771 practices.
02Which fields carry the volume in Gulfport?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 157 of them, ahead of specialty physician groups at 78, across 33 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
03What does Harrison County's shortage designation change?
Harrison County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Gulfport can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Why does Harrison County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 1 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Harrison County. That tracks how few Harrison County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 172 credit intermediation establishments operate in Harrison County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
05How does the hospital in Gulfport affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 9 Medicare-certified providers hold Gulfport addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 103.3 per 10,000 market.
06Is there local lending capacity in Harrison County?
County Business Patterns records 172 credit intermediation establishments in Harrison County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Gulfport 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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