Mississippi micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Olive Branch, Mississippi
Direct answer
47,365 residents, 246 enumerated clinicians, 51.9 per 10,000, 30 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Olive Branch market a funder prices. DeSoto County adds 4 healthcare approvals worth $9,795,000 and 13 miles of distance to Memphis, TN-MS-AR.
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- Population: 47,365 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 246 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $98,4213
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 75 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 13 miles1
Who is enumerated in Olive Branch
51.9 providers per 10,000 residents is what 246 enumerations across 26 fields works out to in a town of 47,365
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 75 | 15.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 25 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 18 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 15 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 15 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 13 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 13 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 10 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 8 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 8 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 5 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 75 of the 246 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Loan activity in DeSoto County
4 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 | 4 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $9,795,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $2,448,750 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 142 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
The ratio that matters up front is 51.9 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. With 4 approvals on record in DeSoto County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $98,421 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Olive Branch households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The 26 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Mississippi.
The first pages of a Olive Branch file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Olive Branch that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, primary care and family medicine.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (75) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (25) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Primary care and family medicine (18) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
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 Olive Branch prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 51.9 per 10,000 here
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Branch (current) | 47,365 | 246 | 51.9 | |
| Southaven | 57,493 | 587 | 102.1 | 8 |
| Hernando | 18,542 | 123 | 66.3 | 11 |
| Horn Lake | 26,574 | 65 | 24.5 | 12 |
| Oxford | 26,801 | 450 | 167.9 | 45 |
| Clarksdale | 13,861 | 136 | 98.1 | 67 |
| Corinth | 14,219 | 287 | 201.8 | 75 |
What the geography does to a Olive Branch projection
13 miles separate Olive Branch from Memphis, TN-MS-AR. Lease pricing follows Memphis, TN-MS-AR, while revenue stays capped by the 47,365 residents here. Median household income runs $98,421, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable.
Nearby Mississippi towns
Olive Branch owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Olive Branch, and in what?
NPPES lists 246 providers at a Olive Branch practice address, 51.9 per 10,000 residents across 26 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 75 of them, 30 percent of the total, with general dentistry next at 25. Read that as clinicians: 246 enumerations, not 246 owners.
02Why does DeSoto County show so little SBA activity?
DeSoto County shows 4 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. 142 lending establishments operate locally.
03What does a $98,421 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Olive Branch runs $98,421. On elective and cash-pay work that is the number a funder converts into case acceptance, and it sets how much of a treatment plan a projection can assume gets started rather than deferred.
04What does DeSoto County's shortage designation change?
DeSoto County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Olive Branch can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
05How does the hospital in Olive Branch affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 3 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 51.9 per 10,000 market.
06Which fields carry the volume in Olive Branch?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 75 of them, ahead of general dentistry at 25, across 26 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
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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