Missouri micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Belton, Missouri
Direct answer
A Belton file is read against 187 local clinicians, 72.3 for every 10,000 of its 25,861 residents, 32 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $146,400 already recorded in Cass County, 21 miles from Kansas City, MO-KS.
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- Population: 25,861 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 187 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $70,5253
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 59 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Kansas City, MO-KS, 21 miles1
Fields practicing inside Belton
The NPPES file puts 187 enumerated clinicians inside Belton, spread over 22 fields at 72.3 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 59 | 22.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 30 | 11.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 24 | 9.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 12 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 11 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 9 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 6 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Belton practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 32 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Cass County credit files already show
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 1 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $146,400 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $146,400 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 50 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Belton the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 72.3 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A short county record of 1 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $70,525 in Belton is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Belton mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The order comes from Belton's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 32 percent. What a partner can actually place in Missouri is a separate question.
The first pages of a Belton file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, general dentistry
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (59) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (30) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| General dentistry (24) | 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 Belton clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Belton file differently.
How Belton prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 72.3 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belton (current) | 25,861 | 187 | 72.3 | |
| Raymore | 25,962 | 109 | 42.0 | 4 |
| Grandview | 26,630 | 168 | 63.1 | 4 |
| Raytown | 29,244 | 244 | 83.4 | 13 |
| Blue Springs | 61,246 | 446 | 72.8 | 19 |
| Grain Valley | 16,859 | 102 | 60.5 | 22 |
| Gladstone | 27,579 | 198 | 71.8 | 27 |
What the geography does to a Belton projection
21 miles separate Belton from Kansas City, MO-KS. Lease pricing follows Kansas City, MO-KS, while revenue stays capped by the 25,861 residents here. Households here carry $70,525 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against.
Nearby Missouri towns
- Raymore 25,962 residents
- Grandview 26,630 residents
- Raytown 29,244 residents
- Blue Springs 61,246 residents
- Grain Valley 16,859 residents
- Gladstone 27,579 residents
Belton owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Belton, and in what?
187 enumerations sit at Belton addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 72.3 for every 10,000 residents. 32 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and chiropractic follows with 30. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 187 here cover fewer than 187 practices.
02What does Cass County's shortage designation change?
Cass County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Belton can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Cass County show so little SBA activity?
Only 1 healthcare approvals appear for Cass County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Cass County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 50 credit intermediation establishments.
04How does the hospital in Belton affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 1 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Belton projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
05Which fields carry the volume in Belton?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 59 providers and chiropractic at 30 lead the 22 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.
06Is Belton underwritten as part of Kansas City, MO-KS?
Comparables and demand split at 21 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Kansas City, MO-KS; the revenue line has to hold up against 25,861 local residents.
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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