New Jersey micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Chatham, New Jersey
Direct answer
Morris County carries 13 SBA healthcare approvals worth $7,063,000, and inside Chatham the census shows 185 enumerated clinicians against 10,062 residents, 183.9 per 10,000, 41 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ lies 24 miles away.
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- Population: 10,062 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 185 across 21 fields2
- Median household income: $250,0013
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 76 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 24 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 13 approvals totaling $7,063,0004
Chatham clinicians, by field
185 providers across 21 fields, 183.9 per 10,000 residents, counted at Chatham addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 76 | 75.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 16 | 15.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 13 | 12.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 11 | 10.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 11 | 10.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 9 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 7 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 4 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 4 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 4 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 4 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 4 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [5] |
A single Chatham practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 41 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Morris County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
13 healthcare approvals averaging $543,308 set the deal shape lenders in Morris County have already underwritten
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 13 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [4] |
| Approved dollars | $7,063,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [4] |
| Average approval | $543,308 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [4] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 311 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
183.9 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 13 approvals worth $7,063,000 in Morris County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. With $250,001 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Chatham households actually spend.
Programs the Chatham mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Chatham does not appear. Availability is still a New Jersey question.
The first pages of a Chatham file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, general dentistry account for most of what is enumerated in Chatham, 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 (76) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (16) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| General dentistry (13) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
NPPES supplies the Chatham counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Chatham file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring New Jersey towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Chatham has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham (current) | 10,062 | 185 | 183.9 | |
| Florham Park | 14,533 | 286 | 196.8 | 2 |
| Madison | 16,555 | 139 | 84.0 | 2 |
| Summit | 23,102 | 394 | 170.5 | 2 |
| New Providence | 13,957 | 133 | 95.3 | 3 |
| Morristown | 20,732 | 845 | 407.6 | 6 |
| Westfield | 32,050 | 494 | 154.1 | 7 |
How Chatham sits against the nearest metro
Distance to New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 24 miles. Appraisers borrow New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ rents, and the 10,062 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $250,001, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
More of New Jersey
- Florham Park 14,533 residents
- Madison 16,555 residents
- Summit 23,102 residents
- New Providence 13,957 residents
- Morristown 20,732 residents
- Westfield 32,050 residents
What owners in Chatham ask
01How many providers practice in Chatham, and in what?
Across 21 fields, Chatham carries 185 enumerated clinicians, 183.9 per 10,000 of the 10,062 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 76 of the total, then chiropractic at 16. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Morris County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Morris County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
03Is Chatham underwritten as part of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ sits 24 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ; the 10,062 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04What does a $250,001 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Chatham runs $250,001. 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.
05What does SBA lending look like around Chatham?
$7,063,000 went to healthcare borrowers in Morris County across 13 approvals, $543,308 on average. Deals near Chatham get sized against that record before anything else.
06Is there local lending capacity in Morris County?
County Business Patterns records 311 credit intermediation establishments in Morris County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Chatham 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
- 4U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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