New Jersey micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Paramus, New Jersey
Direct answer
813 healthcare providers hold a Paramus practice address, 303.5 per 10,000 of its 26,786 residents, 18 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Bergen County recorded 39 SBA healthcare approvals worth $19,343,600, and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ sits 21 miles out.
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- Population: 26,786 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 813 across 34 fields2
- Median household income: $139,7073
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 148 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 8 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 21 miles1
The provider census in Paramus
303.5 providers per 10,000 residents is what 813 enumerations across 34 fields works out to in a town of 26,786
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 148 | 55.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 86 | 32.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 69 | 25.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 62 | 23.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 54 | 20.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 53 | 19.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 35 | 13.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 35 | 13.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 32 | 11.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 27 | 10.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 21 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 21 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 18 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 17 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 16 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 14 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 11 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 11 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 9 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 9 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 9 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 8 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 8 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 7 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 4 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Fertility and IVF | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 12 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Paramus practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 18 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What lenders have already approved in Bergen County
Lenders in Bergen County have already closed 39 healthcare approvals, averaging $495,990, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 39 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $19,343,600 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | $495,990 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 598 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Paramus the way a credit committee does
At 303.5 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A request measured against 39 prior Bergen County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. Household income of $139,707 in Paramus is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Paramus 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 Paramus does not appear. Availability is still a New Jersey question.
The first pages of a Paramus file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, aba and autism therapy account for most of what is enumerated in Paramus, 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 (148) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (86) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| ABA and autism therapy (69) | Authorized hours against delivered hours, Payer mix stability, Billing compliance history | Working capital against authorization and billing lag |
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 Paramus prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the New Jersey towns whose density, at 303.5 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramus (current) | 26,786 | 813 | 303.5 | |
| River Edge | 12,235 | 92 | 75.2 | 2 |
| Fair Lawn | 36,489 | 629 | 172.4 | 3 |
| Glen Rock | 12,346 | 159 | 128.8 | 3 |
| Maywood | 10,221 | 110 | 107.6 | 3 |
| New Milford | 17,229 | 86 | 49.9 | 3 |
| Ridgewood | 26,701 | 359 | 134.5 | 3 |
How Paramus sits against the nearest metro
Distance to New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 21 miles. Appraisers borrow New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ rents, and the 26,786 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $139,707 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. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year.
Nearby New Jersey towns
- River Edge 12,235 residents
- Fair Lawn 36,489 residents
- Glen Rock 12,346 residents
- Maywood 10,221 residents
- New Milford 17,229 residents
- Ridgewood 26,701 residents
Paramus owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Paramus, and in what?
NPPES lists 813 providers at a Paramus practice address, 303.5 per 10,000 residents across 34 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 148 of them, 18 percent of the total, with specialty physician groups next at 86. Read that as clinicians: 813 enumerations, not 813 owners.
02What does SBA lending look like around Paramus?
Healthcare borrowers in Bergen County took 39 approvals worth $19,343,600 in the published fiscal year, averaging $495,990. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Paramus reaches for first.
03Which fields carry the volume in Paramus?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 148 providers and specialty physician groups at 86 lead the 34 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.
04Is Paramus underwritten as part of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
Comparables and demand split at 21 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ; the revenue line has to hold up against 26,786 local residents.
05What does a $139,707 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Paramus runs $139,707. 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.
06How does the hospital in Paramus 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. 8 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 303.5 per 10,000 market.
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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