New Jersey micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Direct answer
359 healthcare providers hold a Ridgewood practice address, 134.5 per 10,000 of its 26,701 residents, 19 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 24 miles out.
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- Population: 26,701 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 359 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $217,2503
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 67 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 24 miles1
The provider census in Ridgewood
134.5 providers per 10,000 residents is what 359 enumerations across 27 fields works out to in a town of 26,701
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 67 | 25.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 38 | 14.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 32 | 12.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 32 | 12.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 30 | 11.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 29 | 10.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 20 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 20 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 13 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 11 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 10 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 9 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 6 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 6 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 67 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Bergen County
The published file shows 39 healthcare approvals in Bergen County, $19,343,600 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 39 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $19,343,600 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $495,990 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 598 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Ridgewood the way a credit committee does
134.5 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 39 approvals worth $19,343,600 in Bergen County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. With $217,250 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Ridgewood households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
The order comes from Ridgewood's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 19 percent. What a partner can actually place in New Jersey is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Ridgewood
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, general dentistry
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (67) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (38) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| General dentistry (32) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Counts in the first column are Ridgewood providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Ridgewood, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Ridgewood prices against its neighbors
Set Ridgewood's 134.5 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood (current) | 26,701 | 359 | 134.5 | |
| Glen Rock | 12,346 | 159 | 128.8 | 2 |
| Waldwick | 10,308 | 105 | 101.9 | 2 |
| Fair Lawn | 36,489 | 629 | 172.4 | 3 |
| Hawthorne | 20,006 | 129 | 64.5 | 3 |
| Paramus | 26,786 | 813 | 303.5 | 3 |
| Hillsdale | 10,266 | 44 | 42.9 | 4 |
How Ridgewood 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 26,701 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $217,250 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
More of New Jersey
Ridgewood owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Ridgewood, and in what?
NPPES lists 359 providers at a Ridgewood practice address, 134.5 per 10,000 residents across 27 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 67 of them, 19 percent of the total, with specialty physician groups next at 38. Read that as clinicians: 359 enumerations, not 359 owners.
02What does SBA lending look like around Ridgewood?
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 Ridgewood reaches for first.
03Is Ridgewood underwritten as part of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
Partly. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 24 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 26,701 residents around Ridgewood. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
04What does a $217,250 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Ridgewood runs $217,250. 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.
05Is there local lending capacity in Bergen County?
County Business Patterns records 598 credit intermediation establishments in Bergen County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Ridgewood rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06Which fields carry the volume in Ridgewood?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 67 providers and specialty physician groups at 38 lead the 27 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.
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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