North Carolina micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Burlington, North Carolina
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Burlington runs 124.2 providers per 10,000 residents, 762 clinicians against 61,365 people, 19 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Alamance County lenders have approved 4 healthcare files worth $2,574,000 and the nearest metro is 0 miles out.
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- Population: 61,365 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 762 across 34 fields2
- Median household income: $54,9413
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 143 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 6 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Burlington, NC, 0 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
762 providers across 34 fields, 124.2 per 10,000 residents, counted at Burlington addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 143 | 23.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 67 | 10.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 59 | 9.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 53 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 45 | 7.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 40 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 39 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 38 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 33 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 32 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 32 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 29 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 23 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 22 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 19 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 15 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 14 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 9 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 8 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 6 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 6 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 17 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 143 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
The lending record behind Burlington
The county file holds 4 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 4 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $2,574,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $643,500 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 76 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Underwriting starts with 124.2 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Alamance County has 4 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $54,941 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Burlington does not appear. Availability is still a North Carolina question.
What a funder reads first in Burlington
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Burlington, 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 (143) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (67) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Specialty physician groups (59) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Column one counts Burlington clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Burlington file differently.
Burlington against nearby North Carolina markets
Comparables travel. These are the North Carolina towns whose density, at 124.2 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington (current) | 61,365 | 762 | 124.2 | |
| Elon | 11,282 | 26 | 23.0 | 3 |
| Graham | 19,311 | 108 | 55.9 | 5 |
| Mebane | 20,654 | 136 | 65.8 | 11 |
| Reidsville | 14,646 | 227 | 155.0 | 21 |
| Carrboro | 21,079 | 155 | 73.5 | 24 |
| Summerfield | 11,333 | 53 | 46.8 | 25 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Burlington
Burlington, NC lies 0 miles from Burlington, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Burlington, NC rents while 61,365 residents set the revenue ceiling. At $54,941 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. The Medicare-certified hospital in Burlington sets the local wage floor before you hire against it.
Nearby North Carolina towns
- Elon 11,282 residents
- Graham 19,311 residents
- Mebane 20,654 residents
- Reidsville 14,646 residents
- Carrboro 21,079 residents
- Summerfield 11,333 residents
What owners in Burlington ask
01How many providers practice in Burlington, and in what?
762 enumerations sit at Burlington addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 124.2 for every 10,000 residents. 19 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and general dentistry follows with 67. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 762 here cover fewer than 762 practices.
02What does Alamance County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Alamance County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Burlington and evidences a staffing ramp in a 61,365 resident market.
03Why does Alamance County show so little SBA activity?
Only 4 healthcare approvals appear for Alamance County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Alamance County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 76 credit intermediation establishments.
04How does the hospital in Burlington affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 6 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Burlington projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
05Is Burlington underwritten as part of Burlington, NC?
Comparables and demand split at 0 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Burlington, NC; the revenue line has to hold up against 61,365 local residents.
06Is there local lending capacity in Alamance County?
County Business Patterns records 76 credit intermediation establishments in Alamance County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Burlington 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
- 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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