Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Solon, Ohio
Direct answer
323 healthcare providers hold a Solon practice address, 135.3 per 10,000 of its 23,875 residents, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Cuyahoga County recorded 43 SBA healthcare approvals worth $7,768,200, and Cleveland, OH sits 14 miles out.
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- Population: 23,875 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 323 across 30 fields2
- Median household income: $135,1803
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 69 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Cleveland, OH, 14 miles1
Solon clinicians, by field
135.3 providers per 10,000 residents is what 323 enumerations across 30 fields works out to in a town of 23,875
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 69 | 28.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 35 | 14.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 30 | 12.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 28 | 11.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 18 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 16 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 14 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 14 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 13 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 13 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 12 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 11 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 5 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 5 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 3 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 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 | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Solon practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 21 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Cuyahoga County credit files already show
Lenders in Cuyahoga County have already closed 43 healthcare approvals, averaging $180,656, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 43 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $7,768,200 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $180,656 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 715 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Solon the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 135.3 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Because Cuyahoga County already carries $7,768,200 across 43 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. Household income of $135,180 in Solon is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Solon mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Medical receivables factoring
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Solon does not appear. Availability is still a Ohio question.
Underwriting by field in Solon
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Solon that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health, specialty physician groups.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (69) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Home health (35) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
| Specialty physician groups (30) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
NPPES supplies the Solon counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Solon file is bound by them.
Solon against nearby Ohio markets
135.3 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Solon
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solon (current) | 23,875 | 323 | 135.3 | |
| Bedford Heights | 10,791 | 55 | 51.0 | 3 |
| Twinsburg | 19,504 | 213 | 109.2 | 4 |
| Warrensville Heights | 13,450 | 190 | 141.3 | 5 |
| Bedford | 12,834 | 178 | 138.7 | 5 |
| Macedonia | 12,139 | 105 | 86.5 | 6 |
| Beachwood | 13,820 | 964 | 697.5 | 7 |
How Solon sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Cleveland, OH is 14 miles. Appraisers borrow Cleveland, OH rents, and the 23,875 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $135,180 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
Other Ohio markets
- Bedford Heights 10,791 residents
- Twinsburg 19,504 residents
- Warrensville Heights 13,450 residents
- Bedford 12,834 residents
- Macedonia 12,139 residents
- Beachwood 13,820 residents
Questions from Solon
01How many providers practice in Solon, and in what?
NPPES lists 323 providers at a Solon practice address, 135.3 per 10,000 residents across 30 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 69 of them, 21 percent of the total, with home health next at 35. Read that as clinicians: 323 enumerations, not 323 owners.
02What does Cuyahoga County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Cuyahoga County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Solon and evidences a staffing ramp in a 23,875 resident market.
03Which fields carry the volume in Solon?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 69 providers and home health at 35 lead the 30 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.
04What does SBA lending look like around Solon?
Healthcare borrowers in Cuyahoga County took 43 approvals worth $7,768,200 in the published fiscal year, averaging $180,656. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Solon reaches for first.
05Is Solon underwritten as part of Cleveland, OH?
Comparables and demand split at 14 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Cleveland, OH; the revenue line has to hold up against 23,875 local residents.
06What does a $135,180 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Solon runs $135,180. 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.
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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