Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Willoughby, Ohio
Direct answer
343 healthcare providers hold a Willoughby practice address, 141.7 per 10,000 of its 24,208 residents, 16 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices. Lake County recorded 4 SBA healthcare approvals worth $250,000, and Cleveland, OH sits 18 miles out.
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- Population: 24,208 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 343 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $70,8843
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 55 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Cleveland, OH, 18 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
The NPPES file puts 343 enumerated clinicians inside Willoughby, spread over 31 fields at 141.7 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 55 | 22.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 42 | 17.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 35 | 14.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 31 | 12.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 26 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 19 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 15 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 15 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 14 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 13 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 12 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 11 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 10 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Behavioral and mental health group practices carries 55 of the 343 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
The lending record behind Willoughby
4 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 4 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $250,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $62,500 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 104 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Willoughby the way a credit committee does
A file from here opens on 141.7 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. Lake County has 4 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $70,884 in Willoughby is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The order comes from Willoughby's own provider mix, which behavioral and mental health group practices dominates at 16 percent. What a partner can actually place in Ohio is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Willoughby
behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Willoughby, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (55) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (42) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (35) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
NPPES supplies the Willoughby counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Willoughby file is bound by them.
How Willoughby prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 141.7 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby (current) | 24,208 | 343 | 141.7 | |
| Eastlake | 17,423 | 33 | 18.9 | 1 |
| Willowick | 14,159 | 42 | 29.7 | 3 |
| Wickliffe | 12,659 | 81 | 64.0 | 4 |
| Mentor | 47,113 | 641 | 136.1 | 5 |
| Euclid | 48,421 | 476 | 98.3 | 7 |
| Richmond Heights | 10,552 | 92 | 87.2 | 8 |
What the geography does to a Willoughby projection
18 miles separate Willoughby from Cleveland, OH. Lease pricing follows Cleveland, OH, while revenue stays capped by the 24,208 residents here. At $70,884 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set.
Other Ohio markets
What owners in Willoughby ask
01How many providers practice in Willoughby, and in what?
Across 31 fields, Willoughby carries 343 enumerated clinicians, 141.7 per 10,000 of the 24,208 people living here. The concentration is in behavioral and mental health group practices, 55 of the total, then physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 42. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Lake County show so little SBA activity?
Only 4 healthcare approvals appear for Lake County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Lake County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 104 credit intermediation establishments.
03Is Willoughby underwritten as part of Cleveland, OH?
Cleveland, OH sits 18 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Cleveland, OH; the 24,208 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04What does Lake County's shortage designation change?
Lake County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Willoughby can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
05Is there local lending capacity in Lake County?
County Business Patterns records 104 credit intermediation establishments in Lake County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Willoughby rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06How does the hospital in Willoughby affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 3 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Willoughby projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
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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