Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Zanesville, Ohio
Direct answer
Muskingum County carries 3 SBA healthcare approvals worth $582,000, and inside Zanesville the census shows 477 enumerated clinicians against 24,916 residents, 191.4 per 10,000, 18 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Columbus, OH lies 52 miles away.
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- Population: 24,916 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 477 across 30 fields2
- Median household income: $39,0853
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 86 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 13 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Columbus, OH, 52 miles1
Zanesville clinicians, by field
191.4 providers per 10,000 residents is what 477 enumerations across 30 fields works out to in a town of 24,916
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 86 | 34.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 54 | 21.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 42 | 16.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 37 | 14.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 36 | 14.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 28 | 11.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 26 | 10.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 22 | 8.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 21 | 8.4 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 17 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 17 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 16 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 13 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 9 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 8 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 7 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 6 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 5 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 4 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 20 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 86 of the 477 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Muskingum County
With 3 healthcare approvals recorded, Muskingum County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 3 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $582,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $194,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 48 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Zanesville the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 191.4 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Muskingum County has 3 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $39,085 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 30 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Ohio.
The first pages of a Zanesville file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (86) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (54) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (42) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
The first column is Zanesville's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Zanesville or anywhere else.
Density beside the neighboring Ohio towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Zanesville has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zanesville (current) | 24,916 | 477 | 191.4 | |
| Cambridge | 10,036 | 191 | 190.3 | 23 |
| Coshocton | 11,114 | 156 | 140.4 | 23 |
| Heath | 10,822 | 98 | 90.6 | 23 |
| Newark | 51,424 | 454 | 88.3 | 23 |
| Lancaster | 41,671 | 581 | 139.4 | 35 |
| Mount Vernon | 17,329 | 267 | 154.1 | 38 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Zanesville
Columbus, OH lies 52 miles from Zanesville, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. At $39,085 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Hospital coverage inside Zanesville means a call schedule can be evidenced rather than described. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Zanesville is the Muskingum County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Ohio towns
Questions from Zanesville
01How many providers practice in Zanesville, and in what?
NPPES lists 477 providers at a Zanesville practice address, 191.4 per 10,000 residents across 30 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 86 of them, 18 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 54. Read that as clinicians: 477 enumerations, not 477 owners.
02What does Muskingum County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Muskingum County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 24,916 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Why does Muskingum County show so little SBA activity?
Muskingum County shows 3 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 48 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Zanesville 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. 13 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 191.4 per 10,000 market.
05Is Zanesville underwritten as part of Columbus, OH?
Comparables and demand split at 52 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Columbus, OH; the revenue line has to hold up against 24,916 local residents.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Zanesville?
The town carries 13 Medicare-certified providers. On a receivables request that number sets the expected collection lag, which is priced before anything about the practice itself is read.
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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