Rhode Island micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Cranston, Rhode Island
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Cranston runs 79.7 providers per 10,000 residents, 673 clinicians against 84,448 people, 29 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Providence County lenders have approved 8 healthcare files worth $715,000 and the nearest metro is 5 miles out.
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- Population: 84,448 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 673 across 30 fields2
- Median household income: $87,7163
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 198 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 5 miles1
Cranston clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 673 enumerated clinicians inside Cranston, spread over 30 fields at 79.7 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 198 | 23.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 58 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 57 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 53 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 34 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 34 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 33 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 33 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 27 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 26 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 25 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 24 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 16 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 15 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Fertility and IVF | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 13 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 4 | CMS [4] |
A single Cranston practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 29 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
The lending record behind Cranston
With 8 healthcare approvals recorded, Providence County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 8 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $715,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $89,375 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 366 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
Underwriting starts with 79.7 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. A short county record of 8 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $87,716 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Cranston households actually spend.
Programs the Cranston mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 30 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Rhode Island rules and the partner decide availability.
What a funder reads first in Cranston
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, behavioral and mental health group practices account for most of what is enumerated in Cranston, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (198) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (58) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (57) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
Counts in the first column are Cranston providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Cranston, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Cranston prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Cranston has too few sales of its own
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranston (current) | 84,448 | 673 | 79.7 | |
| East Providence | 47,961 | 335 | 69.8 | 7 |
| Pawtucket | 76,996 | 608 | 79.0 | 9 |
| Central Falls | 23,034 | 47 | 20.4 | 10 |
| Woonsocket | 44,508 | 339 | 76.2 | 16 |
| Newport | 24,482 | 179 | 73.1 | 22 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Cranston
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA lies 5 miles from Cranston, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Providence-Warwick, RI-MA rents while 84,448 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $87,716 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. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year.
Other Rhode Island markets
- East Providence 47,961 residents
- Pawtucket 76,996 residents
- Central Falls 23,034 residents
- Woonsocket 44,508 residents
- Newport 24,482 residents
Questions from Cranston
01How many providers practice in Cranston, and in what?
673 enumerations sit at Cranston addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 79.7 for every 10,000 residents. 29 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and specialty physician groups follows with 58. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 673 here cover fewer than 673 practices.
02What does Providence County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Providence County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Cranston and evidences a staffing ramp in a 84,448 resident market.
03Why does Providence County show so little SBA activity?
Only 8 healthcare approvals appear for Providence County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Providence County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 366 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Cranston underwritten as part of Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA sits 5 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Providence-Warwick, RI-MA; the 84,448 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05Is there local lending capacity in Providence County?
County Business Patterns records 366 credit intermediation establishments in Providence County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Cranston rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06Which fields carry the volume in Cranston?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 198 of them, ahead of specialty physician groups at 58, across 30 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
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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