South Carolina micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Easley, South Carolina
Direct answer
453 healthcare providers hold a Easley practice address, 167.8 per 10,000 of its 27,001 residents, 26 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Pickens County recorded 4 SBA healthcare approvals worth $1,018,500, and Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC sits 13 miles out.
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- Population: 27,001 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 453 across 28 fields2
- Median household income: $65,3303
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 120 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, 13 miles1
Who is enumerated in Easley
453 providers across 28 fields, 167.8 per 10,000 residents, counted at Easley addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 120 | 44.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 69 | 25.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 36 | 13.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 32 | 11.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 30 | 11.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 20 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 18 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 18 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 18 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 18 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 15 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 8 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 8 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 7 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 5 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 4 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 15 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 120 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What lenders have already approved in Pickens County
With 4 healthcare approvals recorded, Pickens County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 4 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $1,018,500 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $254,625 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 61 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
Density of 167.8 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. A short county record of 4 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $65,330 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Easley households actually spend.
Programs the Easley mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 28 fields that actually practice in Easley, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on South Carolina and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Easley file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, general dentistry account for most of what is enumerated in Easley, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (120) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (69) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| General dentistry (36) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
NPPES supplies the Easley counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Easley file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring South Carolina towns
167.8 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Easley
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easley (current) | 27,001 | 453 | 167.8 | |
| Clemson | 18,610 | 208 | 111.8 | 16 |
| Simpsonville | 28,078 | 605 | 215.5 | 20 |
| Fountain Inn | 13,786 | 66 | 47.9 | 23 |
| Spartanburg | 39,606 | 1,456 | 367.6 | 38 |
| Greenwood | 22,667 | 565 | 249.3 | 49 |
| Gaffney | 12,546 | 225 | 179.3 | 55 |
What the geography does to a Easley projection
13 miles separate Easley from Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. Lease pricing follows Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, while revenue stays capped by the 27,001 residents here. Households here carry $65,330 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable.
More of South Carolina
- Clemson 18,610 residents
- Simpsonville 28,078 residents
- Fountain Inn 13,786 residents
- Spartanburg 39,606 residents
- Greenwood 22,667 residents
- Gaffney 12,546 residents
What owners in Easley ask
01How many providers practice in Easley, and in what?
453 enumerations sit at Easley addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 167.8 for every 10,000 residents. 26 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 69. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 453 here cover fewer than 453 practices.
02Why does Pickens County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 4 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Pickens County. That tracks how few Pickens County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 61 credit intermediation establishments operate in Pickens County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03Is Easley underwritten as part of Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC?
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC sits 13 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC; the 27,001 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04Which fields carry the volume in Easley?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 120 of them, ahead of primary care and family medicine at 69, across 28 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
05What does Pickens County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Pickens County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 27,001 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
06Is there local lending capacity in Pickens County?
County Business Patterns records 61 credit intermediation establishments in Pickens County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Easley 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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