Tennessee micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Dickson, Tennessee
Direct answer
A Dickson file is read against 298 local clinicians, 176.6 for every 10,000 of its 16,878 residents, 32 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $400,000 already recorded in Dickson County, 33 miles from Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
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- Population: 16,878 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 298 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $69,0743
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 96 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 33 miles1
What NPPES records at Dickson addresses
Counted at the town's own addresses: 298 providers, 31 fields, 176.6 clinicians per 10,000 of the 16,878 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 96 | 56.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 25 | 14.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 24 | 14.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 19 | 11.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 18 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 16 | 9.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 15 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 6 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 96 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Dickson County
With 1 healthcare approvals recorded, Dickson County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 1 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $400,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $400,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 52 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Underwriting starts with 176.6 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. A short county record of 1 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. A $69,074 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Dickson does not appear. Availability is still a Tennessee question.
Underwriting by field in Dickson
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, general dentistry account for most of what is enumerated in Dickson, 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 (96) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (25) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| General dentistry (24) | 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 Dickson counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Dickson file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring Tennessee towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Dickson has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickson (current) | 16,878 | 298 | 176.6 | |
| Fairview | 10,535 | 61 | 57.9 | 15 |
| Spring Hill | 59,398 | 290 | 48.8 | 33 |
| Brentwood | 45,525 | 997 | 219.0 | 34 |
| Columbia | 48,812 | 495 | 101.4 | 35 |
| Nolensville | 15,809 | 92 | 58.2 | 40 |
| Goodlettsville | 17,433 | 259 | 148.6 | 41 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Dickson
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN lies 33 miles from Dickson, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $69,074 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. The Medicare-certified hospital in Dickson sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. A college in Dickson puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections.
Nearby Tennessee towns
- Fairview 10,535 residents
- Spring Hill 59,398 residents
- Brentwood 45,525 residents
- Columbia 48,812 residents
- Nolensville 15,809 residents
- Goodlettsville 17,433 residents
Questions from Dickson
01How many providers practice in Dickson, and in what?
298 enumerations sit at Dickson addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 176.6 for every 10,000 residents. 32 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 25. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 298 here cover fewer than 298 practices.
02What does Dickson County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Dickson County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
03Why does Dickson County show so little SBA activity?
Dickson County shows 1 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. 52 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Dickson 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. 2 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 176.6 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Dickson?
The 31 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 96, with primary care and family medicine at 25 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06Is Dickson underwritten as part of Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN sits 33 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN; the 16,878 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
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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