Texas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Friendswood, Texas
Direct answer
382 healthcare providers hold a Friendswood practice address, 92.5 per 10,000 of its 41,291 residents, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Galveston County recorded 4 SBA healthcare approvals worth $2,570,000, and Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX sits 22 miles out.
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- Population: 41,291 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 382 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $125,0523
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 80 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 22 miles1
Fields practicing inside Friendswood
382 providers across 31 fields, 92.5 per 10,000 residents, counted at Friendswood addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 80 | 19.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 39 | 9.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 37 | 9.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 33 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 32 | 7.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 20 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 18 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 15 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 13 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 12 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 11 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 9 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 7 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 7 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 6 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 4 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 80 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 Galveston County
The county file holds 4 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 4 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $2,570,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $642,500 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 176 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
92.5 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 4 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. A $125,052 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
The 31 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Texas.
What a funder reads first in Friendswood
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, optometry and ophthalmology
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (80) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (39) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (37) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Friendswood providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Friendswood, not what any funder will do with your file.
Friendswood against nearby Texas markets
Set Friendswood's 92.5 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendswood (current) | 41,291 | 382 | 92.5 | |
| Webster | 12,548 | 720 | 573.8 | 5 |
| Alvin | 29,869 | 168 | 56.2 | 6 |
| Dickinson | 21,941 | 172 | 78.4 | 9 |
| Manvel | 19,309 | 110 | 57.0 | 10 |
| Santa Fe | 13,131 | 41 | 31.2 | 10 |
| South Houston | 16,146 | 19 | 11.8 | 11 |
What the geography does to a Friendswood projection
22 miles separate Friendswood from Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Lease pricing follows Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, while revenue stays capped by the 41,291 residents here. Households here carry $125,052 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.
Other Texas markets
What owners in Friendswood ask
01How many providers practice in Friendswood, and in what?
NPPES lists 382 providers at a Friendswood practice address, 92.5 per 10,000 residents across 31 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 80 of them, 21 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 39. Read that as clinicians: 382 enumerations, not 382 owners.
02What does a $125,052 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Friendswood runs $125,052. On elective and cash-pay work that is the number a funder converts into case acceptance, and it sets how much of a treatment plan a projection can assume gets started rather than deferred.
03What does Galveston County's shortage designation change?
Galveston County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Friendswood can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Why does Galveston County show so little SBA activity?
Only 4 healthcare approvals appear for Galveston County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Galveston County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 176 credit intermediation establishments.
05Which fields carry the volume in Friendswood?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 80 of them, ahead of primary care and family medicine at 39, across 31 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
06Is Friendswood underwritten as part of Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?
Partly. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 22 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 41,291 residents around Friendswood. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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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