Washington micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Burien, Washington
Direct answer
King County carries 91 SBA healthcare approvals worth $42,384,900, and inside Burien the census shows 462 enumerated clinicians against 52,046 residents, 88.8 per 10,000, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA lies 10 miles away.
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- Population: 52,046 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 462 across 25 fields2
- Median household income: $90,5973
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 95 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 10 miles1
What NPPES records at Burien addresses
88.8 providers per 10,000 residents is what 462 enumerations across 25 fields works out to in a town of 52,046
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 95 | 18.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 66 | 12.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 55 | 10.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 45 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 45 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 29 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 23 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 18 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 17 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 7 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 6 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 6 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 95 of the 462 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
King County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
91 healthcare approvals averaging $465,768 set the deal shape lenders in King County have already underwritten
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 91 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $42,384,900 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | $465,768 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 1,205 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Burien the way a credit committee does
A file from here opens on 88.8 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. 91 approvals worth $42,384,900 in King County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. A $90,597 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 order comes from Burien's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 21 percent. What a partner can actually place in Washington is a separate question.
What a funder reads first in Burien
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices account for most of what is enumerated in Burien, 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 (95) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (66) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (55) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
Burien against nearby Washington markets
Comparables travel. These are the Washington towns whose density, at 88.8 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burien (current) | 52,046 | 462 | 88.8 | |
| SeaTac | 34,024 | 103 | 30.3 | 3 |
| Tukwila | 21,636 | 683 | 315.7 | 3 |
| Des Moines | 33,207 | 185 | 55.7 | 6 |
| Mercer Island | 25,302 | 202 | 79.8 | 8 |
| Newcastle | 13,072 | 78 | 59.7 | 9 |
| Bainbridge Island | 24,618 | 235 | 95.5 | 14 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Burien
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA lies 10 miles from Burien, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA rents while 52,046 residents set the revenue ceiling. Median household income runs $90,597, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 52,046 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost.
Other Washington markets
- SeaTac 34,024 residents
- Tukwila 21,636 residents
- Des Moines 33,207 residents
- Mercer Island 25,302 residents
- Newcastle 13,072 residents
- Bainbridge Island 24,618 residents
What owners in Burien ask
01How many providers practice in Burien, and in what?
NPPES lists 462 providers at a Burien practice address, 88.8 per 10,000 residents across 25 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 95 of them, 21 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 66. Read that as clinicians: 462 enumerations, not 462 owners.
02What does SBA lending look like around Burien?
Healthcare borrowers in King County took 91 approvals worth $42,384,900 in the published fiscal year, averaging $465,768. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Burien reaches for first.
03Is Burien underwritten as part of Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?
Comparables and demand split at 10 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA; the revenue line has to hold up against 52,046 local residents.
04What does King County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, King 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.
05Which fields carry the volume in Burien?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 95 providers and primary care and family medicine at 66 lead the 25 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
06How does the hospital in Burien affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 2 Medicare-certified providers hold Burien addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 88.8 per 10,000 market.
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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