Lauderdale County, AL had 62 offices of other health practitioners with employees in 2023, a Census group that includes chiropractors, physical and occupational therapists and optometrists. More than half had fewer than five employees. This page covers their counts, equipment financing, practice purchases and the records partners read.
At a glance
- Employer establishments
62 employer locations countywide (CBP 2023)
- Fewer than five employees
54.8% of the county's 62 (CBP 2023)
- Annual payroll
$19.6 million across 437 employees (CBP 2023)
- Without paid employees
126 counted with no payroll (NES 2024)
Counts for Chiropractic, Therapy and Optometry Offices in Lauderdale County, AL
Among offices of other health practitioners (NAICS 6213), the Census group for chiropractors, therapists and optometrists, Lauderdale County, AL had 62 employer establishments in 2023 with 437 paid employees and $19.6 million in annual payroll; 34 of them, or 54.8%, had fewer than five employees, and 45 used a ZIP 35630 address (County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). That is about 7.0 employees per establishment and about $44,961 of payroll per employee (our arithmetic).
Nonemployer Statistics, a separate program that uses NAICS 2022 codes, counted 126 businesses without paid employees in offices of other health practitioners (NAICS 2022 6213) in the county in 2024, with $5.6 million in combined receipts, or about $44,413 each (our arithmetic). The two programs count different businesses and are not added together here.
Chiropractic Financing for Florence, AL Owners
These offices bill a mix of patient payments and insurance, with visits that repeat over a course of care. The size of the cash gap depends on the payer mix, and the equipment is specialized: adjusting tables, decompression units, therapy equipment, exam lanes and diagnostic instruments. Funding needs split between equipment, the space it sits in, and the purchase of an established practice.
Chiropractic Business Loans: When It Fits in Florence, AL
| The cost | Funding type to compare | What a partner reads |
|---|---|---|
| Adjusting tables, decompression or therapy units | Equipment financing | The quote and visit volume |
| Optometry exam lane or diagnostic instruments | Equipment financing or a lease | The quote |
| Buying an established practice | Term loan | The seller's collections |
| Payroll while insurance pays | Working capital | Deposits and claims aging |
Optometry Practice Loans: How It Works in Florence, AL
An optometry office adds a retail side: frames and lenses held as stock and sold at the visit. That stock can be financed like other inventory, while exam equipment goes through equipment financing. A partner reads both the clinical collections and the optical sales.
Optometry Business Loans: What Partners Review in Florence, AL
- Collections by payer and by month
- Optical sales and frame inventory at cost
- Quotes for exam lanes or diagnostic equipment
- The firm's bank statements and its returns
- The lease and its remaining term
Physical Therapy Loans for Florence, AL Owners
A therapy clinic's costs are space, staff and equipment, and its visits are billed largely to insurers. Equipment financing covers the gym and modality equipment; a term loan covers a build-out or a second clinic; working capital covers payroll during a claims delay.
Illustration only, invented figures: a $28,000 set of therapy equipment financed at 10% a year over 48 months costs about $710 a month, about $34,087 in total. At $95 collected per visit, about 7 visits a month cover the payment (our arithmetic on invented figures).
Physical Therapy Business Loan Across Lauderdale County, AL
Opening a second location is a different request from equipping the first. A partner reads whether the first clinic's collections can carry the new payments while the second one builds a caseload, and how long that is expected to take. A written plan with the lease, the build-out quote and staffing costs answers most of the questions before they are asked.
Buying an Established Chiropractic or Therapy Practice
- The seller's collections for the last two to three years
- Active patient counts and visit volume
- Equipment list with age and condition
- The space lease and any landlord consent needed to assign it
- Any non-compete and transition terms in the purchase agreement
Health Care Employers in the Shoals ZIPs Around Florence, AL
ZIP 35630 held 45 of the county's 62 offices of other health practitioners, or 72.6% (our arithmetic; ZBP and CBP 2023). In Colbert County, AL, health care and social assistance had 65 employers in ZIP 35661 (Muscle Shoals, AL) and 38 in ZIP 35660 (Sheffield, AL), counts that cover every kind of health care employer, not only therapy and chiropractic offices (ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023).
A practice drawing patients from both counties can describe its own patient addresses in the request; that is something its records show, and Census counts cannot.
Questions to Settle Before an Equipment or Practice Request
- How many visits a week does the practice see now, and how many would the new equipment add?
- Which payers cover the services the equipment provides?
- Is the equipment new or used, and does the seller offer a service contract?
- For a purchase: will the selling practitioner stay on for a transition, and for how long?
- Does the lease allow the build-out or the added equipment?
Answering these in writing before the call keeps the first conversation short and gives a partner what it needs to read the request.
Health Care Practices With Their Own Pages
Physician offices and dental offices have their own counts and notes: see medical practice business loans in Florence, AL and dental practice loans across Lauderdale County, AL.
By Coastspring Funding Group · Updated