Physical Therapy Clinic Feasibility Study in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about rehabilitation and therapy clinic lending in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Miami: therapy clinic

Miami approved therapy clinic loans: 119 in FY2017 to FY2026, worth $48.8 million. Miami ranks 3 of 406 for the class on 119 loans among metro areas; in Miami, the class ranks 10 of 39. Miami's location quotient reads 1.20x on 119 loans: a somewhat heavier concentration. In Miami, ranks and the 1.20x quotient, from 119 loans, distinguish the class; Miami size is 1.00x the national median.

$150,000 marks the median of 119 loans, close to the national figure (1.00x), and $81,000 to $455,000 bounds Miami's middle half. Of 119 loans in Miami, 101 used 7(a) and 18 used 504. 5.9% is the franchise share of 119 loans; the rest are independents.

Miami's 7(a) table, 31 loans at TD Bank, National Association, $3.0 million; 8 at JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, $1.8 million; 7 at The Huntington National Bank, $1.5 million; 5 at BayFirst National Bank, $1.4 million. Miami: holders under 5 loans go unnamed. Miami county counts, 119 loans: Miami-Dade County, FL 69; Broward County, FL 29; Palm Beach County, FL 21.

The Miami loans' fate

12.1% at minimum: Miami's cancelled share through FY2024. Miami's ceiling for undisbursed loans: withheld. Miami charge-offs: too few, not zero. Miami floors may rise with open loans. Miami approvals ran from 10 loans and $2.0 million in FY2018 to 11 loans and $9.2 million in FY2026, peaking at 29 in FY2024 and dipping to 7 in FY2020. Miami loans per year: FY2018 10, FY2019 8, FY2020 7, FY2022 10, FY2023 17, FY2024 29, FY2025 17, FY2026 11. Yearly dollars: FY2018 $2.0 million, FY2019 $3.9 million, FY2020 $3.8 million, FY2022 $4.4 million, FY2023 $7.7 million, FY2024 $5.2 million, FY2025 $5.4 million, FY2026 $9.2 million. Withheld Miami years are not zero.

Miami: the study's tests

For 119 loans in Miami, room costs outside $81,000 to $455,000 need cases. For 119 approvals in Miami, appraisers weigh lease and referrals. Counts in Miami moved from 7 in FY2020 to 29 in FY2024; for Miami, plan for therapist shortages. Miami's quotient, 1.20x: count rivals by referral source. Across 119 loans, visit volume in Miami carries $150,000. Miami: facing flat rates, debt service holds with $48.8 million approved.

Miami's 119 loans are placed by project county. Miami follows the July 2023 delineation. Miami drops unplaceable counties from $48.8 million. Treat 119 loans as a guide to Miami, not a census.

SBA rehabilitation and therapy clinic loans in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026119
Gross dollars approved$48.8 million
Median loan$150,000
Middle half of loans, from$81,000
Middle half of loans, to$455,000
SBA 7(a) loans101
SBA 504 loans18
Franchise share of loans5.9%
Rank among metro and micro areas for rehabilitation and therapy clinic loans3 of 406
Rank of rehabilitation and therapy clinic among the classes in this area10 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)1.20x
Median loan against the national median for the class1.00x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)12.1%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)withheld

Both rates are floors. SBA withholds the status of open loans, so a loan counts as charged off only once SBA reports it; a rate needs at least 30 loans in its cohort and is otherwise not reported.

SBA rehabilitation and therapy clinic loans approved in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area, by fiscal year

0102030FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2018: 10Loans, FY2019: 8Loans, FY2020: 7Loans, FY2022: 10Loans, FY2023: 17Loans, FY2024: 29Loans, FY2025: 17Loans, FY2026: 11
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017withheldwithheld
FY201810$2.0 million
FY20198$3.9 million
FY20207$3.8 million
FY2021withheldwithheld
FY202210$4.4 million
FY202317$7.7 million
FY202429$5.2 million
FY202517$5.4 million
FY202611$9.2 million

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
TD Bank, National Association31$3.0 million
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association8$1.8 million
The Huntington National Bank7$1.5 million
BayFirst National Bank5$1.4 million

Lenders with 5 or more loans here; a lender with fewer is not listed, and loans SBA or a receiver holds are counted but never listed as a lender.

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
Miami-Dade County, FL69
Broward County, FL29
Palm Beach County, FL21

Counties with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are not listed.

Metro is the CBSA (metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area) of the loan's project county, July 2023 delineation (OMB Bulletin 23-01). The county is matched by name (manifests/ld2/county-cbsa-map.csv); a loan whose county cannot be placed in a 2023 CBSA is left out of every metro.

A value marked withheld rests on fewer than 5 loans, or is withheld so that such a figure cannot be derived from other published figures.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 loan-level FOIA files (data.sba.gov), as of 2026-09-30; areas from the U.S. Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023 (OMB Bulletin 23-01); Loan Analytics metro cell MA-33100-C22.

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