Healthcare Practice Sales in Moore Haven and Glades County

Illustration of the Glades County Courthouse, a tan brick building with a white columned portico, at dusk in Moore Haven.

Above: Glades County Courthouse, Moore Haven. Built in 1928 in the Classical Revival style, it was designed by Edward Columbus Hosford, an architect known for courthouses across Florida, Georgia and Texas. Picture credit

This page gathers what a healthcare practice sale in Glades County involves locally: its practice market in official figures, the county and city offices a new owner deals with after closing, and the county's cities and communities.

The practice market in Glades County

Residents, 2025

Glades County had an estimated 13,270 residents in 2025, 9.4% more than at the April 2020 base.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, county population estimates, Vintage 2025.

Practicing physicians

The Florida Department of Health's 2026 workforce report counts 4 practicing physicians in Glades County, 3.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 22 statewide.

Source: Florida Department of Health, 2026 Florida Physician Workforce Annual Report, Appendix B.

Licensed veterinarians

No licensed veterinarian lists an address in Glades County.

Source: Florida DBPR, Board of Veterinary Medicine licensee file (lic26vt.csv).

Dental shortage area

All of Glades County is designated a dental health professional shortage area by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas data download.

Primary care shortage area

All of Glades County is designated a primary care health professional shortage area by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas data download.

After a purchase: local filings in Glades County

  1. County business tax receipt

    Whether a practice in Glades County needs a county local business tax receipt is a question for the Glades County Tax Collector (500 Ave. J, Moore Haven).

    Source: Glades County Tax Collector, checked October 2026.

  2. City business tax

    Some cities in Glades County levy their own business tax; each city's office is listed with the city below.

  3. Tangible personal property return

    The Glades County Property Appraiser takes tangible personal property returns, the yearly return for a business's furniture and equipment.

    Source: Glades County Property Appraiser, checked October 2026.

  4. Recording the deed

    When a sale includes real estate, the deed is recorded by the Glades County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller in the county's Official Records.

    Source: Glades County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, checked October 2026.

Cities and communities in Glades County

Moore Haven

City, county seat

2020 Census population: 1,566.

City business tax receipts: Moore Haven City Hall, 299 Riverside Drive, Moore Haven.

Buckhead Ridge

Unincorporated community

2020 Census population: 1,509.

Port LaBelle

Unincorporated community

2020 Census population: 630.

Part of it lies in Hendry County.

Mailing-address towns in the county that are not Census places: Palmdale.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census; GeoNames, postal codes, read October 2026. City business tax offices: each city's own pages.

How Newton's Law PA serves Glades County

Newton's Law PA's office is in Lake Worth Beach, about 66 miles from Moore Haven.

A first consultation is by phone or video, and meetings in person are at the Lake Worth Beach office.

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