Above: Suwannee County Courthouse, Live Oak. Built in 1904 to a Renaissance Revival design by architect Benjamin B. Smith, the courthouse on South Ohio Avenue was added to the National Register in 1998. Picture credit
This page gathers what a healthcare practice sale in Suwannee 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 Suwannee County
Residents, 2025
Suwannee County had an estimated 48,149 residents in 2025, 10.8% 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 12 practicing physicians in Suwannee County, 2.6 for every 10,000 residents, against 22 statewide.
Source: Florida Department of Health, 2026 Florida Physician Workforce Annual Report, Appendix B.Licensed veterinarians
Suwannee County has 19 licensed veterinarians with an address in the county, 3.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.7 statewide.
Sources: Florida DBPR, Board of Veterinary Medicine licensee file (lic26vt.csv); U.S. Census Bureau, county population estimates, Vintage 2025.Veterinary establishments
The county has 8 licensed veterinary establishments.
Source: Florida DBPR, Board of Veterinary Medicine licensee file (lic26vt.csv).Dental shortage area
All of Suwannee 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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee County
County business tax receipt
Whether a practice in Suwannee County needs a county local business tax receipt is a question for the Suwannee County Tax Collector (215 Pine Ave. SW, Live Oak).
Source: Suwannee County Tax Collector, checked October 2026.City business tax
Some cities in Suwannee County levy their own business tax; each city's office is listed with the city below.
Tangible personal property return
The Suwannee County Property Appraiser takes tangible personal property returns, the yearly return for a business's furniture and equipment.
Source: Suwannee County Property Appraiser, checked October 2026.Recording the deed
When a sale includes real estate, the deed is recorded by the Suwannee County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller in the county's Official Records.
Source: Suwannee County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, checked October 2026.
Cities and communities in Suwannee County
Live Oak
City, county seat
2020 Census population: 6,735.
City business tax receipts: City of Live Oak City Clerk, 101 White Avenue S.E., Live Oak.
Branford
Town
2020 Census population: 711.
Mailing-address towns in the county that are not Census places: McAlpin, O'Brien, Wellborn.
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 Suwannee County
Newton's Law PA's office is in Lake Worth Beach, about 310 miles from Live Oak.
A first consultation is by phone or video, and meetings in person are at the Lake Worth Beach office.
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