Healthcare Practice Sales in Yulee and Nassau County

Illustration of Fort Clinch, red brick walls and barracks on a sandy point by the sea, at dusk in Fernandina Beach, Florida.

Above: Fort Clinch, Fernandina Beach. Begun in 1847 and built of almost five million bricks, the pentagonal fort was a Union base in the Civil War and opened to the public in 1938. Picture credit

This page gathers what a healthcare practice sale in Nassau 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 Nassau County

Residents, 2025

Nassau County had an estimated 106,879 residents in 2025, 18.3% 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 98 practicing physicians in Nassau County, 9.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 22 statewide.

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

Licensed veterinarians

Nassau County has 50 licensed veterinarians with an address in the county, 4.7 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 13 licensed veterinary establishments.

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

Dental shortage designation

Part of Nassau County carries a dental shortage designation from the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas data download.

After a purchase: local filings in Nassau County

  1. County business tax receipt

    Whether a practice in Nassau County needs a county local business tax receipt is a question for the Nassau County Tax Collector (86130 License Road, Fernandina Beach).

    Source: Nassau County Tax Collector, checked October 2026.
  2. City business tax

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

  3. Tangible personal property return

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

    Source: Nassau County Property Appraiser, checked October 2026.
  4. Recording the deed

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

    Source: Nassau County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, checked October 2026.

Cities and communities in Nassau County

Yulee

Unincorporated community

2020 Census population: 14,195.

Nassau Village-Ratliff

Unincorporated community

2020 Census population: 5,561.

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

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 Nassau County

Newton's Law PA's office is in Lake Worth Beach, about 292 miles from Fernandina Beach.

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

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