List of Veterinarians in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 83,637 veterinarians in the USA, one in every 764 US companies. Most of them are small: three in four have one to four people, and only 191 firms employ 50 people or more. One in thirty-six veterinary practices is based in Houston, Miami, Austin, Phoenix and San Diego. Below you find the largest veterinary practices in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

83,637 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies83,6371 in764 US companiesCities9,034Largest cityHouston 559Sole traders10%Employees1-4 (73%)Revenue$100-500K (57%)Email45%Phone68%Website56%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Bluepearl Operations, LLC	USA	Tampa	2950 Busch Lake Blvd	Hillsborough	33614-1859	bluepearlvet.*****	2015	$464,392,424	3,000	Corporation	3179	593370516
2	Veterinary Specialists Of North America LLC	USA	Tinton Falls	106 Apple St Ste 102	Monmouth	07724-2670	nvacompassionfirst.*****	2014	$454,159,695	3,600	Corporation	98	N/A
3	National Veterinary Associates, INC.	USA	Austin	1301 S Lamar Blvd Unit 400	Travis	78704-2771	nva.*****	1997	$454,159,695	1,900	Corporation	98	2592688
4	Pathway Vet Alliance LLC	USA	Austin	211 Walter Seaholm Dr Ste 200	Travis	78701-0020	pathwayvets.*****	2016	$407,506,255	4,280	Corporation	7	6071701
5	Medvet Associates, LLC	USA	Worthington	350 E Wilson Bridge Rd	Franklin	43085	medvetforpets.*****	2009	$244,850,487	3,000	Corporation	39	901033476
6	Rover Group, INC.	USA	Seattle	720 Olive Way Fl 19	King	98101-1878	rover.*****	2011	$174,010,000	246	Corporation	2056	3699941
7	Veterinary Southern Partners LLC	USA	Birmingham	2204 Lakeshore Dr Ste 325	Jefferson	35209-6763	missionpethealth.*****	2014	$139,976,530	1,791	Corporation	7	5592133
8	Petvet Care Centers, LLC	USA	Westport	1 Gorham Is Ste 300	Ct	06880-3212	petvetcarecenters.*****	2017	$110,229,301	125	Corporation	5	5826134
9	Heartland Veterinary Partners LLC	USA	Chicago	10 S la Salle St Ste 2120	Cook	60603-1073	heartlandvetpartners.*****	2019	$107,203,911	1,674	Corporation	6	5931121
10	The Animal Medical Center	USA	New York	510 E 62nd St	New York	10065-8314	amcny.*****	1910	$96,735,746	300	Corporation	N/A	99473
11	Blue River Petcare, L.L.C.	USA	Chicago	1 S Wacker Dr Ste 2200	Cook	60606-4689	blueriverpetcare.*****	2009	$88,681,960	1,008	Corporation	9	4660288
12	Alliance For Choice In Education	USA	Denver	1201 E Colfax Ave Ste 302	Denver	80218	acescholarships.*****	2011	$59,484,336	4	Corporation	2	20001023982
13	Ethos Veterinary Health LLC	USA	Chelmsford	300 Apollo Dr Ste 3	Middlesex	01824-3630	ethosvet.*****	2015	$54,497,396	131	Corporation	6	5776372
14	Banfield The Pet Hospital	USA	Vancouver	18101 Se 6th Way	Clark	98683-7509	banfield.*****	2000	$53,743,755	400	Corporation	3179	N/A
15	Midwest Veterinary Partners, LLC	USA	Cicero	7913 Brewerton Rd	Onondaga	13039-9623	totalvetcarecicero.*****	2017	$49,711,047	2,300	Corporation	9	6423257
16	Revival Animal Health, LLC	USA	Orange City	1700 Albany Pl Se	Sioux	51041-9604	revivalanimal.*****	1994	$44,854,617	110	Corporation	8	5738768
17	Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital, INC.	USA	Portland	1945 Nw Pettygrove St	Multnomah	97209-1688	dovelewis.*****	1973	$35,964,307	151	Corporation	N/A	10082915
18	Veterinary Practice Partners, LLC	USA	King of Prussia	601 S Henderson Rd	Montgomery	19406-3596	vetpracticepartners.*****	2012	$35,104,585	46	Corporation	3	4922491
19	Duxbury Animal Hospital, INC.	USA	Duxbury	103 Depot St	Plymouth	02332-4432	duxburyanimalhospital.*****	2013	$34,000,000	17	Corporation	N/A	463815686
20	Vca Animal Hospitals, INC.	USA	Los Angeles	12401 W Olympic Blvd	Los Angeles	90064-1022	vca.*****	2000	$31,980,398	3,014	Corporation	3179	954574532
21	Ceva Animal Health, LLC	USA	Lenexa	8735 Rosehill Rd Ste 300	Johnson	66215-4612	ceva.*****	2006	$31,745,070	95	Corporation	95	4135396
22	Best Friends Pet Care, INC.	USA	Norwalk	535 Connecticut Ave Ste 305	Ct	06854-1713	bestfriendspetcare.*****	2001	$31,310,943	800	Corporation	65	2220438
23	A Place For Rover, INC.	USA	Olympia	711 Capitol Way S Ste 204	Thurston	98501-1267	rover.*****	2021	$27,469,601	246	Corporation	2056	4998211
24	Amerivet Partners Management, INC.	USA	San Antonio	8610 N New Braunfels Ave Ste 500	Bexar	78217-6397	amerivet.*****	2022	$27,180,431	468	Corporation	27	6220449
25	Pets' Rx, INC.	USA	Los Angeles	12401 W Olympic Blvd	Los Angeles	90064-1022	vca.*****	1991	$25,397,184	350	Corporation	3179	2264199

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Veterinary practices in Houston

Houston has 559 veterinarians and veterinary practices, <0.1% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 52% below the national share. Seven in ten Houston firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 18 new firms were entered in 2026, 99 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 395 · 71%
5-9: 108 · 19%
10-19: 42 · 8%
20-49: 12 · 2%
50+: 1 · 0.2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 60 · 11%
Partnerships: 16 · 3%
Corporations and LLCs: 308 · 55%
Other or none: 175 · 31%

Of the US total: 0.7%
Of all Houston companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 0.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 18
Entered 2025: 19
Of USA's 2026 entries: 0.9%

Old

Before 1990: 99 · 18%
1990 or later: 460 · 82%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.8%

Reachable

Email: 248 · 44%
Phone: 373 · 67%
Website: 316 · 57%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 177 · 34%
$100K-$500K: 322 · 61%
$500K-$1M: 23 · 4%
$1M and more: 6 · 1%

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Largest veterinary practices in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Houston, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Pathway Vet Alliance is the largest veterinary practice in the USA by headcount. 191 firms employ 50 people or more; 75 employ 100 or more.

1Austin4,280 staff
2Palm Beach Gardens3,700 staff
3Tampa3,000 staff
4Worthington3,000 staff
5Tampa1,717 staff
6Chicago1,674 staff
7San Jose840 staff
8Davis800 staff
9Chattanooga667 staff
10Knoxville506 staff

By employee size · 83,532 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	61,267	73%
5-9	16,384	20%
10-19	4,613	6%
20-49	1,077	1%
50-99	116	0.1%
100-199	35	<0.1%
200-499	27	<0.1%
500-999	7	<0.1%
1,000+	6	<0.1%

73% have 1 to 4 people; 1,077 have 20 to 49; 191 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	30,119	38%
$100K-$500K	45,978	57%
$500K-$1M	3,043	4%
$1M-$5M	821	1%
$5M-$10M	44	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	44	<0.1%
$50M-$100M	4	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	9	<0.1%

57% between $100,000 and $500,000; 821 between $1M and $5M; 101 above $5M.

Where in the USA?

Houston has the most veterinarians in the USA (559), ahead of Miami (527), Austin (464), Phoenix (411) and San Diego (380). Together the five hold one in thirty-six of them. Relative to their size, Fort Collins, Ocala and Gainesville have the most: 1.7 to 3.1 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,034 US cities have at least one veterinary practice; 1,870 have ten or more; 2,542 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Veterinary practices per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.13. Fort Collins has 3.1 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,773 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	1,875	2%
Orange	1,457	2%
Maricopa	1,441	2%
Jefferson	1,076	1%
Montgomery	1,001	1%
Ct	949	1%
San Diego	926	1%
Harris	851	1%
Miami-Dade	799	1.0%
Hillsborough	773	0.9%

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How many veterinarians are there in the USA?

Veterinarians and veterinary practices in the USA

83,637

21 October 2026

There are 83,637 veterinarians and veterinary practices in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 764 US companies. About 9 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,960 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 78,832 94%
Head offices: 1,307
Branch offices: 3,498

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 0742.

50,145 of the 83,637 are corporations and LLCs (60%); 8,224 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 83,532 US veterinary practices with a known headcount, 61,267 (73%) have one to four people, 16,384 have five to nine, 5,690 have ten to 49 and 191 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (45,978, 57%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 1077,651 93%
Small 10 to 495,690 7%
Medium 50 to 249178 0.2%
Large 250+13 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

101

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 57 more than $10 million.

1,960

firms were entered in 2026.

How reachable are they?

Veterinary practices are easier to reach than the average US company: 68% list a phone number and 56% a website.

Email38,040 45%
Phone57,099 68%
Website46,535 56%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

1,960 veterinary practices were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 9 a working day, after 3,159 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

2,7932022
2,9022023
3,0332024
3,1592025
1,9602026 so far

1,952 of this year's 1,960 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Munster25 staff
2Princeton8 staff
3Newtown6 staff
4San Francisco5 staff
5Bessemer5 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 30 veterinary practices for every one of the translation companies in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Veterinarians	83,637	56%	73%
Advertising Companies	53,037	39%	79%
Universities	27,728	92%	41%
Website Designers	12,831	94%	87%
Window Cleaners	4,816	76%	88%
Translation Companies	2,835	77%	83%

In other countries

The USA has more veterinary practices than Brazil or Poland.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	83,637	1.3
Brazil	44,961	1.6
Poland	12,878	2.0
Germany	12,325	1.8
The UK	10,491	1.2

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Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in ten US veterinary practices work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Three in five are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders8,22410%
Partnerships1,1111%
Corporations and LLCs50,14560%
No form on record or other24,15729%

Single-site: 94%
Head offices: 1,307
Branches: 3,498

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 9 US veterinary practices from before 1900, 207 from before 1950 and 11,892 from before 1990.

1844
1. Detroit
1862
1. Pullman
1865
1. Brazoria
1869
1. Bensalem
1887
1. Marlborough
1889
1. Sacramento

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11,892

US veterinary practices date from before 1990

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were entered in 1990

Frequently asked questions

How many veterinarians are there in the USA?

There are 83,637 veterinarians and veterinary practices in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 764 US companies.

Which is the largest veterinary practice in the USA?

Pathway Vet Alliance in Austin, with 4,280 staff. By revenue Bluepearl Operations in Tampa leads with $464.4 million a year.

Which US city has the most veterinarians?

Houston, with 559, ahead of Miami (527), Austin (464), Phoenix (411) and San Diego (380). Relative to its size, Fort Collins has the most: 3.1 times the national share.

How many veterinary practices are there in Houston?

559, which is <0.1% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 52% below the national share.

How big is a typical veterinary practice?

Small. 73% of the 83,532 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 191 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US veterinarians sole traders or companies?

One in ten (8,224) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 60% (50,145) are corporations and LLCs.

How many veterinary practices started in 2026?

1,960 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 3,159 in 2025. 1,952 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest veterinary practice in the USA?

Dr. Graham Retires in Detroit, 1844, followed by Usda-Ars-Adru in Pullman (1862) and R S Stanger Jr DVM in Brazoria (1865). 9 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers veterinarians?

Our platform filters them on SIC 0742 (veterinary services for animal specialties).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 83,637 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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