BUYING PRACTICES
Know if you can staff it before you buy it.
Who really owns a practice, and whether enough vets live close enough to staff it once the current owner leaves — answered before the LOI.
Talk to us about a market checkFour public sources, triangulated
01 / THE PROBLEM
Most diligence runs on inputs nobody checked
In veterinary M&A, the things that decide whether a deal works often surface too late:
- ● Whether you can staff the practice gets tested after you own it
- ● How many competitors are nearby is estimated, not counted
- ● Who owns what sits behind a holding company
- ● The market read comes from a handful of conversations
These gaps don’t just slow a deal down. They’re where the risk hides.
We check them before you sign.
02 / WHAT YOU GET
What you get
The data
Who actually owns the practice — through the holding company, not the name on the door. And every licensed vet in the area.
The analysis
Doctors per capita, who else is competing nearby, what the area looks like on income and pet ownership, and what the reviews say about the practice you’re buying.
The outreach
If you want to talk to owners — including ones who aren’t looking to sell — we can reach them for you.
03 / THE KIND OF QUESTION WE ANSWER
The kind of question we answer
Illustrations, not case studies — these are the shapes of question buyers bring us.
Can this practice be staffed without its owner? The owner is retiring, or leaving after an earn-out, and they’re a working vet. The question isn’t what the practice earned last year — it’s whether anyone within a reasonable drive can replace them. We count who’s actually there.
Is this market as quiet as it looks? A target says local competition is minimal. Sometimes the clinics nearby turn out to share an owner you hadn’t spotted, because the names on the doors are all different. Ownership has to be traced, not read off a sign.
Is ‘underserved’ real or just small? A thesis around underserved markets is easy to build from headline counts. Low population and low vet count often means small, not underserved. Vets per capita tells you which one you’re looking at.
04 / PROOF
A feasibility check before an LOI
A buyer was looking at a practice whose owner was retiring. The question wasn’t the price — it was whether enough vets lived close enough to staff it once the owner left. We counted them, mapped the area, and answered it before the LOI went in.
Check the market before you commit
Most of what breaks a deal is knowable beforehand.
Talk to us about a market check