Statistics hub

US Veterinary Market Statistics

Live numbers on the US veterinary practice market, read directly from our practice-level dataset and refreshed on every request — ownership structure, consolidation, and state coverage.

As of July 2026, VetPulse tracks 34,659 US veterinary practices across 51 states. 25% are corporately owned (part of a consolidator, PE-backed group, or public company) rather than independent. The largest non-independent ownership category is PE-backed, covering 5,898 practices (17.0%).

Key takeaways

  • 34,659 practices profiled across 51 states.
  • 25% of practices are corporately owned nationally — see the full state-by-state breakdown on the ownership page.
  • Independent is the largest ownership category, at 75.0% of tracked practices.
34,659
Vet practices profiled
25%
% corporately owned
51
States covered

National ownership-type breakdown

Ownership type Practices Share
Independent 25,996 75.0%
PE-backed 5,898 17.0%
Corporate group 2,595 7.5%
Nonprofit 20 0.1%
Public company 11 0.0%
National ownership-type breakdown Independent Independent: 25,996 practices (75.0%) 75.0% PE-backed PE-backed: 5,898 practices (17.0%) 17.0% Corporate group Corporate group: 2,595 practices (7.5%) 7.5% Nonprofit Nonprofit: 20 practices (0.1%) 0.1% Public company Public company: 11 practices (0.0%) 0.0%

Explore by topic

Every figure on this page is queried live from our practice-level dataset. See the methodology for how ownership is triangulated from multiple independent sources.