Practice owners
Selling your veterinary business
Corporate consolidators and partnership platforms buy practices with associate depth and stable patients.
By Ava Kelly, Head of Operations, Axia Growth · Reviewed by Mike Lukasevicz, Founder, Axia Growth
Not an auction.
One acquirer, one direct conversation. Our buyers typically keep the team and have the capital to close.
How much is my veterinary business worth?
There's no single sourced multiple or deal-value figure for veterinary businesses yet. Buyers price each deal case by case on the factors below.
What moves the value range for veterinary:
- Several full-time DVMs, not one owner-doctor running the whole practice.
- Associates likely to stay through a transition, with retention terms that can be priced.
- Productive doctor schedules and stable or growing patient counts, not just rising average invoices.
- A clean regulatory record in a state whose ownership rules fit the buyer's structure.
Get an instant value range · Read the Veterinary PracticesM&A guide · See multiples across industries
What buyers pay for
- Several full-time DVMs, not a single owner-doctor.
- Associates likely to stay through a transition.
- Productive doctor schedules and stable or growing patient counts.
- A clean regulatory record in a state whose ownership rules fit the buyer's structure.
How to prepare
- Organize 2 to 3 years of practice financials, clean and separate.
- Document associate retention and schedule utilization.
- Know your state's corporate-practice-of-veterinary-medicine rules.
Curious what buyers are paying in veterinary? Read our Veterinary PracticesM&A guide → Or see every Healthcare Servicesguide →
Common questions
Does my state allow corporate ownership of a veterinary practice?
It depends on the state. Some states still prohibit corporate ownership of practices outright; others allow it in some form. We'll walk through what that means for a buyer-specific conversation.
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