Market OutlookAugust 4, 2026
Veterinary Practice Consolidators — 2026 and 2027 Outlook
How will private equity-backed veterinary practice consolidators navigate 2026 and 2027? You can also read the 2024 and 2023 iteration of this outlook. As the operating environment is continuous, and change tends to be marginal, many of the themes I covered at the beginning of 2023 and 2024 still apply.
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SellingAugust 4, 2026
How to hurt your business in a practice sale
A buyer reviews your due diligence materials including DVM pay, productivity, benefits, tenure, all of it for every DVM on your team. That buyer declines to submit a letter of intent. Six months later one of that buyer's recruiters calls your best-producing DVM.
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NewsMarch 6, 2026
VetValue Launches VetValue Connect to Support Veterinary Practice Owners
VetValue is pleased to announce the launch of VetValue Connect, the industry's first cloud-based, practice sale process management platform and marketplace. The VetValue team has successfully closed over $1.3 billion in veterinary practice sales since 2015.
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SellingMay 16, 2025
Planning for Your Veterinary Practice Sale — VETgirl Interviews Brian Cavanaugh
Brian Cavanaugh, co-founder of VetValue, speaks with Justine Lee, founder of VETgirl, about long-term planning for a successful veterinary practice ownership transition, the evolution of the marketplace, current market conditions, and what the future likely holds.
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NewsMay 14, 2024
VetValue Launches the Practice Owner EcoSystem
VetValue is pleased to announce the launch of its Practice Owner EcoSystem, a first-of-its-kind, cloud-based collaboration platform purpose-built to support independent veterinary practice owners in managing and building their practices.
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Market OutlookFebruary 13, 2024
Veterinary Consolidators — 2024 Outlook and Discussion
How will private equity-backed veterinary practice consolidators navigate 2024?
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Market OutlookFebruary 1, 2023
Veterinary Practice Consolidators — 2023 Outlook
How will private equity backed veterinary hospital consolidators navigate 2023? Since I wrote on the topic last, we…
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BuyingApril 5, 2022
Buying a Veterinary Practice — Where to Look
Corporate consolidators possess greater willingness and ability to purchase any existing practice where two or more DVMs will…
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BuyingFebruary 7, 2022
Why You Can't Buy Some Veterinary Practices
For any veterinary practice buyer purchasing an existing practice, a practice with multiple doctors who will continue after…
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GrowingJanuary 27, 2022
Five Tips and Tools for Recruiting Veterinarians
Today's hiring scene in the veterinary profession is competitive, with staffing shortages being commonplace at many veterinary practices.…
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GrowingDecember 6, 2021
Associate Buy-ins — An Unfair Fight
Younger veterinarians are facing a vastly different world than earlier generations of doctors. Historically, animal hospitals were small…
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GrowingJuly 13, 2021
How to Grow Your Veterinary Practice
Various ways veterinary practice owners can grow their businesses from the perspective of a financial advisor.
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SellingJuly 9, 2021
The Do's and Don'ts of Selling Your Veterinary Practice
Corporate interest in buying existing veterinary practices has recently…
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SellingMay 28, 2021
How Do I Sell a Single Veterinarian Practice?
Solo doctor veterinary hospitals often conjure up romantic imagery of a small town, self-reliant sole practitioner. In our…
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Market OutlookApril 20, 2021
Overview of Veterinary Practice Consolidators
The continuing vigorous pace of "corporate" purchases of veterinary practices makes understanding the players…
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ValuationMarch 2, 2021
Normalized EBITDA in Veterinary Practice Valuation
There are two main inputs into a Buyer Valuation: 1) the Veterinary…
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Market OutlookNovember 23, 2020
Why is Private Equity Acquiring Veterinary Practices?
Today in the U.S. there are thousands of Private Equity (PE) firms of…
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NewsNovember 13, 2020
Carson Taylor Appears on "Veterinarian Success" Podcast
VetValue's very own Carson Taylor appeared on the popular "Veterinarian Success"…
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