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Subject: The North American Veterinary Clinic Landscape
Category: Reference, Education and News > Teaching and Research
Asked by: vandrel-ga
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Posted: 07 Dec 2005 18:44 PST
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Question ID: 602958
How many veterinary clinics are there in North America?  Where can I
find market segmentation data on them?
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Subject: Re: The North American Veterinary Clinic Landscape
Answered By: hummer-ga on 08 Dec 2005 08:00 PST
 
Hi vandrel,

Here you go. 

>>> Number of practices in North America: 29,775

>>> United States

U.S. VETERINARY PRACTICES
Type of Practice  Distribution of veterinary practices*
Large animal exclusive        1,143
Large animal predominant      1,258
Mixed animal                  2,246
Small animal predominant      3,162
Small animal exclusive       16,709
Equine                        1,284
Other, None specified         1,221
Total                        27,023
"Data referenced from the Economic Report on Veterinarians &
Veterinarian Practices (2003 Edition) Note: Updated 11/05"
http://www.avma.org/membshp/marketstats/usvets.asp#prac

For more data:

IRS: Chapter 1, Description of the Practice of Veterinary Medicine
    * Industry Background History
    * Demographics of Veterinarians
    * Education
    * What Veterinarians Do
    * Definition
    * Veterinarians by Type of Practice
    * Industry Terminology
    * Industry Organizations
    * Income of Veterinarians
    * Exhibit 1-1: Glossary of Veterinary Medicine Terms
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=141318,00.html

AVMA Veterinary Market Statistics
Economic Report on Veterinarians & Veterinary Practices (2005 Edition)
http://www.avma.org/membshp/marketstats/econreport.asp

>>> Canada

Veterinarian Statistics (2005)
"The statistics presented here are based on information contained in
the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association database. The information
is compiled by the CVMA based on data collected by provincial
veterinary medical associations and the CVMA itself."
Veterinary Demographics
Approximate number of veterinarians in Canada: 9602
Breakdown by gender:
   Female: 4328
   Male:   5274
Breakdown by province:
   Alberta: 1102
   British Columbia:        1152
   Manitoba:                 359
   New Brunswick:            201
   Newfoundland and Labrador: 62
   Nova Scotia:              282
   Prince Edward Island:     187
   Saskatchewan:             496
   Ontario:                 3453
   Quebec:                  2285
   Territories:               17
   Unspecified:                6
Field of practice:
   Large animal practice:      949
   Companion animal practice: 4347
   Mixed animal practice:     2270
   Other:                     2018
   Unspecified:                 18
Approximate number of practices in Canada: 2752
   Large animal:      314
   Companion animal: 1597
   Mixed animal:      841
http://canadianveterinarians.net/news-media-veterinarian.aspx


I was glad to find this for you. If you have any questions, please
post a clarification request and wait for me to respond before
closing/rating my answer.

Thank you,
hummer

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