Walk into any state veterinary conference in the last two years and the hallway conversations sound the same. Who’s buying what? What Mars paid. Whether the associate at the practice down the road is making more under a corporate structure. […]
Walk into any state veterinary conference in the last two years and the hallway conversations sound the same. Who’s buying what? What Mars paid. Whether the associate at the practice down the road is making more under a corporate structure. […]
A veterinary practice that cost a buyer around $13,000 per month to carry in 2021 may cost $15,500 to $16,200 today. That gap doesn’t appear on any listing sheet. It doesn’t show up in a broker’s pitch deck. But it […]
You already know the staff by name. You know which exam rooms run cold in winter and which clients always arrive fifteen minutes late. You’ve spent years building trust with the client base, learning the equipment, and quietly wondering whether […]
Every buyer eventually asks the same question — and almost every buyer asks it too late. Not “what is the asking price?” but “what am I actually going to spend?” Those two numbers are not the same, and the gap […]
Most buyers lose money before they ever close. Not at the negotiating table — in the six weeks before it, when something surfaces during due diligence that nobody caught because nobody looked carefully enough. Veterinary practice acquisition is one of […]
Here is something the veterinary acquisition market does not advertise openly: the sellers who would most prefer to sell to an independent buyer right now are also the ones most likely to accept a reasonable offer from one. That gap—between […]
Nobody warned you that buying a veterinary practice would require you to become fluent in loan structures. And yet here you are, trying to decode the difference between an SBA 7(a) and a conventional healthcare loan while also vetting a […]
Most veterinary practice sellers have experienced representation. Most buyers do not. That imbalance costs buyers every time. Whether you are a first-time buyer or an experienced owner expanding your portfolio, navigating an acquisition without skilled representation carries real risk. Sellers […]
Before listing your practice, consider this: you have an opportunity, ideally 12 to 24 months in advance, to make targeted improvements that can significantly increase its value. When you sell vet practice, success is not just about finding a buyer. […]