Every associate who has driven home irritated by someone else’s protocols has run the same daydream: my building, my team, my medicine. Then comes the question that decides everything downstream — build it or buy it? Most advice on how […]
Every associate who has driven home irritated by someone else’s protocols has run the same daydream: my building, my team, my medicine. Then comes the question that decides everything downstream — build it or buy it? Most advice on how […]
When a buyer agrees to pay $1.2 million for a veterinary practice and the equipment, supplies, and furniture are worth $180,000, the question worth asking before closing is, “What is the other $1,020,000 actually purchasing?” The answer is goodwill. Goodwill […]
The conversation starts casually. The owner mentions succession. Maybe they float a number—a percentage, a timeline, an equity stake. It sounds good. You’ve been working together for three years, you trust each other clinically, and the practice fits your life. […]
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. […]
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 […]
Welcome back to our two-part series on valuing a veterinary practice. In Part 1, we discussed the key factors that influence the value of a veterinary practice. In this installment, we’ll explore the different valuation methods and provide actionable steps […]