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Key takeaways National supply versus local fit: credible 2024 forecasts disagree about long-term veterinarian supply, yet both leave the owner’s immediate location, schedule, and role unanswered. The limits of passive advertising: nearly 60% of 2025 graduates already had full-time work before graduation, so the search must reach candidates before they start applying. A provable independent…
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The first conversation almost always happens the same way. An owner calls me, and somewhere in the first two minutes they say a version of the same sentence. A group reached out. The number sounds big. I don’t know if it’s good. That last part is the honest one. They genuinely do not know. And…
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Key takeaways Your successor can be an organization, not necessarily an associate. Only 23.8 percent of private-practice veterinarians were owners in 2024, and just 9 percent of vets under 40 owned a practice in the most recent AVMA census. Having no successor does not eliminate your exit. Options can include an organized buyer, a phased…
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Selling Veterinary Real Estate: What Clinic Owners Need to Know Selling veterinary real estate alongside your practice can significantly increase your total transaction proceeds, but it requires carefully decoupling the real estate asset from the operating business entity. Because institutional buyers and private equity groups approach property structures differently than owner-occupiers, structuring the lease agreement…
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Key takeaways The work before the advertisement matters. Prove the demand, define the doctor’s role, and price the complete package before asking candidates to respond. Published pay figures as reference points do not create a universal salary band for every region, schedule, experience level, or practice. No national time-to-hire promise replaces an accountable search calendar.…
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