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Ready to Retire but No One to Take Over Your Veterinary Practice? A 2026 Owner’s Guide

By Author: Melani Seymour / August 4, 2026 / Comments Off on Ready to Retire but No One to Take Over Your Veterinary Practice? A 2026 Owner’s Guide

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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How to Sell a Veterinary Practice in 2026: The Complete Process Guide

By Author: Melani Seymour / August 4, 2026 / Comments Off on How to Sell a Veterinary Practice in 2026: The Complete Process Guide

Are you considering selling your veterinary practice? Selling your veterinary practice is a multi-year financial event that requires meticulous preparation to maximize your valuation. The most successful outcomes are driven by normalizing your EBITDA, ensuring operational independence and running a structured competitive process to attract multiple buyers. To capture your practice’s full value, owners must…

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Selling a Veterinary Practice With Real Estate: The 2026 Owner’s Guide

By Author: Melani Seymour / August 4, 2026 / Comments Off on Selling a Veterinary Practice With Real Estate: The 2026 Owner’s Guide

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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How to Hire an Associate Veterinarian in 2026: An Owner’s Process

By Author: Melani Seymour / August 3, 2026 / Comments Off on How to Hire an Associate Veterinarian in 2026: An Owner’s Process

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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Burned Out? The Signs It’s Time to Sell Your Veterinary Practice in 2026

By Author: Melani Seymour / August 3, 2026 / Comments Off on Burned Out? The Signs It’s Time to Sell Your Veterinary Practice in 2026

Key takeaways Independent practice owners reported the lowest burnout rates among the segments studied. Ownership autonomy protects most owners, so when you, the owner, are burned out, the buffer has failed and the signal deserves real weight. Burnout costs the US veterinary industry roughly $2 billion a year, and the median turnover cost when a…

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