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A California owner called me in January holding a printout of a news story and one question. Does this mean I don’t have to sign a non-compete? He was three weeks from a letter of intent. He had read that a new state law wiped out non-competes for dentists working under private equity ownership, and…
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Here is a strange thing about the approach sitting in front of you. You can drive past a hundred of this buyer’s practices and never once see its name. Not on a sign. Not on a scrub top. Not on the appointment card. Every practice keeps the name it had before. So the usual homework…
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If you are considering an exit in 2026, understanding your true veterinary practice valuation is the single most critical step before engaging with buyers. While revenue gives you a baseline, institutional acquirers base their offers on normalized EBITDA and competitive market multiples. In this guide, we break down exactly how to calculate your clinic’s worth…
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Selling a Dental Practice: A 2026 Owner’s Guide Successfully selling a dental practice requires meticulous financial preparation, streamlined patient record handoffs, and a structured competitive bidding process to drive up offers and secure favorable deal terms. Because corporate dental groups and private equity buyers evaluate clinics based on hygiene production ratios, active patient counts, and…
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The resignation is never as sudden as the owner thinks it was. He told me she blindsided him. Three years in the practice, strong producer, patients asked for her by name, and one Tuesday morning there was a letter on his desk and six weeks’ notice attached to it. He said he had no idea.…
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