Seattle, WA · Veterinary Practices

Veterinary Practices in Seattle, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 475 veterinary services in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,055 people with $429.5 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

475

11th most of 383 US metro areas

People employed

7,055

14.9 per business, against 14.7 across all metros

Annual payroll

$429.5 million

$60,881 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

47%

of businesses, against 48% across all metros

Change since 2022

-0.2%

in the number of businesses (476 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Seattle.

  • Seattle is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of veterinary services, 11th of 383.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 14.9 employees.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $60,881 per employee a year, against $54,356.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps veterinary practices in Seattle.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Due-back reminders, one per client

Clients whose last annual visit was about a year ago surface from the visits booked in VERA, each with a reminder and open times offered.

Estimates with deposits

Send your clinic's estimate as a link the client can accept, attach a deposit pay link, and let VERA draft the follow-up if it sits.

Records in before the first visit

A secure upload link for the pet's previous records and vaccine history, with a reminder if it has not arrived.

Questions

Veterinary Practices in Seattle

How many veterinary services are there in Seattle?

475 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,055 people and paid $429.5 million in annual payroll.

Is the Seattle market for veterinary practices growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 476 to 475 (-0.2%).

What does VERA do for veterinary practices in Seattle?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Seattle business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Veterinary Practices in other markets

Other Seattle markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is veterinary services, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

See what VERA can do for your business.

Try it with the built-in demo data, no credit card, no API keys. VERA proposes the work and waits for your approval before it acts.