Industry · NAICS 54194

Veterinary services

The United States has 34,296 employer establishments in veterinary services (1 per 10,000 residents), employing 475,106 people at an average annual pay of $52,978, plus 29,808 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
34,296
29,808 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
1
Paid employees
475,106
Average annual pay
$52,978

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Veterinary services by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0961947,4260.20.21×426$48,37620
2Laredo, TX271,942738,8490.30.25×89$42,3157
3Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,9061332,9930.30.30×224$93,19213
4Yuma, AZ214,228730,6040.30.32×65$51,40011
5Corbin, KY149,593529,9190.30.33×41$36,4393
6Elizabethtown, KY127,637525,5270.40.38×71$77,4084
7El Paso, TX876,6413624,3510.40.40×588$47,64326
8Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT739,1163123,8420.40.41×416$45,83724
9Merced, CA294,3191322,6400.40.43×160$54,3068
10Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,197721,8850.50.45×84$50,0834
11Albany, GA145,548720,7930.50.47×224$54,8353
12Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC101,606520,3210.50.48×63$35,0793
13Farmington, NM120,754620,1260.50.49×90$42,5676
14Visalia, CA480,8162519,2330.50.51×332$63,27728
15Valdosta, GA151,175818,8970.50.52×177$36,0734
16Fargo, ND-MN263,9061418,8500.50.52×358$50,5287
17Bakersfield-Delano, CA917,5995018,3520.50.54×714$47,07343
18Rocky Mount, NC146,278818,2850.50.54×91$45,5824
19Springfield, MA462,1332617,7740.60.55×326$49,63812
20Tuscaloosa, AL279,7561617,4850.60.56×212$35,3077
21Fresno, CA1,188,9366817,4840.60.56×856$52,32038
22Sumter, SC104,396617,3990.60.56×53$44,774—
23Vineland, NJ154,497917,1660.60.57×93$49,1186
24Urban Honolulu, HI989,6985817,0640.60.58×1,153$59,11466
25Lumberton, NC118,005716,8580.60.58×145$33,524—

1–25 of 394 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $107M on contracts under NAICS 54194 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (598 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$64.4M60%
    38 awards
  2. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$6.8M6.4%
    1 award
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$6.5M6.1%
    7 awards
  4. Ames, IA$4.7M4.4%
    168 awards
  5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$3.6M3.3%
    3 awards
  6. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$2.8M2.6%
    1 award
  7. Reno, NV$2.4M2.2%
    2 awards
  8. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$1.9M1.8%
    21 awards
  9. Madison, WI$1.9M1.8%
    7 awards
  10. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$1.6M1.5%
    1 award

Counties

  1. Montgomery County, MD$40.6M38%
    26 awards
  2. Fairfax County, VA$23.2M22%
    7 awards
  3. Caddo Parish, LA$6.8M6.4%
    1 award
  4. Middlesex County, MA$6.5M6.1%
    7 awards
  5. Story County, IA$4.7M4.4%
    168 awards
  6. DeKalb County, GA$3.4M3.2%
    2 awards
  7. Durham County, NC$2.8M2.6%
    1 award
  8. Washoe County, NV$2.4M2.2%
    2 awards
  9. Larimer County, CO$1.9M1.8%
    21 awards
  10. Dane County, WI$1.9M1.8%
    7 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Bethesda CDP, MD$18.5M17%
    16 awards
  2. Rose Hill CDP, VA$8.4M7.8%
    2 awards
  3. Wilmington CDP, MA$6.5M6.1%
    7 awards
  4. Potomac CDP, MD$4.8M4.5%
    1 award
  5. Franconia CDP, VA$3.4M3.2%
    2 awards
  6. Silver Spring CDP, MD$3.3M3.1%
    2 awards
  7. Fairfax Station CDP, VA$2.7M2.5%
    4 awards
  8. North Druid Hills CDP, GA$1.8M1.7%
    2 awards
  9. Madison city, WI$1.8M1.7%
    7 awards
  10. Reno city, NV$1.3M1.3%
    1 award

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)