Stats from the Veterinary Industry Tracker powered by Vetsource and AVMA

August 3-9, 2025

Shelter Animals Count has reported that an estimated 2.8 million dogs and cats entered U.S. shelters and rescue organizations during the first half of 2025 — a 4% decline compared to the first six months of 2024.

The report, which reflects data from more than 13,500 shelters and rescue organizations, shows that, while intake is down, shelters continue to face capacity challenges. Adoptions dipped 1%, with approximately 1.9 million pets finding homes from January through June 2025. Notably, adoption trends varied by animal size and age:

• Adoptions of large dogs dropped by 9%.
• Medium dog adoptions dipped 3%.
• Adoptions of small dogs climbed 6%.
• Young cat adoptions increased by 6%.
• Adult and senior cat adoptions declined by about 7% each.
• In the first half of 2025, about 290,000 animals were euthanized, a 2% reduction over the same period in 2024.

For veterinary professionals and industry partners, the shifting adoption patterns point to varying demand by pet age and size, which can inform targeted pet owner outreach and marketing efforts.

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+2.0% Revenue YoY (Last Week)

-1.4% Visits YoY (Last Week)

 

Veterinary industry year-over-year revenue was up 2.0% last week, a 1.0% jump from the week prior. While year-over-year visits remained down, they improved from -3.2% to -1.4%.

 

-5.1% Heartworm YoY

-5.5% Flea/Tick YoY

 

 

+3.1% Services YoY

-1.2% Products YoY

 

Parasiticide purchases were still in the negative last week, but they improved compared to the previous week. Year-over-year heartworm was -5.1% and flea/tick was -5.5%, increases from -10.3% and -10.7% respectively. Year-over-year service revenue was 3.1%, a gain from the previous week’s 2.5%, and product revenue climbed from -3.9% to -1.2%.

 

 

+2.1% Revenue YoY (Last 12 Months)

-3.0% Visits YoY (Last 12 Months)

 

The rolling 14-day trendline showed revenue and visits slowly climbing since late July.

 

 

6,218 Practices

2.2M Revenue per Practice (Last 12 Months)

10.1K Visits per Practice (Last 12 Months)

 

Oregon continued to top every other state in year-over-year visits last week, coming in at 0.2% growth, with Iowa trailing behind at -0.6%. Maine and Connecticut saw the most year-over-year revenue growth at 6.0% and 5.4% respectively.

*Numbers are subject to change based on data availability and PIMS adjustments.

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