Veterinary Industry Summary: June 29-July 5, 2025
Stats from the Veterinary Industry Tracker powered by Vetsource and AVMA
June 29-July 5, 2025
How many full-time non-veterinarian staff members should be working for every full-time veterinarian? How can practices strike the right balance to enhance productivity and patient care while preventing burnout?
The 2025 AVMA Economic State of the Profession Report revealed the average ratios of full-time equivalent (FTE) non-veterinarian staff to FTE veterinarians in various practice types in 2024. Takeaways included:
- Companion animal practices had the highest staff-to-veterinarian ratios, averaging nearly 4 FTE non-veterinarian staff members per veterinarian, including 0.5-0.6 veterinary technicians per veterinarian.
- Food animal practices had only 0.7 non-veterinarian staff per veterinarian.
- Equine and food animal practices had 0.1 FTE veterinary technicians per FTE veterinarian.
Understanding staff ratios and comparing them to industry benchmarks can help practices make data-driven decisions that optimize productivity, elevate patient care and client experiences, and improve job satisfaction for the veterinary team.
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| +7.8% Revenue YoY (Last Week) |
+4.3% Visits YoY (Last Week) |
With the Fourth of July holiday likely affecting the year-over-year numbers last week, veterinary industry revenue jumped from -0.6% to 7.8%. Year-over-year visits also made a big leap, improving from -5.0% to 4.3%.
 -0.9%Heartworm YoY |
 +0.3%Flea/Tick YoY |
| +8.9% Services YoY |
+4.7% Products YoY |
Year-over-year parasiticide purchases also improved compared to the previous week. Heartworm was -0.9%, and flea/tick was 0.3%, up from -10.0% and -9.3% respectively. Service revenue climbed from 0.7% to 8.9% year over year, while product revenue was 4.7%, an improvement over the previous week’s -4.5%.
| +1.9% Revenue YoY (Last 12 Months) |
-3.1% Visits YoY (Last 12 Months) |
The rolling 14-day trendline showed a slight dip in revenue and visits since late June.
| 6,068 Practices |
2.2M Revenue per Practice (Last 12 Months) |
10.2K Visits per Practice (Last 12 Months) |
Maine saw the most year-over-year revenue growth again last week at 6.2%, with Maryland a distant second at 4.9%. Oregon and Iowa experienced the smallest declines in year-over-year visits at -0.2% and -0.5% respectively.
*Numbers are subject to change based on data availability and PIMS adjustments.
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