Pets · Metro area · Kentucky
Veterinarians in the Owensboro, KY metro area
How the Owensboro, KY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #41 of 384 scored metro areas
#1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.6M
- On pets · $830 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 97% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,962
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 veterinarians in the Owensboro metro area. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 55% below the U.S. rate of 3.3.
Households in the Owensboro metro area spend about $37.6M a year on pets, or $830 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 veterinarians, that is $5.4M per clinic, 97% above the U.S. figure of $2.7M. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Owensboro metro area classed as veterinary services. That is one for every 5,660 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Owensboro metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For veterinarians, the Owensboro metro area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #41 of 384 scored metro areas and #1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Owensboro metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the veterinarians counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Owensboro metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $2.2M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,660 | 3,299 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $830 | $824 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,002 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 140
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Owensboro metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Owensboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,962+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 45,280
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $68,002
- Average household income
- $89,111
- Median home value
- $195,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,709
- Daytime population
- 113,540Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Owensboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Owensboro, KY | 73 | 7 | 1.5 | $5.4M | +1.3% | #41 of 384 |
| 2Elizabethtown, KY | 68 | 15 | 3.0 | $2.8M | +2.4% | #70 of 384 |
| 3Bowling Green, KY | 64 | 19 | 2.6 | $3.1M | +9.5% | #93 of 384 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 63 | 41 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +8.5% | #101 of 384 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 60 | 303 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #120 of 384 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 48 | 41 | 2.7 | $2.9M | −2.6% | #208 of 384 |
| 4Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 46 | 204 | 3.7 | $2.4M | +2.9% | #224 of 384 |
| 5Lexington-Fayette, KY | 28 | 120 | 5.5 | $1.6M | +3.4% | #340 of 384 |
| 6Paducah, KY-IL | 24 | 16 | 3.8 | $2.1M | −1.2% | #356 of 384 |
Other business types in the Owensboro metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses62
- Veterinarians73
- Pet grooming and boarding55
- Pet stores40
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the Owensboro, KY metro area?
There are 7 veterinarians on map listings in the Owensboro metro area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in the Owensboro, KY metro area spend on pets?
About $37.6M a year, or $830 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,280 households in the Owensboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Owensboro, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The Owensboro metro area has 1.5 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $5.4M, 97% above the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the national ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Owensboro metro area would have about 14, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,660 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is the Owensboro, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Owensboro metro area at 113,962 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,280 households. The median household income in the Owensboro metro area is $68,002 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Owensboro metro area scores 73 for veterinarians (upper middle), #41 of 384 scored metro areas.
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