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Veterinarians in Clinton County, MI

How Clinton County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #641 of 1,485 scored counties
#18 of 48 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
13
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.5M
On pets · $934 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,432
+1.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on pets in Clinton County comes to about $29.5M a year: $934 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 13 veterinarians, that is $2.3M per clinic, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.

Clinton County has 13 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Clinton County classed as veterinary services. That is one for every 3,164 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clinton County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Clinton County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for veterinarians, ranking #641 of 1,485 scored counties and #18 of 48 scored counties in Michigan.

How Clinton County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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.

Veterinarians in Clinton County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureClinton CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.13.23.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.6M$2.7M
Households per official establishment3,1643,9933,767
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$934$843$909
Median household income$88,210$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score5448

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 10
Employees, 2023
74
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
131 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Clinton County, 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 Clinton County

Population, 2025 estimate
80,432+1.6% since 2020
Households
31,639
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
567 sq. mi.
People per square mile
140
Median household income
$88,210+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,690
Median home value
$259,500
Jobs located here
19,511
Daytime population
64,429Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Veterinarians across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Clinton County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for veterinarians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ottawa County, MI79252.2$4.2M+3.9%#99 of 1,485
2Macomb County, MI75882.5$3.5M+0.7%#177 of 1,485
3Monroe County, MI71152.4$3.6M+0.7%#252 of 1,485
4Wayne County, MI681221.7$4.4M−1.1%#309 of 1,485
5Oakland County, MI642013.8$2.7M+1.2%#402 of 1,485
6Livingston County, MI63263.4$3.1M+1.7%#422 of 1,485
7Bay County, MI6292.0$3.7M−1.6%#448 of 1,485
8Kent County, MI61913.5$2.5M+2.5%#473 of 1,485
9Montcalm County, MI6072.9$2.6M+4.1%#486 of 1,485
10Muskegon County, MI58192.8$2.7M+1.8%#539 of 1,485
18Clinton County, MI54134.1$2.3M+1.6%#641 of 1,485

Other business types in Clinton County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many veterinarians are in Clinton County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 veterinarians in Clinton County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.

How much do households in Clinton County, MI spend on pets?

About $29.5M a year, or $934 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,639 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clinton County, MI compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?

Clinton County has 4.1 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.3M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, Clinton County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,164 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.

How fast is Clinton County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Clinton County at 80,432 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,639 households. Median household income in Clinton County is $88,210, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, before inflation.

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. Clinton County scores 54 for veterinarians (upper middle), #641 of 1,485 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for veterinarians · All 56 business types in Clinton County

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