Pets · Small-town market · Minnesota
Veterinarians in the Austin, MN area
How the Austin, MN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #163 of 398 scored small-town markets
#10 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On pets · $813 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,971
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 veterinarians in the Austin area. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.
Household spending on pets in the Austin area comes to about $12.8M a year: $813 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per clinic, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in the Austin area in 2023. That is one for every 3,144 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $573K has gone to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Austin area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Austin area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Austin area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for veterinarians, ranking #163 of 398 scored small-town markets and #10 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Austin area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Austin area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.8M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,144 | 3,663 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $813 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,074 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- 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
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $573K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Austin 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 Austin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,971+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,719
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $73,074+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,253
- Median home value
- $185,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,578
- Daytime population
- 36,121Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Austin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 81 | 6 | 2.6 | $3.5M | +4.2% | #14 of 398 |
| 2Fergus Falls, MN | 72 | 5 | 2.0 | $4.1M | +1.6% | #45 of 398 |
| 3Bemidji, MN | 72 | 5 | 2.8 | $2.9M | +1.8% | #46 of 398 |
| 4Grand Rapids, MN | 70 | 5 | 2.7 | $2.9M | +0.9% | #62 of 398 |
| 5Willmar, MN | 70 | 8 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #66 of 398 |
| 6Brainerd, MN | 69 | 14 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +4.3% | #70 of 398 |
| 7Owatonna, MN | 66 | 5 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +0.2% | #88 of 398 |
| 8Winona, MN | 60 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.3M | +1.8% | #125 of 398 |
| 9Detroit Lakes, MN | 58 | 7 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +0.9% | #142 of 398 |
| 10Austin, MN | 55 | 7 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #163 of 398 |
Other business types in the Austin 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 businesses63
- Veterinarians55
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores51
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the Austin, MN area?
There are 7 veterinarians on map listings in the Austin area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in the Austin, MN area spend on pets?
About $12.8M a year, or $813 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,719 households in the Austin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Austin, MN area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The Austin area has 4.5 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $1.8M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the national ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Austin area would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,144 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is the Austin, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Austin area at 40,971 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,719 households. The median household income in the Austin area is $73,074 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Austin area scores 55 for veterinarians (upper middle), #163 of 398 scored small-town markets.
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