Pets · Small-town market · Missouri
Veterinarians in the Kirksville, MO area
How the Kirksville, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.6M
- On pets · $726 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,824
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 veterinarians in the Kirksville area. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 12% below the U.S. rate of 3.3.
Household spending on pets in the Kirksville area comes to about $7.6M a year: $726 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per clinic, 7% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in the Kirksville area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,478 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Kirksville area grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 veterinarians on map listings, the Kirksville area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Kirksville area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Kirksville area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.2M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,478 | 3,604 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $726 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $61,485 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $811K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Kirksville 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 Kirksville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,824+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 10,433
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 875 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $61,485+46.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,415
- Median home value
- $162,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,682
- Daytime population
- 28,248Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kirksville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warrensburg, MO | 76 | 6 | 2.8 | $2.7M | +4.9% | #27 of 398 |
| 2Branson, MO | 59 | 7 | 3.1 | $2.3M | +1.7% | #131 of 398 |
| 3Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 58 | 5 | 3.0 | $2.5M | +0.8% | #137 of 398 |
| Quincy, IL-MO | 49 | 13 | 4.2 | $1.8M | −2.0% | #212 of 398 |
| 4Farmington, MO | 43 | 12 | 4.8 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #250 of 398 |
| 5Sikeston, MO | 43 | 10 | 5.0 | $1.4M | −0.3% | #251 of 398 |
| 6Rolla, MO | 42 | 8 | 4.6 | $1.6M | +1.6% | #253 of 398 |
| 7Hannibal, MO | 28 | 7 | 4.6 | $1.6M | +0.4% | #337 of 398 |
| 8Lebanon, MO | 25 | 11 | 7.6 | $890K | +2.5% | #362 of 398 |
| 9West Plains, MO | 17 | 13 | 8.1 | $810K | +2.5% | #387 of 398 |
| Kirksville, MO | Not scored | 3 | 2.9 | $2.5M | +1.9% |
Other business types in the Kirksville 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 businesses42
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding39
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the Kirksville, MO area?
There are 3 veterinarians on map listings in the Kirksville area as of September 2026. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in the Kirksville, MO area spend on pets?
About $7.6M a year, or $726 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,433 households in the Kirksville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kirksville, MO area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The Kirksville area has 2.9 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.5M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,478 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kirksville, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Kirksville area at 29,824 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,433 households. The median household income in the Kirksville area is $61,485 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 46.3% 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 Kirksville area has no market score for veterinarians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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