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Veterinarians in Kearney County, NE
How Kearney County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.4M
- On pets · $851 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,790
- +1.5% since 2020
See the veterinarians around any address in Kearney County
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Kearney County comes to about $2.4M a year: $851 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.
Kearney County has 2 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. That is 7.1 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for veterinary services in Kearney County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kearney County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Kearney County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Kearney County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,565 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $851 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $78,631 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Kearney 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 Kearney County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,790+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 2,814
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $78,631
- Average household income
- $109,259
- Median home value
- $223,400
- Jobs located here
- 1,960
- Daytime population
- 5,454Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Kearney County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the veterinarians on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Kearney County marked.
Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 88 | 18 | 2.4 | $4.2M | +9.0% | #20 of 1,485 |
| 2Douglas County, NE | 65 | 84 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +3.6% | #384 of 1,485 |
| 3Lancaster County, NE | 63 | 47 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +3.4% | #435 of 1,485 |
| 4Dodge County, NE | 56 | 5 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +2.6% | #583 of 1,485 |
| 5Hall County, NE | 51 | 7 | 2.8 | $2.8M | +1.4% | #707 of 1,485 |
| 6Madison County, NE | 33 | 6 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +1.6% | #1,133 of 1,485 |
| 7Platte County, NE | 33 | 7 | 5.1 | $1.6M | +3.9% | #1,147 of 1,485 |
| 8Otoe County, NE | 32 | 5 | 7.8 | $1.1M | +3.9% | #1,175 of 1,485 |
| 9Scotts Bluff County, NE | 31 | 5 | 3.3 | $2.2M | −1.3% | #1,178 of 1,485 |
| 10Lincoln County, NE | 30 | 5 | 3.4 | $2.3M | −3.6% | #1,203 of 1,485 |
| Kearney County, NE | Not scored | 2 | 7.1 | $1.2M | +1.5% |
Other business types in Kearney County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in Kearney County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 veterinarians in Kearney County. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. No official count is published for veterinary services in Kearney County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kearney County, NE spend on pets?
About $2.4M a year, or $851 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,814 households in Kearney County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kearney County, NE compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
Kearney County has 2 veterinarians on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, Kearney County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Kearney County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Kearney County at 6,790 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,814 households. Median household income in Kearney County is $78,631, 3% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Kearney County. It maps the veterinarians on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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