Pets · Metro area · North Carolina
Veterinarians in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area
How the Greensboro-High Point, NC 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #172 of 384 scored metro areas
#10 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 100
- 17 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 90
- +3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $265.1M
- On pets · $836 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 805,945
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 100 veterinarians in the Greensboro-High Point metro area. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.3.
At $836 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area spend about $265.1M a year on pets. That works out to $2.7M per clinic, 3% 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area was 90 in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 3,523 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $8.5M have gone to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Greensboro-High Point metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greensboro-High Point metro area grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for veterinarians, ranking #172 of 384 scored metro areas and #10 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Greensboro-High Point metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Greensboro-High Point metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,523 | 3,502 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.5% | +10.3% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $836 | $899 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,565 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 90+3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,295
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $57.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10017 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 97The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $8.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Greensboro-High Point 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 805,945+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 317,045
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,994 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 394
- Median household income
- $65,565+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,179
- Median home value
- $231,000
- Jobs located here
- 363,740
- Daytime population
- 805,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for veterinarians, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Greensboro-High Point metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rocky Mount, NC | 72 | 11 | 1.9 | $4.2M | +2.8% | #47 of 384 |
| 2Goldsboro, NC | 68 | 12 | 2.5 | $3.1M | +3.8% | #68 of 384 |
| 3Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 68 | 398 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +10.1% | #72 of 384 |
| 4Fayetteville, NC | 63 | 36 | 2.4 | $3.3M | +1.6% | #97 of 384 |
| 5Winston-Salem, NC | 63 | 85 | 3.0 | $2.8M | +5.3% | #100 of 384 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 62 | 224 | 3.2 | $3M | +0.9% | #102 of 384 |
| 6Raleigh-Cary, NC | 61 | 245 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +12.6% | #109 of 384 |
| 7Greenville, NC | 59 | 17 | 2.3 | $3.4M | +5.4% | #125 of 384 |
| 8Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 57 | 95 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +7.5% | #147 of 384 |
| 9Wilmington, NC | 55 | 79 | 4.0 | $2.3M | +15.9% | #163 of 384 |
| 10Greensboro-High Point, NC | 53 | 100 | 3.2 | $2.7M | +4.1% | #172 of 384 |
Other business types in the Greensboro-High Point 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 businesses58
- Veterinarians53
- Pet grooming and boarding61
- Pet stores69
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area?
The Greensboro-High Point metro area has 100 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area spend on pets?
About $265.1M a year, or $836 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 100 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 317,045 households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The Greensboro-High Point metro area has 3.2 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.7M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the national ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Greensboro-High Point metro area would have about 97, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,523 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Greensboro-High Point metro area at 805,945 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 317,045 households. The median household income in the Greensboro-High Point metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 53 for veterinarians (upper middle), #172 of 384 scored metro areas.
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