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Veterinarians in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for veterinarians in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #268 of 384 scored metro areas
#14 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina

Listings
23
4 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42M
On pets · $955 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
110,619
+10.3% 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

Households in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area spend about $42M a year on pets, or $955 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.

There are 23 veterinarians on map listings in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.2, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 2,096 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $125K have gone to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For veterinarians, the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #268 of 384 scored metro areas and #14 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.

How the Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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.

Veterinarians in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasurePinehurst-Southern Pines metro areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.23.53.3
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.6M$2.7M
Households per official establishment2,0963,5023,767
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.3%+6.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$955$899$909
Median household income$86,080$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score3956

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21
Employees, 2023
298
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
234 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$125K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
110,619+10.3% since 2020
Households
44,013
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
698 sq. mi.
People per square mile
150
Median household income
$86,080+43.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,924
Median home value
$351,400
Jobs located here
42,923
Daytime population
109,477Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Veterinarians across North Carolina

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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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area marked.

Top metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in North Carolina ranked for veterinarians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rocky Mount, NC72111.9$4.2M+2.8%#47 of 384
2Goldsboro, NC68122.5$3.1M+3.8%#68 of 384
3Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC683983.7$2.7M+10.1%#72 of 384
4Fayetteville, NC63362.4$3.3M+1.6%#97 of 384
5Winston-Salem, NC63853.0$2.8M+5.3%#100 of 384
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC622243.2$3M+0.9%#102 of 384
6Raleigh-Cary, NC612454.3$2.6M+12.6%#109 of 384
7Greenville, NC59172.3$3.4M+5.4%#125 of 384
8Durham-Chapel Hill, NC57953.8$2.6M+7.5%#147 of 384
9Wilmington, NC55794.0$2.3M+15.9%#163 of 384
14Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC39235.2$1.8M+10.3%#268 of 384

Other business types in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area

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Questions

How many veterinarians are in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 23 veterinarians in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.

How much do households in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area spend on pets?

About $42M a year, or $955 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,013 households in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?

The Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area has 5.2 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 58% 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 U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area would have about 15, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,096 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area at 110,619 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,013 households. Median household income in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area is $86,080, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.6%, 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area scores 39 for veterinarians (lower middle), #268 of 384 scored metro areas.

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