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Veterinarians in the Gettysburg, PA metro area

How the Gettysburg, PA 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #241 of 384 scored metro areas
#3 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.5M
On pets · $649 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
107,594
+3.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 veterinarians in the Gettysburg metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 3.3.

Household spending on pets in the Gettysburg metro area comes to about $26.5M a year: $649 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. 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 Gettysburg metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 3,403 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Gettysburg metro area.

Population estimates show the Gettysburg metro area grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Gettysburg metro area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for veterinarians, ranking #241 of 384 scored metro areas and #3 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.

How the Gettysburg metro area compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Gettysburg, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureGettysburg metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.43.13.3
Spending per listing$2.7M$2.1M$2.7M
Households per official establishment3,4034,1533,767
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+6.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$649$647$909
Median household income$84,092$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score4331

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
107,594+3.6% since 2020
Households
40,841
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
519 sq. mi.
People per square mile
205
Median household income
$84,092+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,363
Median home value
$268,500
Jobs located here
31,894
Daytime population
87,195Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Veterinarians across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Gettysburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for veterinarians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD457293.0$2.5M+1.4%#230 of 384
2Lebanon, PA44152.6$2.4M+2.2%#235 of 384
3Gettysburg, PA43102.4$2.7M+3.6%#241 of 384
4Altoona, PA42102.0$2.8M−2.5%#243 of 384
5Reading, PA42472.9$2.2M+2.7%#247 of 384
6Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA42722.9$2.2M+4.2%#248 of 384
7Johnstown, PA38132.3$2.3M−3.2%#273 of 384
8Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ351123.3$2M+3.0%#297 of 384
9York-Hanover, PA33613.4$2M+3.6%#309 of 384
10Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA31692.9$1.9M+1.4%#321 of 384

Other business types in the Gettysburg metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many veterinarians are in the Gettysburg, PA metro area?

The Gettysburg metro area has 10 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.

How much do households in the Gettysburg, PA metro area spend on pets?

About $26.5M a year, or $649 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 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 40,841 households in the Gettysburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gettysburg, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?

The Gettysburg metro area has 2.4 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.7M, 3% 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 3,403 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.

How fast is the Gettysburg, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Gettysburg metro area at 107,594 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,841 households. The median household income in the Gettysburg metro area is $84,092 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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 Gettysburg metro area scores 43 for veterinarians (lower middle), #241 of 384 scored metro areas.

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