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Veterinarians in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area
How the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #71 of 384 scored metro areas
#12 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 331
- 82 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 244
- +16.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $892.3M
- On pets · $922 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,813,140
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 331 veterinarians in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.
Household spending on pets in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area comes to about $892.3M a year: $922 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.7M. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 244 businesses with payroll in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area classed as veterinary services, up 16.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,965 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.6M have gone to businesses classed as veterinary services in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area grew 9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For veterinarians, the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #71 of 384 scored metro areas and #12 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.8M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,965 | 3,904 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.8% | +12.8% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $922 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $76,213 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 244+16.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,499
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $175.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33182 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 328The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,813,140+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 967,488
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 364
- Median household income
- $76,213+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,761
- Median home value
- $278,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,138,312
- Daytime population
- 2,628,195Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 91 | 20 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +9.8% | #2 of 384 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 84 | 13 | 2.0 | $4.4M | +5.0% | #7 of 384 |
| 3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 81 | 815 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +10.3% | #17 of 384 |
| 4Laredo, TX | 80 | 11 | 1.4 | $5.9M | +5.2% | #18 of 384 |
| 5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 79 | 29 | 1.1 | $7M | +5.6% | #22 of 384 |
| 6Killeen-Temple, TX | 76 | 44 | 2.5 | $3.4M | +7.2% | #29 of 384 |
| 7Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 73 | 19 | 1.4 | $5.3M | +3.0% | #42 of 384 |
| 8Lubbock, TX | 72 | 33 | 2.3 | $3.5M | +4.6% | #49 of 384 |
| 9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 72 | 1,025 | 3.5 | $2.9M | +10.6% | #51 of 384 |
| 10El Paso, TX | 70 | 59 | 2.0 | $4M | +1.3% | #56 of 384 |
| 12San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 68 | 331 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +9.5% | #71 of 384 |
Other business types in the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 businesses73
- Veterinarians68
- Pet grooming and boarding73
- Pet stores67
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area?
There are 331 veterinarians on map listings in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area as of September 2026. 82 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 244 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023, up 16.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area spend on pets?
About $892.3M a year, or $922 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 331 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 967,488 households in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area has 3.4 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.7M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the national ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area would have about 328, against 331 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,965 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area at 2,813,140 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 967,488 households. The median household income in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area is $76,213 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area scores 68 for veterinarians (upper middle), #71 of 384 scored metro areas.
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