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Pets · Small-town market · Vermont

Veterinarians in the Barre, VT area

How the Barre, VT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #382 of 398 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont

Listings
16
2 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17M
On pets · $658 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
61% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
88% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,652
−0.2% 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

The Barre area scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for veterinarians, ranking #382 of 398 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 veterinarians in the Barre area. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 88% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.

At $658 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in the Barre area spend about $17M a year on pets. Spread across 16 veterinarians, that is $1.1M per clinic, 61% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in the Barre area in 2023. That is one for every 2,873 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Barre area declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Barre area compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Barre, VT area compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureBarre areaVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.25.13.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.3M$2.7M
Households per official establishment2,8732,3173,767
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.8%+6.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$658$654$909
Median household income$83,449$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score195

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
100
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
162 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 the Barre 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 Barre area

Population, 2025 estimate
59,652−0.2% since 2020
Households
25,855
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
687 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$83,449+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,553
Median home value
$315,000
Jobs located here
30,099
Daytime population
61,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Veterinarians across Vermont

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Vermont for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Vermont (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Barre area marked.

Top small-town markets in Vermont

Small-town markets in Vermont ranked for veterinarians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Brattleboro, VT2573.5$1.7M−1.4%#357 of 398
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT24475.1$1.3M+1.5%#364 of 398
2Bennington, VT2164.0$1.6M−1.8%#375 of 398
3Barre, VT19166.2$1.1M−0.2%#382 of 398
4Rutland, VT14124.7$1.2M−1.4%#395 of 398

Other business types in the Barre area

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

Questions

How many veterinarians are in the Barre, VT area?

There are 16 veterinarians on map listings in the Barre area as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.

How much do households in the Barre, VT area spend on pets?

About $17M a year, or $658 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,855 households in the Barre area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Barre, VT area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?

The Barre area has 6.2 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 88% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $1.1M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the national ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Barre area would have about 6, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,873 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.

How fast is the Barre, VT area growing?

Population estimates put the Barre area at 59,652 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,855 households. The median household income in the Barre area is $83,449 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Barre area scores 19 for veterinarians (low), #382 of 398 scored small-town markets.

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