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Veterinarians in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area

How the Winchester, VA-WV 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #186 of 384 scored metro areas
#4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia

Listings
24
2 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$54M
On pets · $973 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
152,332
+6.5% 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 Winchester metro area spend about $54M a year on pets, or $973 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 24 veterinarians, that is $2.3M per clinic, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.

There are 24 veterinarians on map listings in the Winchester metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 8%, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 30% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.

Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in the Winchester metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,266 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Winchester metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For veterinarians, the Winchester metro area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #186 of 384 scored metro areas and #4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.

How the Winchester metro area compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Winchester, VA-WV metro area compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureWinchester metro areaVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.33.63.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.9M$2.7M
Households per official establishment3,2663,3933,767
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.8%+6.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$973$1,056$909
Median household income$84,298$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score5263

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17
Employees, 2023
267
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
242 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Winchester 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 Winchester metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
152,332+6.5% since 2020
Households
55,520
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,063 sq. mi.
People per square mile
138
Median household income
$84,298+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,182
Median home value
$355,400
Jobs located here
64,511
Daytime population
143,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Veterinarians across Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Winchester metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in Virginia ranked for veterinarians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV807083.0$4.2M+3.3%#20 of 384
1Richmond, VA671883.5$2.8M+5.5%#75 of 384
2Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC622243.2$3M+0.9%#102 of 384
3Harrisonburg, VA53183.6$2.5M+3.5%#173 of 384
4Winchester, VA-WV52244.3$2.3M+6.5%#186 of 384
5Charlottesville, VA47404.4$2.4M+3.1%#218 of 384
6Roanoke, VA37503.8$2.3M+0.4%#281 of 384
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA35483.7$2.1M+2.3%#294 of 384
7Lynchburg, VA34414.0$2.1M+2.9%#302 of 384
8Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA31244.6$1.9M+3.2%#322 of 384

Other business types in the Winchester metro area

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

Questions

How many veterinarians are in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 24 veterinarians in the Winchester metro area. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.

How much do households in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area spend on pets?

About $54M a year, or $973 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,520 households in the Winchester metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Winchester, VA-WV metro area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?

The Winchester metro area has 4.3 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.3M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Winchester metro area would have about 20, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,266 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.

How fast is the Winchester, VA-WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Winchester metro area at 152,332 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,520 households. Median household income in the Winchester metro area is $84,298, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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 Winchester metro area scores 52 for veterinarians (upper middle), #186 of 384 scored metro areas.

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