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Veterinarians in Eau Claire County, WI
How Eau Claire County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #211 of 1,485 scored counties
#6 of 50 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.5M
- On pets · $839 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 109,033
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $839 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Eau Claire County spend about $37.5M a year on pets. Spread across 11 veterinarians, that is $3.4M per clinic, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.
Eau Claire County has 11 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.5, 24% below the U.S. rate of 3.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in Eau Claire County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 4,473 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $454K has gone to businesses classed as veterinary services in Eau Claire County.
Population estimates put the population change in Eau Claire County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For veterinarians, Eau Claire County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #211 of 1,485 scored counties and #6 of 50 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Eau Claire County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Eau Claire County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.4M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,473 | 3,532 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $839 | $861 | $909 |
| Median household income | $74,546 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 167
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $454K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in Eau Claire County, 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 Eau Claire County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 109,033+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 44,726
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $74,546+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,242
- Median home value
- $261,000
- Jobs located here
- 60,899
- Daytime population
- 119,781Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Portage County, WI | 76 | 7 | 2.4 | $3.5M | +2.2% | #144 of 1,485 |
| 2Washington County, WI | 76 | 17 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +1.8% | #148 of 1,485 |
| 3Kenosha County, WI | 75 | 14 | 2.0 | $4.4M | −0.4% | #171 of 1,485 |
| 4Calumet County, WI | 75 | 6 | 2.8 | $3.3M | +2.9% | #180 of 1,485 |
| 5Winnebago County, WI | 73 | 16 | 2.2 | $3.8M | +1.4% | #209 of 1,485 |
| 6Eau Claire County, WI | 73 | 11 | 2.5 | $3.4M | +3.0% | #211 of 1,485 |
| 7Sheboygan County, WI | 72 | 11 | 2.2 | $3.7M | 0.0% | #229 of 1,485 |
| 8Outagamie County, WI | 71 | 26 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +2.6% | #265 of 1,485 |
| 9La Crosse County, WI | 70 | 12 | 2.3 | $3.6M | +0.3% | #278 of 1,485 |
| 10Waukesha County, WI | 68 | 62 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +2.4% | #321 of 1,485 |
Other business types in Eau Claire County
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 businesses63
- Veterinarians73
- Pet grooming and boarding54
- Pet stores59
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in Eau Claire County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 veterinarians in Eau Claire County. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in Eau Claire County, WI spend on pets?
About $37.5M a year, or $839 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,726 households in Eau Claire County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Eau Claire County, WI compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
Eau Claire County has 2.5 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $3.4M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, Eau Claire County would have about 14, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,473 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is Eau Claire County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Eau Claire County at 109,033 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,726 households. Median household income in Eau Claire County is $74,546, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Eau Claire County scores 73 for veterinarians (upper middle), #211 of 1,485 scored counties.
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