how much does it cost to start and run a vet clinic?

sweetie, if you can not afford parvo shots you can not afford to open a vet clinic … you would have to hire a vet which would be at the minimum 80 thousand dollars a year … you would have to staff the clinic around the clock with a minimum of three vet techs which the ballpark range of their salaries would be 90 thousand dollars … i worked that out as 15 dollars an hour for 3 people for around the clock care, and 2 weeks off for holidays … then the machines and supplies easily 100 thousand dollars … and you would need to buy or rent space … lets say rent … minimum 3000 dollars a month x 12 is 36 thousand dollars …

so

$ 80 000 for the vet

$ 90 000 for the 3 vet techs

$100 000 for machines and supplies

$ 36 000 for rent of said clinic

Total: $306 000 dollars (and this is a very gross estimate, in reality, it would be more like half a million)

that is just to give you an idea why veterinary care is so expensive … vets start because they love animals but like everyone else must join the real world and be business people too … which is why free things for animals are not readily available because vets are not “in it for the money” they are trying to run a successful business and that does not happen with giving things away free … people should be able to afford the most basic veterinary care to own an animal … no one is “owed” free veterinary care … and considering you could not afford shots or even to spay your animal, is your and your pets problem not the vets … usually it is vets who start a clinic, not some random child who plans on getting the money who knows where … vets have like 10 years of student loans to pay off plus pay for all of the above and more, the student loans alone can be upwards of 300 000 dollars … so don’t be bitter at the vet trying to make a living, you should be asking yourself why you had animals you were unable to provide for … if your parents did not provide for you, you would be taken away and provided for … animals do not have that choice …

i think your warm fuzzy thoughts are sweet and it is always great to dream, but maybe you should dream a little more realistically and you will be a happier person in life …

All of the above answers are ignorant, first, you can do anything you put your mind to. Second I have worked in the vet field for 15 years with 5 of them being a practice manager.

Second, while your compassion is admirable, you won’t be able to run a clinic if you are giving everything away for free, while there is an insane mark up on a lot of vet items such as vaccines, you can choose to give low cost service but you would have to run the clinic as a high volume, essentially doing 3 times the amount of work as others, if you did a low cost clinic you could make it a non profit and be tax exempt .

Example, a rabies vaccine cost clinics around 1.70$ you could offer these for 10$ which is half the cost of general practice.

For the very supportive responder voted best answer, your numbers are way off. An average vets salary is 60k not 80k not to mention a certified technician with 10 years experience would be in the 15$ an hour range anything less then that you gonna pay around

Most vet clinics do make a healthy profit. Take a kitten to be neutered and normal shots $500.00 a whack, go in for anything around here $300.00 a visit. Most clinics treat average oif 40 patients per day. Lets see 16 K a day potential. Overhead cost be damned, with start up money you could easily run a discount clinic and become wealthy doing so. I can go to an MD for $80.00 a visit and there are not many poor ones.

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how much does it cost to start and run a vet clinic?

my dream is to open a vet clinic. I would spay and neuter dogs for free and offer free parvo and rabies shots since i know how terrible it is to have a b**** in heat and i have lost a dog to parvo because i could not afford to get the shots. Most vets i have taken my beagle to are in it for the…

If the lower cost options are performed at a reputable facility and the surgery is done by a licensed Veterinarian it should not matter. The same standard of care should be given be either facility as mandated by state licensing agencies. There is no guarantee that a private practitioner is going to provide a higher quality of service than a Veterinarian that is performing surgery at a humane organization or a local government facility. No reputable facility that does spays or neuters should release an animal that has not fully recovered from anesthesia and they should provide you with full post surgery care instructions. It is, however, a good idea to establish a relationship with a Veterinarian for your pet’s ongoing health care needs and not all places that offer low cost spays and neuters provide a full range of Veterinary care.

I lost 3 dogs to parvo so I know how it feel I am about to graduate high school and go to college to become a vet and own my own place I WILL ATTEND DOGS FOR FREE IF THEY HAVE PRAVO ! The stupid vet didn’t want to give me the shots to take home to give my dogs so they could get better so 3 of my wonderful dogs died because of that money hungry vet I could afford the shots I just couldn’t afford the in vet stay for all 7 of my dogs but no one can tell me I didn’t love my dogs and I wouldn’t do anything for them cause for my dogs I did everything I could and I think I was damn good owner so if you want to open a vet I say go for it cause people these days are heartless they can be vets but give a **** about the animals all they want is the money vet is a high paying job right now do you really think they care ? So if you want to really open a vet look for me and together we can do it and really help animals in need money comes and goes you can always get the money you need sweetie

A small office? $35,000 for the lease, $3000 insurance, $100,000 for a good Vet, $50,000 for 2 techs and THEN you have the set-up and regular costs involved in buying meds and a vast amount of other supplies. I’d say at LEAST $250,000 a year, so we ain’t giving anything away for “free”. 9 out of 10 businesses die within the first 18 months. Free doesn’t work. In order for the owner to want to keep it running? If the Vet is the owner, he needs to be paid $150,000 PLUS obtain a profit of at LEAST $100,000, however at that slim $100,000 margin? You are at risk of losing your business…

With your attitude, maybe you should change the labor laws, not open a clinic.

casey’s answer was fantastic, but she forgot the education. Could be $150K just to become a vet.

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