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Expert Representation for Pet Business Owners:
Are you looking to sell your pet business at peak value? As the leading pet business broker and consultant, PET|VET M&A, Sales & Advisory, specializes in helping pet care business owners and veterinary professionals successfully sell their businesses while maximizing profits.
Since 2007, we have facilitated transactions in the pet and veterinary industries across the U.S., ensuring sellers achieve the highest possible valuation.
Selling a pet business is about more than just numbers—it’s about finding the right buyer, securing the best deal, and maintaining control over the process. With PET|VET, you’ll have expert guidance at every step, ensuring transparency, strong communication, and a seamless transaction. Our exclusive industry connections and strategic bidding process put you in the best position to secure the highest price and best deal for your goals..
What Puts Us Above the Rest
Who We Serve
Pet Resorts & Kennels
If you own a pet resort or kennel and are considering selling, working with an experienced pet business broker and consultant ensures you receive top dollar. PET|VET has over 17 years of experience in this niche, successfully selling more than 250 facilities worth over $500 million. With a 96% average closing rate and prices 20% higher than FSBO, our process guarantees the highest valuation while maintaining complete confidentiality.
Selling your pet business or pet resort, whether independent or a franchise, isn’t just about finding a buyer—it’s about securing the right one. We connect you with both private buyers and corporate consolidators / private equity firms, ensuring a smooth transition while maximizing value.
Veterinary Practices
Selling your veterinary practice is a complex process requiring industry expertise and strategic negotiation. As a licensed pet business broker, PET|VET structures transactions to optimize business valuation, real estate considerations, and tax implications for veterinary clinics and hospitals.
Our step-by-step approach ensures you remain informed and in control throughout the process. Whether you are selling to a private buyer or a corporate consolidator, our proprietary methods secure the best deal while protecting your confidentiality and financial interests.
Retail & Pet Product Businesses
If you own a retail store, boutique, or pet product manufacturing company, selling to the right buyer is key to preserving your brand’s legacy while maximizing financial return.
PET|VET facilitates sales for businesses in pet food, toys, bedding, training supplies, clothing, accessories, supplements, containment products, and more (excluding pet stores that sell live animals). With expert guidance, you can confidently navigate the sale process while securing the best possible outcome.
Pet Grooming Salons
For owners of multi-table grooming salons, selling your business requires a strategic approach to attract the right buyers and maximize value. PET|VET has extensive experience in pet grooming business transactions, ensuring smooth sales while maintaining confidentiality and profitability.
Maximize Your Pet Business Sale with Expert Guidance
The pet care industry is undergoing rapid consolidation, with business owners frequently receiving unsolicited offers from corporate buyers. While these offers may seem appealing, engaging directly with a corporate buyer without expert representation often leads to undervaluation.
PET|VET has built strong relationships with all of the PE firms in both the pet resort and veterinary spaces. Our unique selling process creates a competitive bidding environment that ensures you receive the maximum value for your business. Many of our clients have achieved multi-million-dollar exits through our tailored approach.
Before sharing financials or negotiating with corporate buyers, consult an experienced pet business broker and consultant to protect your interests. PET|VET will help you secure the best valuation, deal terms, and transition plan. Contact us today for a pet business broker consultation and start your path to a successful, high-value sale.
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Transparent & Performance-Based Fees
Let’s cover the #1 question: what’s this going to cost me? We understand the need to maximize returns at closing and that is why our fees are structured to align with your success, decreasing as the deal size increases.
Our compensation is based on the final sale price and we are fully transparent with our success fee. The fee is calculated during the market analysis stage — before you make any commitments.
Our fees are lower than a typical residential real estate transaction, making PET|VET not only the most experienced but also the most cost-effective choice for selling your pet care business.
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PET|VET offers a free, confidential market analysis designed specifically for pet business owners considering a sale. Our in-depth evaluation determines your business’s current value and readiness to achieve the best possible price—or pinpoints key improvements to boost its appeal. By examining market trends, financial performance, and growth potential, we ensure your pet business is accurately appraised and strategically positioned to attract premium offers. This service is available for pet resorts, dog daycares, dog boarding facilities, dog grooming operations, and veterinary hospitals.
PET|VET is not just another business broker and a consultant —we specialize exclusively in pet care and veterinary business sales, combining industry expertise, strategic selling, and deep buyer connections to maximize your business’ value.
Key advantages:
- Top Broker: Teija Heikkilä is the Top Broker for the pet care industry having completed more pet resort sales than anybody. Our stats speak for themselves.
- Extensive Buyer Network: We have direct relationships with ALL corporate consolidators, private equity firms and individual buyers actively seeking pet businesses.
- Industry Specific Expertise: We understand pet care operations inside and out, allowing us to position your business effectively for top-dollar offers.
- Market and Valuation Mastery: Our team ensures your business is accurately valued and competitively positioned in today’s evolving market.
- Structured M&A auction: Unlike traditional brokers, we create a competitive bidding environment that drives up the final sale price.
- High Closing Rate: From negotiation to closing, we structure deals to ensure a smooth transaction and almost 100% guaranteed closing.
You only have one chance to sell your pet business at its peak value—trust PET|VET to deliver the best deal, the right buyer, and a hassle-free, confidential process from start to finish.
Working with PET|VET means maximizing the value of your pet business sale while ensuring a smooth, strategic process. Unlike negotiating with a single buyer, our Structured M&A Auction creates competition among national corporate and private equity firms, driving up your sale price / multiplier and securing the best deal terms.
Key benefits:
- Higher sale price – Competitive bidding ensures you get top dollar at max multiplier.
- More buyer options – We connect you with all potential buyers, not just one.
- Faster, more efficient sale – Clear deadlines keep deals on track.
- Cultural fit consideration – You choose a buyer who aligns with your values.
The market for pet care businesses is expanding, offering a range of deal structures and financial opportunities. Our expertise helps you navigate these complexities with confidence, ensuring you make the right decision for your business and future. You only have one chance to sell at peak value—partnering with PET|VET ensures you don’t leave money on the table.
Confidentiality is a priority throughout the entire process. We confidentially present your business to buyers (whether PE or private individuals) while protecting sensitive information. Our buyer qualification process ensures only serious, financially capable buyers receive information on your business after signing a Non Disclosure Agreement. We are highly sensitive to the team at the business and the larger community who should only learn of the sale once it’s completed.
Some sellers may question the need for an auction-style approach rather than negotiating, by themselves, with one buyer. The answer is straightforward: competition drives value. Without multiple buyers in play, there is a significant risk of undervaluing your business and leaving money on the table.
An auction-style approach also gives you the ability to evaluate multiple buyers and their offerings to your team, reputation, and future financial gains.
Our structured mergers and acquisitions (M&A) auction process ensures that potential buyers recognize they are competing with others for your business. This competitive dynamic creates urgency, compelling serious buyers to act swiftly and submit strong, top-tier offers from the outset.
Selling a pet care business requires meeting key financial, operational, and compliance criteria to attract serious buyers. While PET|VET works with a variety of businesses, here are the general requirements:
M&A Market (Corporate & Private Equity Buyers)
- Revenue & EBITDA: Minimum of $1M in revenue and/or $250K+ in verifiable EBITDA for a single location
- Management: A General or Operations Manager must be in place to handle daily operations
- Facility Size: At least 5,000 SF under roof
- Financial Stability: Revenue must be stable year-over-year
- Compliance: Business must meet all licensing and property use regulations
- Veterinary hospitals: Must have at least 4+ DVMs
Lifestyle Properties (Private Buyer Market)
- Revenue: Minimum of $750K
- Facility size: At least 4,000 sq. ft.
- Financial Stability: Revenue must be stable year-over-year
- Location: Must be in a market area with at least 100,000 residents
- Compliance & Condition: Business must be compliant with all licensing and property laws and in overall good condition
We are always open to discussing your specific situation. Click here to contact us or call or text PET|VET today at 970.609.9220 for straightforward, honest advice. Let’s discuss your best path to a profitable sale!
While many pet care services are great candidates for our pet business broker services, we are not successful at selling these types of businesses:
- Breeder kennels
- Gun dog and sports trainer kennels
- Trainer-owned facilities (where the owner is the primary trainer)
- Dog show handler kennels
- Small grooming salons (with fewer than four groomers)
- Small animal hospitals (with under four DVMs)
- Training-focused businesses (where training generates over 50% of revenue)
- Retail boutiques with less than $2M in annual revenue
If your business doesn’t fall into these categories but you’re unsure whether it qualifies for sale, reach out for a consultation. Selling your pet care business is a significant decision, and it’s essential to understand your options. Contact PET|VET today to discuss your business and explore the best path forward.