Trends · data through September 2026

Veterinarians in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 424 stores from 363 veterinarian chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Caring Hands Animal Hospital grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Banfield Pet Hospital and Bush Veterinary Neurology Service.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
363
Tracked stores
424
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked veterinarian chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Caring Hands Animal Hospital and Banfield Pet Hospital sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Caring Hands Animal Hospital - +10.2%
2 Banfield Pet Hospital - +2.7%
3 Bush Veterinary Neurology Service - -8.8%
  • Banfield Pet Hospital
  • Caring Hands Animal Hospital
  • VCA SouthPaws Veterinary Specialists & Emergency
  • Veterinary Emergency Group
  • Friendship Hospital For Animals
  • Pender Veterinary Centre
  • VCA Veterinary Referral Associates
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

424 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 59 of the 424 stores (14%); 351 of the 363 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are veterinarians, against 2% across District of Columbia.

  • Banfield Pet Hospital (44)
  • Caring Hands Animal Hospital (6)
  • VCA SouthPaws Veterinary Specialists & Emergency (1)
  • Veterinary Emergency Group (3)
  • Friendship Hospital For Animals (1)
  • Pender Veterinary Centre (1)
  • VCA Veterinary Referral Associates (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Banfield Pet Hospital 44
  • 2 Caring Hands Animal Hospital 6
  • 3 Veterinary Emergency Group 3
  • 4 GoodVets 3
  • 5 Bush Veterinary Neurology Service 3
  • 6 Companion Animal Clinic 2
  • 7 The Oncology Service 2
  • 8 Heritage Animal Hospital 2
  • 9 Catoctin Veterinary Clinic 2
  • 10 Burke Forest Veterinary Clinic 1
  • 11 Nova Animal Hospital 1
  • 12 Loudoun Veterinary Service 1
  • 13 Town and Country Animal Hospital 1
  • 14 Animal Care Clinic 1
  • 15 Upper Marlboro Veterinary Hospital 1
  • 16 Shirlington Animal Hospital 1
  • 17 Potomac Animal Wellness Services 1
  • 18 Dale City Animal Hospital 1
  • 19 Animal Medical Center 1
  • 20 Fairland Animal Hospital 1
  • 21 Signal Hill Animal Clinic 1
  • 22 Lake Forest Animal Hospital 1
  • 23 Franklin Farm Veterinary Clinic 1
  • 24 Piedmont Pets Veterinary Care 1
  • 25 Neighborhood Veterinary Associates 1
  • 26 Clocktower Animal Hospital 1
  • 27 Bowie Towne Veterinary Hospital 1
  • 28 Village Veterinary Clinic 1
  • 29 Hart Animal Clinic 1
  • 30 VCA Herndon-Reston Animal Hospital 1
  • 31 Kingsview Animal Hospital 1
  • 32 VCA Old Town Animal Hospital 1
  • 33 Animal Clinic of La Plata 1
  • 34 Falls Church Animal Hospital 1
  • 35 Sully Animal Hospital 1
  • 36 Ocean Veterinary Ophthalmology 1
  • 37 Rose Hill Veterinary Practice 1
  • 38 Frederick Veterinary Center 1
  • 39 Spotsylvania Animal Hospital 1
  • 40 Roseville Veterinary Clinic 1
  • 41 Tango Animal Hospital 1
  • 42 VCA Healthy PAWS Medical Center 1
  • 43 Marshall Veterinary Clinic 1
  • 44 VCA Commonwealth Animal Hospital 1
  • 45 Centreville Square Animal Hospital 1
  • 46 Lake Ridge Animal Hospital 1
  • 47 Glade Valley Animal Hospital 1
  • 48 North Oatlands Animal Hospital 1
  • 49 Fredericksburg Animal Hospital 1
  • 50 Old Towne Veterinary Clinic 1

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