Valuations & Bookkeeping
Valuation Services
Financial clarity for the planners and the dreamers
Keeping a financial pulse on your veterinary practice.
Understanding what your veterinary practice is truly worth is one of the most powerful tools you can have as an owner. Every strong ownership decision starts with a clear understanding of your practice’s value. Our Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) takes a comprehensive, veterinary-specific approach to determine your hospital’s fair market value—and deliver the clarity you need to make informed decisions about the future.
A formal valuation supports you at every stage of ownership, offering actionable insight into areas such as:
- Business Planning: Expansion, structural changes, major purchases
- Transition Planning: Retirement, succession planning, long-term forecasting
- Buying & Selling: Start-ups, acquisitions, sales, partner buy-ins or buy-outs
After all, your practice is more than a business—it’s a vision you’ve brought to life. A formal valuation helps you understand its true worth today, so you can plan wisely for tomorrow.
For more information about our Valuation Services, Schedule a Conversation.
What Affects Your Practice’s Value?
Your hospital’s value is shaped by far more than gross revenue or year-end profit. A strong valuation reflects the full picture of your operations—how efficiently you run, how consistently you perform, and how well your financials tell your story. These are some of the most influential drivers:
Profitability & Cash Flow
Clean, accurate financials and sustainable profitability signal stability and make your hospital more attractive to buyers and lenders.
Team & Leadership Structure
A well-trained, appropriately staffed team increases efficiency and reduces owner dependency—both essential for improving value.
Service Mix & Revenue Diversity
Hospitals with balanced revenue streams typically demonstrate stronger, more resilient value.
Client Retention & Reputation
High retention and strong client relationships reflect predictable revenue and long-term health—key indicators in any valuation.
Workflow & Operational Efficiency
Efficient medical and administrative processes reduce bottlenecks, increase provider productivity, and drive higher profitability.
Equipment & Facility Condition
Up-to-date equipment, modern software, and a well-maintained facility demonstrate long-term viability and reduce future buyer investment.
Culture & Team Stability
Strong leadership, low turnover, and a healthy team environment tend to demonstrate higher efficiency, stronger client loyalty, and more predictable revenue.
Accurate Bookkeeping
Clean, categorized, and accurate financial statements ensure your valuation reflects true performance—and make supporting documents far easier to evaluate.
Market At-a-Glance
Many practice owners assume their hospital is worth a set percentage of gross revenue—often 85%. In reality, market conditions shift, buyer behavior changes, and valuation methods evolve. The only reliable way to understand your hospital’s true value is through a professional, data-driven analysis. So, what is your practice actually worth?
Practice owners should always consult with a professional, like a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), to determine the value of their hospital. This is typically done by analyzing and adjusting years of financial data, then calculating a practice’s cash flow with a multiplier.
Adjusted Cash Flow x Multiplier = Hospital Value
Blue Heron Consulting valuations show, on average:
$235,700
Adjusted Cash Flow
5.46
Multiplier
$1,159,000
Median Practice Value
$1,354,000
Average Practice Value
Valuation Process
A valuation should give you more than a number — it should give you clarity, direction, and confidence in the choices ahead. That’s why our Practice Valuation process is intentionally hands-on. Over 4–6 weeks, we take time to understand your hospital, your leadership journey, and the goals driving your next chapter.
By combining veterinary-specific financial analysis with thoughtful one-on-one conversations, we help you interpret what your practice’s value truly means. You’ll finish the process with a deeper understanding of your business’s financial health, the factors influencing value, and the steps you can take to strengthen it over time.
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Complete initial valuation. Our valuator conducts a Discovery Call to better understand your practice and goals. Afterward, we’ll thoroughly analyze your financials and formulate an official report. You and your valuator will meet to review the results and strategize areas to optimize your practice’s value. |
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Create a plan for action. After identifying areas of strength and opportunity, our team will work with you to create a plan for action. They’ll demonstrate how current practice operations can change practice value, and ensure you have what you need to make informed business decisions that positively impact your practice value. |
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Check in on your progress. We don’t hand you the report and call it a day – we genuinely care about your success. We’ll make a plan to check-in with you and review your progress together. After a valuation is performed, it should be tracked regularly to assess how the value of the practice changes – just like tracking your revenue and expenses! We can perform updates to your valuation and recommend a consistent schedule that best fits your needs. |
Complete initial valuation.
Our valuator conducts a Discovery Call to better understand your practice and goals. Afterward, we’ll thoroughly analyze your financials and formulate an official report. You and your valuator will meet to review the results and strategize areas to optimize your practice’s value.
Create a plan for action.
After identifying areas of strength and opportunity, our team will work with you to create a plan for action. They’ll demonstrate how current practice operations can change practice value, and ensure you have what you need to make informed business decisions that positively impact your practice value.
Check in on your progress.
We don’t hand you the report and call it a day – we genuinely care about your success. We’ll make a plan to check-in with you and review your progress together.
After a valuation is performed, it should be tracked regularly to assess how the value of the practice changes – just like tracking your revenue and expenses! We can perform updates to your valuation and recommend a consistent schedule that best fits your needs.
What Is Your Practice Really Worth?
Your hospital is too important to rely on assumptions. A veterinary-specific valuation brings you the clarity, accuracy, and insight you need to make informed decisions—whether you’re planning to grow, transition, or simply protect the legacy you’ve built. When you partner with Blue Heron Consulting, you gain more than a number; you gain a team invested in your long-term success.
We’ll help you transform your valuation into a strategic guide for the future of your practice.
