Oaks Veterinary Urgent Care

What Oaks Veterinary Urgent Care does

Oaks Veterinary Urgent Care is a privately held, single-location walk-in veterinary urgent care clinic operating in Agoura Hills, California since its founding in 2017. The clinic provides after-hours emergency veterinary services during evening and weekend hours (4PM-11PM weekdays, 11AM-11PM weekends and holidays), positioning itself between primary care veterinarians and 24-hour emergency hospitals to serve pet owners who need urgent care when their regular vet is closed. The practice is not a 24-hour facility and refers overnight cases to nearby 24-hour hospitals.

The clinic's service offering centers on progressive veterinary medicine with in-house diagnostic capabilities including a fully equipped laboratory, digital x-ray, abdominal ultrasound, and a surgical suite for emergency procedures. Additional services include emergency stabilization and critical care, reference laboratory access for specialized testing, and teleradiology consultation for specialist review of imaging. Revenue is generated through fee-for-service billing on a per-visit and per-procedure basis, with pricing not publicly disclosed. The clinic accepts Care Credit and Scratch Pay as patient financing options to expand accessibility.

The go-to-market model is direct-to-consumer walk-in retail, supported by an organic social media presence on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The clinic maintains mutual partnerships with local animal rescue organizations to provide discounted or supportive care for rescued shelter animals, which serves both a community mission and a secondary customer segment. The business operates as an independently owned, locally managed veterinary practice with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or expansion beyond the single Agoura Hills site.

Name

Oaks Veterinary Urgent Care

Legal name

Oaks Vet Care

Website

https://oaksvetcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oaks Veterinary Urgent Care is a single-location walk-in veterinary urgent care clinic in Agoura Hills, California, providing after-hours emergency stabilization, diagnostics, and surgery to pet owners when primary veterinarians are closed.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Urgent Care

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Urgent Care Veterinary Clinics (Non-ER) (HLAMAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Companion Animal Veterinary Clinics & Hospitals (AFAEANAA), General Practice Veterinary Clinics (Wellness & Primary Care) (HLAMAAAA)

Keywords

• Veterinary urgent care
• Emergency veterinary services
• Veterinary diagnostics
• Emergency pet surgery
• Veterinary imaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Agoura Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Veterinary Service Fees: Fee-for-service veterinary urgent care visits covering emergency stabilization, critical care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, and emergency surgery. Services are provided on a per-visit and per-procedure basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Walk-in urgent care veterinary clinic in Agoura Hills, CA providing after-hours emergency stabilization, in-house and reference laboratory diagnostics, emergency surgery, abdominal ultrasound, digital X-ray, and teleradiology consultation for dogs and cats. Operates weekday evenings (4 PM–11 PM), weekends, and holidays to bridge the gap between primary care veterinarians and 24-hour emergency hospitals.

Product overview

Oaks Veterinary Urgent Care is a walk-in urgent care veterinary clinic based in Agoura Hills, California, providing after-hours emergency veterinary services. The clinic operates as a single-location facility offering a coordinated suite of diagnostic and treatment services including emergency stabilization, in-house and reference laboratory testing, digital X-ray and abdominal ultrasound imaging, teleradiology consultation, and emergency surgery. The practice serves as an affordable alternative to 24-hour hospital emergency rooms, filling the gap between primary care veterinary hours and hospital emergency care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Stabilization & Critical Care Initial stabilization and critical care triage for dogs and cats presenting with urgent or emergency conditions; intended for pet owners whose primary veterinarian is unavailable or whose pet requires after-hours attention.
• In-House Laboratory Services On-site laboratory testing enabling rapid diagnostic results for urgent cases; used by clinic veterinarians to support immediate treatment decisions for pet patients.
• Reference Laboratory Services Outsourced reference laboratory testing for specialized or non-time-critical diagnostics, complementing the in-house lab for comprehensive workups.
• Emergency Surgery Surgical intervention for urgent and emergency conditions in dogs and cats; performed on-site as part of the clinic's urgent care scope.
• Abdominal Ultrasound Abdominal ultrasound imaging for non-invasive internal evaluation of pet patients; supports rapid diagnosis during urgent care visits.
• Digital X-Ray

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Local Rescue OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe clinic works closely with a handful of rescue partners to provide medical care for rescued shelter animals and animals in peril. This includes discounted or supportive veterinary services for rescue operations. Rescue activities are shared on Instagram (@Oaksvetcare) as part of their community engagement.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• ACCESS Specialty Animal Hospitals: ACCESS operates multi-specialty and 24-hour emergency hospitals in the LA area and is one of the 24-hour facilities that Oaks explicitly refers patients to. It competes for the same after-hours and emergency pet-spend pool, particularly overnight and specialty cases.
• UrgentVet: UrgentVet is a franchise-style chain specializing exclusively in walk-in, after-hours pet urgent care with on-site diagnostics. Closely mirrors Oaks' positioning in service mix, hours, and price point.
• VEG - Veterinary Emergency Group: VEG runs customer-experience-focused veterinary emergency hospitals with walk-in, no-appointment triage and open-concept exam areas; it overlaps Oaks' urgent/emergency use cases and competes for the same after-hours pet owner demand, albeit at the higher-acuity end.
• PetMedic Urgent Care: PetMedic operates a chain of walk-in, appointment-free veterinary urgent care clinics in the Western US with similar after-hours positioning, on-site diagnostics, and emergency stabilization focus, making it the closest like-for-like competitor to Oaks.

Broad incumbents

• Banfield Pet Hospital: Banfield is the largest general practice veterinary chain in the US with wellness-plan-driven recurring revenue. Its locations compete for primary and minor urgent pet care demand in the same geographic markets as Oaks.
• BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital: BluePearl is a large national network of specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals. It competes indirectly with Oaks by capturing overflow emergency cases (some of which Oaks refers) and serves as a benchmark for emergency/specialty scope and pricing.
• VCA Animal Hospitals: VCA runs a national network of primary care, urgent care, and specialty/emergency veterinary hospitals. Several VCA locations in the LA area compete for general and after-hours demand and represent a multi-site incumbent benchmark for an urgent-care vet model.

Emerging players

• PetWell Veterinary Group: PetWell is a multi-site general practice and urgent care veterinary clinic operator focused on expanding access to affordable pet care. Comparable to Oaks on urgent care service model and target customer segment.
• Thrive Pet Healthcare: Thrive Pet Healthcare is a multi-site veterinary services platform spanning primary care, urgent care, and specialty/emergency. Comparable to Oaks as a multi-format vet model, but at much larger scale and with corporate backing.

Others

• ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center: ASPCA APCC is a 24-hour pet toxicology hotline that pet owners call as a first point of triage before visiting a clinic. It is a complementary ecosystem participant influencing the same urgent pet-owner audience that Oaks serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/oaksvetcare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oaks-veterinary-urgent-care
• Instagraminstagram.com/oaksvetcare

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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