Animal Urgent Care of South Orange County

What Animal Urgent Care of South Orange County does

Animal Urgent Care of South Orange County (rebranding to Animal Emergency of South Orange County on June 1, 2025) is a single-site, 24/7 emergency and urgent care veterinary hospital located at 28085 Hillcrest in Mission Viejo, California. The facility has been in operation since 1979 and serves pet owners across South Orange County, including Mission Viejo, Aliso Niguel, Ladera Ranch, San Juan Capistrano, and Laguna Hills. It treats dogs, cats, pocket pets, birds, reptiles, and exotics, and is staffed by a team of emergency veterinarians with credentials from UC Davis, Tufts, Texas A&M, and Murdoch University, supported by surgical and critical-care internships.

The hospital operates as a walk-in emergency clinic with no appointment required, functioning 24 hours per day, 7 days per week including holidays. It is owned and operated as part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare network, a private veterinary healthcare platform founded in 2014 that provides the parent brand, website presence, mobile application (iOS and Android), and corporate infrastructure. Marketing is conducted primarily through the Thrive brand, the parent website location page, Google reviews (4.6 stars across 620 reviews), and word-of-mouth referrals from primary care veterinarians and pet owners.

The business model is fee-for-service transaction-based: pet owners pay per visit and per procedure at the point of service for emergency treatment, surgery, and critical care. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Revenue streams are concentrated entirely in veterinary emergency and urgent care services with no subscription or membership revenue at the site level (though Thrive Plus membership is offered at the parent level). The facility operates as a for-profit private company within a parent network that does not disclose institutional ownership, PE backing, or listing status.

Name

Animal Urgent Care of South Orange County

Legal name

Thrive Pet Healthcare

Website

https://aucsoc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Animal Urgent Care of South Orange County is a 24/7 emergency veterinary hospital in Mission Viejo, California, serving pet owners across South Orange County with emergency, surgical, and critical care for dogs, cats, and exotic animals, operated under the Thrive Pet Healthcare network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mission Viejo

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. Emergency and Urgent Care Veterinary Services: Fee-for-service veterinary emergency and urgent care. Pet owners pay per visit/procedure at the time of service. No subscription model mentioned. Services include emergency treatment, surgeries, and critical care for dogs, cats, pocket pets, birds, reptiles, and exotics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Animal Urgent Care of South Orange County (rebranding to Animal Emergency of South Orange County on June 1) is a 24/7 walk-in emergency and urgent care veterinary hospital located in Mission Viejo, California. The facility provides emergency medical, surgical, and critical care services for dogs, cats, pocket pets, birds, reptiles, and exotics, with no appointment required and continuous availability including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Product overview

Animal Urgent Care of South Orange County (rebranding to Animal Emergency of South Orange County on June 1) is a 24/7 emergency and urgent care veterinary hospital located in Mission Viejo, California. The facility provides emergency veterinary services for pets including dogs, cats, pocket pets, birds, reptiles, and exotics. The company is part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare network and does not operate as a software or technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 24/7 Emergency Veterinary Care

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Thrive Pet HealthcarecoreOthersThe clinic is operated under the Thrive Pet Healthcare brand and network. Thrive Pet Healthcare provides the parent brand, website platform, mobile app, social media presence, and operational infrastructure. The clinic will become 'Animal Emergency of South Orange County' on June 1 under the same Thrive network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/thrive_petcare
• Facebookbusiness.facebook.com/Thrive-Pet-Care-105506541902264/?ref=page_internal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thrivepethealthcare
• Instagraminstagram.com/thrivepetcare

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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