Westport Animal Hospital

What Westport Animal Hospital does

Westport Animal Hospital is a privately held, single-location small-animal veterinary practice founded in 1982 by Dr. Rocco Frank and currently operating at 814 Post Road East in Westport, Connecticut. The firm provides primary veterinary care for dogs and cats, including annual examinations, vaccinations, dental procedures, and specialized surgery performed in a fully equipped on-site operating room, complemented by in-house laboratory diagnostics, pet boarding, and pet adoption assistance. Service delivery is appointment-based, booked by telephone, with operating hours limited to approximately 30 hours per week (Monday through Saturday with reduced mid-day and weekend windows); emergency cases are referred to 24-hour specialty hospitals in Stamford and Norwalk.

The current clinical team consists of two veterinarians — Dr. Sam Selva, who joined the practice in 2010 after earning his D.V.M. at the University of Queensland, and Dr. Rebecca Weitzner, a Ross University-trained veterinarian who joined in Fall 2020 — following founder Dr. Frank's retirement to Georgia after a 2014-2017 consulting period. The customer base is exclusively individual pet owners in Fairfield County, with no enterprise, shelter, or institutional contracts disclosed. Marketing is essentially passive, relying on community reputation, a Facebook presence, and Yelp/Facebook customer testimonials rather than paid acquisition. Revenue is generated through transactional professional-services fees for clinical visits and surgeries plus per-day/per-night boarding charges; no subscription, membership, or recurring-care pricing model exists.

Name

Westport Animal Hospital

Legal name

Westport Animal Hospital

Website

https://westportanimalhospital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Westport Animal Hospital is a privately held, single-location small-animal veterinary practice in Westport, Connecticut, founded in 1982. It provides exams, vaccinations, dental care, specialized surgery, in-house lab diagnostics, boarding, and adoption assistance to dog and cat owners in Fairfield County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Services

NAICS

Veterinary Services (541940), Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services (812910)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAEANAA

Companion Animal Veterinary Clinics & Hospitals

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Animal Health & Veterinary Services

SECONDARYAFAEANAG

Veterinary Imaging, Surgery & Specialty Referral Centers

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Animal Health & Veterinary Services

SECONDARYHSANADAG

Veterinary-Affiliated/Medical Boarding

Home & Personal Services/Pet Grooming & Boarding Services/Pet Boarding (Kennel/Cattery)

SECONDARYAFAEALAA

Animal Boarding (Kennels, Catteries)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Animal Welfare, Boarding & Production Support Services (non-veterinary)

Keywords

• Veterinary medical services
• Small animal care
• Pet dental surgery
• Pet vaccination services
• Pet boarding services

Headquarters

HQ city

Westport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Veterinary Medical Services: The hospital generates revenue through professional veterinary services including annual examinations, vaccinations, dental procedures, and specialized surgeries. These are typically one-time service transactions with no recurring subscription model.
2. Pet Boarding Services: Boarding services for clients' pets provide an additional revenue stream, typically charged on a per-night or per-day basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Westport Animal Hospital is a local veterinary practice that delivers professional medical care for dogs and cats, including annual exams, vaccinations, dental procedures, and specialized surgery performed in a fully equipped on-site operating room. The practice also offers on-site laboratory diagnostics, pet boarding, and pet adoption assistance, serving pet owners in Fairfield County, Connecticut on an appointment basis.

Product overview

Westport Animal Hospital offers a single unified veterinary care platform for dogs and cats, combining preventive care services (annual exams, vaccinations), diagnostic capabilities (on-site laboratory), treatment procedures (dentals, specialized surgery), and auxiliary services (pet boarding, adoption assistance). The practice operates a fully equipped operating room and has been serving Fairfield County pets since 1982.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Exams

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• Banfield Pet Hospital: National companion animal veterinary chain operating inside PetSmart stores, offering preventive care packages that compete directly with Westport's annual exam and vaccination services at a broader scale.
• VetCor: Private-equity-backed consolidator of more than 700 independent companion animal veterinary hospitals across the U.S., a direct strategic comparator and potential acquirer for an independent like Westport.
• National Veterinary Associates (NVA): Large network of independently-branded companion animal hospitals; comparable business model to Westport at scale and a likely consolidator counterpart.
• PetVet Care Centers: Network of companion animal veterinary hospitals with locations across the Northeast; competes for clients in the same regional corridor and represents a roll-up acquirer profile.
• BluePearl Veterinary Partners: National network of emergency and specialty veterinary hospitals; competes for higher-acuity cases and referral revenue that Westport cannot capture in-house.
• MedVet: Specialty and emergency veterinary hospital network with Northeast locations; comparable to the surgical and emergency referral services Westport cannot provide in-house.
• VCA Animal Hospitals: Largest corporate companion animal veterinary chain in North America, including a 24-hour location in nearby Norwalk, CT that is explicitly referenced as an emergency referral partner on Westport's website.

Direct peers

• Cornell University Veterinary Specialists: 24-hour emergency and specialty veterinary hospital in Stamford, CT, named on Westport's website as the primary emergency referral partner; directly comparable as a higher-acuity companion animal hospital in the same regional market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/WAHCT
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/westport-animal-hospital

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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