Gulf Breeze Animal Hospital

What Gulf Breeze Animal Hospital does

Gulf Breeze Animal Hospital is a privately held small-animal veterinary practice operating from a single clinic at 1399 Country Club Rd, Gulf Breeze, Florida, serving pet owners across Gulf Breeze, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Navarre, Tiger Point, and Midway. The practice operates under McClure Veterinary Services, P.L.L.C., which is owned by Dr. Meghan McClure and her husband Dr. Dustin Russell following their 2021 acquisition of the practice from retiring Dr. Tim Gossman. The clinic employs approximately 36 people, including four DVMs and a support team of technicians, receptionists, and a practice manager, delivering services by appointment with drop-off options and priority handling of urgent cases.

The core offering is a full-service companion-animal medicine and surgery package: wellness exams and vaccinations, in-house diagnostic laboratory, digital X-ray, ultrasound, an in-hospital surgery suite, dental care with radiographs, K-Laser therapy, microchipping, pharmacy, dietary and behavioral counseling, and same-day urgent care. Diagnostic and therapeutic technology is conventional veterinary equipment rather than proprietary or AI-augmented. Commercial infrastructure includes an online pharmacy via VetSource/VetsFirstChoice for prescription refills and preventive products, and Cherry financing to support larger-ticket procedures.

The business model is professional-services fee-for-service: payment is required at the time of service, and pricing is quote-based rather than published. Revenue is generated from appointment-driven clinical work plus pharmacy attach (in-clinic and online) and pet-owner preventive product sales. GTM is direct-to-consumer, with no enterprise or referral concentration; growth is supported by community word-of-mouth, local reputation, an active SEO-oriented blog, and SMS/email reminders. The practice is family-owned, bootstrapped, and unrelated to a multi-site corporate or PE-backed veterinary group, though co-owner Dr. Russell separately owns Navy Blvd Animal Hospital in Pensacola.

Name

Gulf Breeze Animal Hospital

Legal name

McClure Veterinary Services, P.L.L.C.

Website

https://gulfbreezeanimalhospital.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gulf Breeze Animal Hospital is a privately held companion-animal veterinary practice in Gulf Breeze, Florida, offering wellness care, surgery, diagnostics, pharmacy, and urgent care for dogs and cats across the greater Pensacola metro.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Services

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

General Practice Veterinary Clinics (Wellness & Primary Care) (HLAMAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Urgent Care Veterinary Clinics (Non-ER) (HLAMAAAD), Companion Animal Veterinary Clinics & Hospitals (AFAEANAA)

Keywords

• Veterinary services
• Pet healthcare
• Small animal hospital
• Veterinary diagnostics
• Pet wellness care

Headquarters

HQ city

Gulf Breeze

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Veterinary Services Revenue: The hospital generates revenue through appointment-based veterinary services including wellness exams, vaccinations, surgical procedures, radiology, ultrasound, diagnostics, dental care, and urgent care. Payment is required at the time services are rendered. They accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, Care Credit, cash, and personal checks.
2. Pharmacy and Product Sales: The hospital maintains an inventory of pharmaceuticals, vitamins, shampoos, flea and tick control products, heartworm preventatives, and prescription diet foods. An online pharmacy (VetSource) is also available for prescription refills and product purchases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gulf Breeze Animal Hospital is a full-service small-animal veterinary practice providing medical, surgical, preventive, and urgent care for dogs and cats. Core offerings include wellness examinations and vaccinations, in-house diagnostic laboratory testing, digital radiology, ultrasound, soft tissue surgery, dental care, K-Laser therapy, on-site pharmacy, flea and heartworm prevention, behavioral and dietary counseling, microchip implantation, and same-day urgent care. Services are delivered primarily by appointment at the Gulf Breeze, Florida clinic, with drop-off appointments available.

Product overview

Gulf Breeze Animal Hospital is a veterinary practice offering a comprehensive range of pet healthcare services through an integrated delivery model. The core offering consists of general care and vaccinations, radiology (digital X-ray), surgical services, an in-house diagnostic laboratory, pharmacy, and ultrasound imaging. Supporting services include K-Laser therapy for pain management, dental care with radiographs, flea and heartworm prevention products (ProHeart, Interceptor, Bravecto, Revolution Plus), dietary counseling, behavioral counseling, microchip identification, and urgent care. The hospital also provides an online pharmacy through VetSource/VetsFirstChoice and offers Cherry payment plans for client convenience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Care & Vaccinations Wellness examinations and preventive vaccine services for dogs and cats, including core vaccines (Rabies, Distemper, Parvovirus) and lifestyle-based vaccines (Bordetella, Leptospirosis, Influenza, Lyme), for pet owners seeking routine preventive care.
• Diagnostic Laboratory Services In-house veterinary diagnostic laboratory providing blood tests, fecal analysis, heartworm testing, and other diagnostic evaluations, with many standard test results produced while the client waits. Intended for pet owners needing rapid diagnostic results.
• Radiology Services (Digital X-Ray) Digital X-ray imaging used to diagnose conditions such as broken bones, enlarged heart, foreign bodies, and tumors in pets, for pet owners whose animals need internal imaging diagnostics.
• Ultrasound Services On-site ultrasound imaging providing veterinarians with diagnostic information about pets' internal organs that X-rays cannot reveal, for cases requiring soft-tissue or organ evaluation.
• Surgical Services In-hospital surgery suite offering soft tissue surgery, spay/neuter procedures, tumor removals, and dental surgeries with anesthetic monitoring and pain management, for pets needing general or soft tissue surgical intervention.
• Veterinary Dentistry Dental examinations, cleanings, dental radiographs, and tooth extractions to address oral health issues including abscessed teeth and gum disease, intended for pets requiring professional dental intervention.
• K-Laser Therapy Low-level laser therapy used for pain relief, reducing inflammation, and accelerating healing without requiring sedation or restraint, for pets needing non-invasive pain management or recovery support.
• Pharmacy (On-Site and Online) On-site inventory plus an online VetSource pharmacy dispensing pharmaceuticals, vitamins, shampoos, flea and tick control products, heartworm preventatives, and prescription diet foods for client pets.
• Flea & Heartworm Control Program Parasite prevention program combining prescriptions and products for heartworm, flea, tick, and intestinal parasite control (ProHeart, Interceptor, Simparica Trio, Bravecto, Revolution Plus), for pet owners seeking ongoing preventive protection.
• Dietary Counseling Nutritional guidance for pets at all life stages, including dietary requirements for growth, pregnancy, nursing, weight management, and prescription diet foods, for pet owners seeking tailored feeding advice.
• Behavioral Counseling Consultations on pet behavior modification covering walking, feeding, socialization, training, and addressing anxiety issues including storm and firework anxiety, for pet owners needing behavior support.
• Permanent Identification (Microchip Implantation) Microchip identification implantation for pets to aid in recovery if lost, with registration guidance for microchip databases, for pet owners seeking permanent identification.
• Urgent Care Same-day and urgent care services for pets experiencing non-life-threatening but time-sensitive medical issues during regular business hours, for pet owners needing timely acute care.

Quantifiable outcome

• Many standard diagnostic tests can be evaluated while clients wait, reducing time to diagnosis.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PetVet Care Centers: Veterinary consolidator owning hundreds of GP and specialty hospitals across the U.S. Comparable as an acquirer and operator of similarly-positioned small animal GP clinics, with overlapping service mix in wellness, surgery, dental, and diagnostics.
• Banfield Pet Hospital: Corporate-owned chain of general practice veterinary clinics (also Mars Veterinary Health). Comparable core offering of wellness, vaccinations, surgery, and dental for dogs and cats, but operates at much larger scale inside PetSmart stores nationwide.
• National Veterinary Associates (NVA): Large veterinary community management company with hundreds of GP, specialty, and ER hospitals. Comparable as a peer in small-animal GP practice operations, but operates at national scale and is a likely acquirer of independent GP clinics like Gulf Breeze.
• BluePearl Pet Hospital: Specialty and emergency veterinary hospital network (Mars Veterinary Health). Comparable in serving companion animals with emergency, surgery, and advanced diagnostics (X-ray, ultrasound), but focused on specialty/ER referral cases rather than primary care.
• VCA Animal Hospitals: Largest corporate network of veterinary hospitals in North America (now part of Mars Veterinary Health). Comparable as a multi-site GP/specialty operator serving companion animals with similar service breadth, but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.

Regional players

• Pace Veterinary Clinic: Small animal GP clinic in Pace, FL, just north of the Gulf Breeze service area. Comparable as another independently owned GP practice offering wellness, surgery, and dental to similar Florida Panhandle pet owners.
• Tiger Point Animal Hospital: Independent companion animal GP clinic in the Gulf Breeze / Pensacola area (where Dr. Holderman previously worked). Comparable as a directly competing GP clinic in the same primary service area targeting the same pet owner base.

Direct peers

• Navy Blvd Animal Hospital: Companion animal GP clinic in Pensacola owned by co-owner Dr. Dustin Russell. Directly comparable as another small, family-owned general practice serving the same Pensacola/Gulf Breeze market with overlapping services and customer base.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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