Hospital StarVet

What Hospital StarVet does

Hospital StarVet (legal name: STAR VET HOSPITAL VETERINARIO LTDA, CNPJ 39.766.520/0001-45) operates a single-site, 24-hour veterinary hospital in Águas Claras, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, serving dog and cat owners across the Centro-Oeste region. Founded in January 2020, the company runs a 700m2 facility comprising five consultation rooms (including a dedicated feline room), two surgical suites, a 38-bed intensive care unit segmented by acuity level and including an infectious-disease isolation zone and an exclusive feline ward, an immunization room, dental office, satellite pharmacy, and on-site laboratory and diagnostic imaging. Clinical coverage spans 15+ specialties — anesthesiology, cardiology, general surgery, medical clinic, dentistry, ophthalmology, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, pneumology, animal behavior, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, feline medicine, ultrasonography, video surgery, and shock wave therapy — with 24-hour emergency attendance. Diagnostic capabilities include echocardiography with Doppler, ECG, Holter, digital radiology, ultrasonography, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, rhinoscopy, and tracheoscopy; laboratory services cover hematology, biochemistry, hemogasometry, serology, urinalysis, cytology, PCR, and hormone panels. A 24-hour CT scanner service is announced for 2025.

The business model is direct-to-consumer: pet owners access emergency walk-in care and scheduled appointments via phone, WhatsApp, website, Instagram, and Facebook. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is set per consultation/procedure. Revenue is augmented by the Pró-Saúde StarVet 2025 preventive wellness program (an annual subscription-style package) and exam-result access is delivered through the third-party Simples Pet portal. The company is privately held, structured as a Brazilian Sociedade Limitada (LTDA), with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or subsidiaries, and operates with approximately 18 employees.

Name

Hospital StarVet

Legal name

STAR VET HOSPITAL VETERINARIO LTDA

Website

https://hospitalstarvet.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hospital StarVet is a privately held, 24-hour specialty veterinary hospital in Brasília, Brazil, operating a 700m2 facility that provides emergency care, ICU, surgery, diagnostics, and 15+ specialties for dog and cat owners in the Centro-Oeste region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Hospital Services

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194), Veterinary Services (541940)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAMACAB

Veterinary Specialty Referral Hospitals (Multi-specialty)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Veterinary & Animal Health/Emergency & Specialty Veterinary Hospitals

SECONDARYHLAMACAA

Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Hospitals

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Veterinary & Animal Health/Emergency & Specialty Veterinary Hospitals

SECONDARYHLAMACAC

Veterinary Surgery Centers (Soft Tissue/Orthopedic/Neuro)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Veterinary & Animal Health/Emergency & Specialty Veterinary Hospitals

Keywords

• Veterinary hospital services
• Emergency pet care
• Veterinary diagnostics imaging
• Small animal surgery
• Veterinary intensive care

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília (Águas Claras)

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hospital StarVet operates a 24-hour small-animal veterinary hospital in Águas Claras, Brasília, providing emergency care, hospitalization, diagnostics, and surgery. Services span emergency and critical care, an in-house diagnostic imaging and laboratory suite, a 38-bed ICU across multiple care levels, a two-room surgical center, and consultations across 15+ specialties (cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, dentistry, feline medicine, among others). The offering is delivered exclusively on-site to pet owners at the hospital's 700m2 facility in the Centro-Oeste region of Brazil.

Product overview

Hospital Veterinário StarVet operates as a unified veterinary hospital offering comprehensive 24-hour pet care services. The facility spans 700m2 and provides an integrated suite of services including emergency care, diagnostic imaging (echocardiogram, ECG, digital radiology, ultrasonography, endoscopy), in-house laboratory testing, intensive care (38 beds across multiple care levels), a modern two-room surgical center with anesthetic recovery, specialized consultations across 18+ veterinary specialties, feline-dedicated facilities, and an immunization room. A Pró Saúde StarVet wellness program offers preventive care. Patients can access results online via an external Simples Pet portal. A 24-hour CT scanner service is announced as forthcoming. The hospital positions itself as the most complete veterinary hospital in the Centro-Oeste region of Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pró-saúde STARVET: Annual pet health and wellness program offering preventive care services for pets

Products and services

• 24-Hour Emergency Care

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cobasi: Major Brazilian pet-care retailer with veterinary clinics and grooming services. Comparable as a competing destination for Brazilian pet owners seeking integrated pet-care services including clinical care, with national reach versus StarVet's single site.
• Anclivepa Brasil: Brazilian association of small-animal veterinary clinicians operating affiliated specialty centers across Brazil. Comparable because Anclivepa centers offer specialty referral services, emergency coverage and multi-specialist clinical teams similar to StarVet's value proposition.
• VCA Animal Hospitals: One of the largest North American veterinary hospital chains offering general practice, specialty and emergency care. Comparable as a benchmark for what scaled specialty + emergency hospital operations look like, even though StarVet is a single-site Brazilian operator.
• BluePearl Veterinary Partners: Large US network of specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals. Comparable as a reference point for the multi-specialty, 24/7 referral hospital operating model StarVet is pursuing, though at vastly greater geographic and specialty scale.
• Petz (Petz S.A.): Brazil's largest pet retail and services platform with a growing veterinary hospital network. Comparable because it competes for the same Brazilian premium pet-owner segment and increasingly offers emergency and specialty veterinary services, though Petz operates at much broader scale across retail and services.

Direct peers

• Naya Especialidades Veterinárias: Brazilian multi-specialty veterinary hospital group focused on referral-level medicine. Comparable because it operates the same specialty referral model with board-certified specialists, advanced diagnostics and emergency coverage that StarVet targets.
• MedVet: US specialty and emergency veterinary hospital network. Comparable because MedVet operates a 24/7 specialty referral model with emergency, surgery, internal medicine and intensive care — the same service mix StarVet offers to the Centro-Oeste market.
• Hospital Veterinário Sena Madureira: Established specialty veterinary hospital in São Paulo with 24-hour emergency and multi-specialty coverage. Comparable as a Brazilian single-site specialty referral hospital operating a similar clinical and infrastructural profile to StarVet.
• Hospital Veterinário Cão Bernardo: Brazilian specialty veterinary hospital with 24-hour emergency and multiple specialties. Comparable as a directly competing multi-specialty emergency hospital model in the Brazilian small-animal segment.

Regional players

• Petlove: Brazilian digital pet-care platform expanding into veterinary services and clinics. Comparable as a competing Brazilian consumer brand for pet owners and an emerging operator in the veterinary services space that could overlap with StarVet's catchment over time.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/star.vethospital
• Instagraminstagram.com/hospitalstarvet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hospital-starvet

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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 →

Frequently asked questions about Hospital StarVet