North Fork Animal Hospital

What North Fork Animal Hospital does

North Fork Animal Hospital is a full-service veterinary hospital in Southold, New York, founded in 1967 and operating a secondary clinic on Shelter Island. The practice is owned by National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a private veterinary hospital consolidator headquartered in Westlake Village, California. The hospital serves pet owners across the East End of Long Island, covering Southold Town, Shelter Island, and Suffolk County, with a service scope that spans dogs, cats, exotic pets, birds, and reptiles.

The service portfolio includes general wellness (annual exams, vaccinations, microchipping, parasite control, nutrition counseling), diagnostic services (in-house lab, radiography, ultrasound, allergy testing), surgery (spay/neuter, soft tissue, orthopedic, cosmetic), dentistry, a fully stocked pharmacy, boarding, grooming, and end-of-life care (euthanasia, cremation, burial). The hospital holds federal accreditation to issue domestic and international health certificates for pet travel, and offers house-call services. It employs 6 veterinarians and over 20 staff members in total, and supports an online storefront for pet food and medicine plus online appointment booking.

Revenue is generated through professional services and ancillary product sales on a direct-to-consumer basis, with prices not publicly disclosed. The practice is privately held under NVA and does not have any publicly disclosed funding rounds, revenue figures, or M&A activity specific to this entity. Marketing is conducted through the company website, educational veterinary articles, newsletters, and direct phone-based appointment booking.

Name

North Fork Animal Hospital

Legal name

National Veterinary Associates

Website

https://northforkanimalhospital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

North Fork Animal Hospital is a full-service veterinary hospital in Southold, NY, founded in 1967 and operated under NVA. It serves pet owners on the East End of Long Island with wellness, diagnostics, surgery, dental, pharmacy, boarding, grooming, travel certificates, and end-of-life care for dogs, cats, exotic pets, and reptiles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Healthcare Services

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194), Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services (812910), Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers (45991)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAEANAA

Companion Animal Veterinary Clinics & Hospitals

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)

SECONDARYAFACADAF

Diagnostics & Laboratory Services (Sampling, Necropsy, Disease Investigation)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Veterinary Services (Farm Animal & Herd Health)

SECONDARYHLAMADAH

Veterinary Imaging Centers (Radiology, Ultrasound, CT/MRI)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Veterinary & Animal Health/Veterinary Diagnostics (Labs & Imaging)

SECONDARYHSANAJAH

Special Diet & Assisted Feeding Support (Prescription/Timed Feeding)

Home & Personal Services/Pet Grooming & Boarding Services/Special Needs & Senior Pet Care (Grooming/Boarding)

Keywords

• Veterinary medical services
• Pet wellness care
• Animal surgical services
• Pet boarding grooming
• Exotic pet medicine

Headquarters

HQ city

Southold

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Veterinary Medical Services: Revenue from wellness exams, vaccinations, diagnostic services (lab work, radiography, ultrasounds), surgical procedures (spay/neuter, soft tissue, orthopedic, cosmetic), dental care, and preventive treatments.
2. Pharmacy and Retail: Revenue from on-site pharmacy sales including flea, tick, and heartworm preventive products. Online ordering available for pet food and medicine.
3. Boarding and Grooming: Hospitality services including pet boarding and grooming for dogs and cats.
4. Travel Certificates: Fees for domestic and international health certificates issued by federally accredited veterinarians for pet travel.
5. End of Life Care: Euthanasia and cremation services, as well as burial services for memorializing pets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

North Fork Animal Hospital is a full-service veterinary hospital providing comprehensive pet healthcare for dogs, cats, exotic pets, and reptiles. Core offerings include wellness exams, vaccinations, diagnostic laboratory and imaging services, surgical procedures, dentistry, an in-house pharmacy, boarding and grooming, federally accredited travel certificates, and end-of-life care. The hospital operates two physical locations in Southold and Shelter Island, NY, with house calls and an online shop for pet food and medicine.

Product overview

North Fork Animal Hospital is a full-service veterinary clinic offering a comprehensive portfolio of pet healthcare services. The hospital provides general wellness care including annual exams, vaccinations, microchipping, and parasite prevention, alongside diagnostic services such as laboratory testing, radiography, and ultrasounds. Surgical offerings cover spay/neuter, soft tissue, orthopedic, and cosmetic procedures. The hospital also provides dentistry, nutrition counseling, a fully stocked pharmacy, boarding, and grooming services. For pet travel, the clinic offers domestic and international health certificates. End-of-life services include euthanasia, cremation, and burial options. Located in Southold, NY with a secondary clinic on Shelter Island, the hospital serves dogs, cats, exotic pets, birds, and reptiles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Wellness Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bond Vet: Bond Vet operates a network of modern, design-forward veterinary clinics offering primary care, urgent care, and surgery in urban and suburban markets. Directly comparable to North Fork Animal Hospital in service mix (wellness, surgery, diagnostics) with similar scale per location and direct-to-consumer booking model.
• Small Door Veterinary: Small Door is a membership-based primary care veterinary practice serving affluent urban pet owners. Comparable to North Fork in its focus on full-service wellness, surgery, and pharmacy, with a similar emphasis on differentiated client experience and digital booking.

Broad incumbents

• VetCor: VetCor is a community-focused veterinary consolidator that operates a large network of general practice animal hospitals across the U.S. Comparable in service model and acquisition strategy to NVA, with similar hospital-level operations to North Fork.
• PetVet Care Centers: PetVet Care Centers is a veterinary consolidator that acquires and operates general practice and specialty animal hospitals across the U.S. Closely comparable to North Fork's parent NVA in business model, providing infrastructure to member hospitals similar to how NVA supports North Fork.
• BluePearl Pet Hospital: BluePearl is a leading veterinary emergency and specialty referral hospital chain, also part of Mars Veterinary Health. Adjacent to North Fork in that North Fork refers emergency cases to East End Veterinary Center; BluePearl represents the specialty/emergency tier above primary care.
• Banfield Pet Hospital: Banfield is the largest veterinary chain in the U.S., operating inside PetSmart stores. Comparable in offering routine wellness, surgery, and preventive care, but at national scale and with a standardized Optimum Wellness Plan subscription model not used at North Fork.
• VCA Animal Hospitals: VCA operates the largest network of veterinary hospitals in North America, now part of Mars Veterinary Health. A broad incumbent offering primary care, specialty, and emergency services with national scale that North Fork lacks. Comparable on service breadth but vastly larger footprint.

Others

• National Veterinary Associates (NVA): NVA is the direct parent company of North Fork Animal Hospital and one of the largest veterinary services organizations in the U.S. Relevant as the corporate parent providing scale, procurement, and operational infrastructure to North Fork.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/north-fork-animal-hospital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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