Study summary · November 2026 edition · version 1.0

Veterinary businesses in France

As of 7 November 2026, France has 14,708 active veterinary establishments, run by 12,905 businesses, according to the INSEE SIRENE business register (NAF code 75.00Z). Two veterinary businesses in three are sole traders.

Author

Maxime Lachérade, Veterinary surgeon, co-founder of TREATS SAS

Method

Amir Davies

Data

INSEE SIRENE register, collected on 7 November 2026

Licence

CC BY 4.0, attribution "Observatoire Treats"

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Key figures

1. 14,708

   As of 7 November 2026, the INSEE SIRENE business register lists 14,708 active establishments whose main activity is "veterinary activities" (NAF code 75.00Z), across mainland France and its overseas territories.

2. 12,905

   These establishments belong to 12,905 active veterinary businesses (legal units): 66.5% are sole traders and 18.0% are SELARLs, the French limited-liability company for regulated professions.

3. 5,971

   Companies and other legal entities run 5,971 of the 14,708 active veterinary establishments; the other 8,737 are registered by sole traders, only 732 of whom employ at least one member of staff.

4. 21.6

   France has 21.6 active veterinary establishments per 100,000 inhabitants: 58.9 in the best-served département (Creuse) and 5.2 in the least-served (Seine-Saint-Denis), based on SIRENE as of 7 November 2026 and INSEE 2023 population figures.

5. 580

   In 2025, 580 veterinary businesses were set up in France and 731 ceased trading, according to the SIRENE register.

6. 882

   As of 7 November 2026, 882 veterinary businesses run at least two active establishments; together they account for 3,036, or 20.6% of all veterinary establishments.

By region

Figures for all 105 départements and overseas territories: departements.csv. No density for Mayotte (no certified 2023 population) or the overseas collectivities.

Method in brief

• Source: the INSEE SIRENE register of businesses and establishments, queried on 7 November 2026 through the public Recherche d'entreprises API run by the French government's digital agency (DINUM), one département at a time (1,189 requests).
• Scope: legal units whose main activity is 75.00Z ("veterinary activities", NAF rev. 2) and their active establishments with the same code, deduplicated by SIREN and SIRET numbers.
• Checks: 25,636 records received for 25,636 announced by the API, no truncated establishment list.
• Population: INSEE 2023 municipal population figures, in force since 1 January 2026.

Limitations

• These figures count businesses and establishments, not vets. An establishment is not necessarily a place of care: a locum's may be their home.
• Businesses that have opted out of public distribution (mostly sole traders) are not available through the API and are not counted, so sole-trader figures are minimums.
• The activity code is self-declared. Creation and closure series start in 2008, the first year coded in NAF rev. 2; a change of legal form shows up as one closure and one creation.
• On 1 January 2027 the NAF 2025 classification replaces NAF rev. 2 and the veterinary code becomes 75.00Y; the 2027 edition will use it.

Full study, all tables and full methodology, in French: Les structures vétérinaires en France · methodology (in French).

Open data

Licensed CC BY 4.0: free reuse, including commercial, with the attribution "Observatoire Treats" and a link to the study. These URLs are stable and will always point to the November 2026 edition.

• data.csvall tables, long format
• data.jsonall tables, definitions and metadata
• departements.csv
• regions.csv
• formes-juridiques.csv
• effectifs.csv
• creations.csv
• reseaux.csv

Column names and labels in the files are in French. UTF-8, comma-separated, decimal point.

How to cite this study

Observatoire Treats (TREATS SAS), "Veterinary businesses in France", November 2026 edition, version 1.0, based on the INSEE SIRENE register (data collected on 7 November 2026), https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/, CC BY 4.0 licence.

Copy citation

Press and corrections: maxime.lacherade@treats.vet. The Treats Observatory publishes public data only and never uses data from practices that use the Treats software. Edition URL: https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/