--- title: "Veterinary businesses in France — November 2026 edition · Treats Observatory" description: "As of 7 November 2026, the French SIRENE register lists 14,708 active veterinary establishments and 12,905 veterinary businesses. Regions, legal forms, density, creations. Open data, CC BY 4.0." url: https://data.treats.vet/en/studies/veterinary-businesses-in-france/ lang: en-GB updated: 2026-11-07 --- 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](https://www.treats.vet/en/about/maxime-lacherade/), Veterinary surgeon, co-founder of TREATS SAS Method [Amir Davies](https://www.treats.vet/en/about/amir-davies/) Data INSEE SIRENE register, collected on 7 November 2026 Licence [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), attribution "Observatoire Treats" Download [CSV](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/data.csv) · [JSON](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/data.json) ## Key figures 1. 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. 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. 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. 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. In 2025, 580 veterinary businesses were set up in France and 731 ceased trading, according to the SIRENE register. 6. 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 __Active veterinary businesses and establishments by region, as of 7 November 2026__ | Region | Businesses (head office) | Establishments | Per 100,000 inhabitants | | -------------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------- | ----------------------- | | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 1,650 | 1,837 | 22.4 | | Occitanie | 1,511 | 1,694 | 27.7 | | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 1,488 | 1,688 | 27.4 | | Île-de-France | 1,309 | 1,495 | 12.0 | | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 1,189 | 1,330 | 25.5 | | Hauts-de-France | 991 | 1,105 | 18.4 | | Grand Est | 961 | 1,102 | 19.8 | | Normandie | 818 | 976 | 29.2 | | Pays de la Loire | 779 | 925 | 23.7 | | Bretagne | 763 | 906 | 26.3 | | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 711 | 800 | 28.5 | | Centre-Val de Loire | 413 | 490 | 18.9 | | La Réunion | 94 | 109 | 12.3 | | Corse | 87 | 105 | 29.5 | | Guadeloupe | 56 | 59 | 15.4 | | Martinique | 40 | 50 | 13.9 | | Overseas collectivities | 16 | 18 | — | | Guyane | 16 | 17 | 5.8 | | Mayotte | 2 | 2 | — | Figures for all 105 départements and overseas territories: [departements.csv](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/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](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/) · [methodology (in French)](https://data.treats.vet/methodologie/). ## Open data Licensed [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/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.csv](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/data.csv)all tables, long format * [data.json](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/data.json)all tables, definitions and metadata * [departements.csv](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/departements.csv) * [regions.csv](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/regions.csv) * [formes-juridiques.csv](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/formes-juridiques.csv) * [effectifs.csv](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/effectifs.csv) * [creations.csv](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/creations.csv) * [reseaux.csv](https://data.treats.vet/etudes/structures-veterinaires/2026-11/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. ## Frequently asked questions ### How many veterinary clinics are there in France? No public register counts "clinics": the SIRENE register counts businesses and their establishments. As of 7 November 2026, it lists 14,708 active veterinary establishments (NAF code 75.00Z) belonging to 12,905 businesses. Companies run 5,971 of them; the other 8,737 are registered by sole traders, including locum and associate vets who work in other people's premises. The number of places where animals are treated is therefore likely to lie between 5,971 and 14,708. ### Which French regions have the most veterinary practices? As of 7 November 2026, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (1,837 active veterinary establishments), Occitanie (1,694) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1,688) have the most. Relative to population, France has 21.6 veterinary establishments per 100,000 inhabitants, from 5.2 in Seine-Saint-Denis to 58.9 in Creuse. ### What legal structures do French veterinary practices use? Of the 12,905 active veterinary businesses, 66.5% are sole traders, 18.0% are SELARLs (limited-liability companies for regulated professions), 4.6% are SCPs (professional partnerships) and 2.4% are SELASs (simplified joint-stock companies for regulated professions). ### How many vets are there in France? This study counts veterinary businesses and establishments, not vets. The number of registered veterinary surgeons is published by the French veterinary regulator, the Ordre national des vétérinaires, in its demographic atlas of the profession. Press and corrections: [amir.davies@treats.vet](mailto:amir.davies@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/