Animal Health
We help veterinary practice owners, pet service providers, and animal care leaders transition with purpose, preserving the compassionate care they’ve built while maximizing the value of their life’s work.
At Agenda Health, we believe every animal deserves exceptional care, and every caregiver deserves a trusted partner in their next chapter. That’s why we focus on Animal Health services: to honor the profound bond between people and animals by guiding dedicated providers through growth, partnerships, and exits that protect their legacy and mission.
Led by a Decade of Hands-On Expertise in Animal Health
Agenda Health’s Animal Health practice is led by Chris Suscha, Managing Director of Animal Health.
With more than a decade immersed in the animal health space, Chris has closed over 100 deals representing more than $500 million in transaction value and helped create hundreds of millions in enterprise value for practices and their owners. Having operated in the trenches, advising, structuring, and executing transactions across founder-led practices and larger platforms, he brings a grounded perspective that resonates immediately with owners facing similar decisions.
This isn’t about credentials for their own sake. It’s about being the right guide: someone who understands the emotional weight of building a practice, the operational realities of delivering exceptional care, and the strategic moves that unlock lasting value while honoring the legacy of compassionate service.
Every practice and every founder has its own story. Some seek accelerated growth. Others explore partnerships, succession, recapitalizations, or full exits. At Agenda Health, we believe the most successful outcomes start with clarity of purpose long before any letter of intent. We help owners navigate each phase with transparency, alignment, and confidence.
“The animal health industry is experiencing rapid transformation. Founders and teams face complex choices around scaling care, accessing capital, building resilient teams, and planning for the future. My goal is to help you start with “why”, the deep purpose that drives your practice: fostering the human-animal bond, delivering joyful, high-quality care, and creating spaces where connection and healing thrive. From that foundation, we align operational excellence, strategic positioning, and the right partners to turn purpose into sustainable impact and value.” – Chris Suscha, Managing Director, Animal Health
The Animal Health Landscape
Animals are family, and demand for their care has never been stronger. Americans spent $158 billion on their pets in 2025, up nearly 4%, and projected to reach $165 billion in 2026, and they keep spending even when the broader economy tightens. Pet ownership sits near record highs, and pet services like boarding, daycare, and grooming were the fastest-growing corner of the market last year. That durability, paired with trends like the “humanization” of pets and an aging large-animal population, is exactly what’s drawing buyers to the market.
It’s also a fragmented market: roughly half of U.S. veterinary practices are still independently owned, and the pet-services world is more fragmented still, with no single operator holding more than a sliver of the market. Consolidators seeking to grow via acquisition are willing to compete for the good ones.
We advise owners across the areas of strongest fragmentation and deal momentum:
- Veterinary Practices — Companion and general practice, specialty and emergency hospitals, equine, mixed and large-animal, and mobile and in-home care. Buyer demand is deepest for well-run companion practices and for specialty and emergency hospitals, which command the market’s strongest valuations.
- Pet Services & Resorts — Boarding, daycare, grooming, and full-service pet resorts (the fastest-growing part of the pet economy in 2025) where recurring memberships and loyal clients are increasingly prized by acquirers building the next generation of pet-care brands.
Wherever your business sits, the fundamentals of a great outcome are the same: strong operations, a team that isn’t dependent on you alone, and an advisor who knows how buyers think.
What Today's Acquirers Value Most
Animal Health attracts sophisticated capital seeking recurring revenue, scalable models, and the emotional resonance of pet care alongside the stability of production animal services. Private equity firms and veterinary platforms actively pursue both general practices and high-margin specialties (pet resorts, emergency, surgery, etc.), where clinical expertise, strong retention, and operational leverage shine. Buyers prioritize practices with multiple DVMs, solid leadership and teams, attractive locations, two plus exam rooms (or room to expand), robust patient (and client) loyalty, associate-driven production, clean financials, and clear paths to scale within larger organizations. The market rewards those who demonstrate they can thrive beyond the founding veterinarian while preserving the culture of compassionate care.
Positioning Your Practice for a Successful Sale
We help owners prepare for strategic partnerships, recapitalizations, or full exits while protecting clinical quality, team culture, and the communities they serve. This includes demonstrating strong client retention and recurring revenue, presenting clean and well-organized financials, highlighting team depth and culture, and showing how the practice can thrive under new ownership.
We start with the “why” because transactions in Animal Health are about more than valuation. They’re about ensuring the compassionate care you provide endures. Our values-first process combines deep market insight, operational understanding, and a network of qualified buyers who share your commitment to animal welfare. Whether you’re exploring growth capital, succession planning, or a full transition, we provide clear-eyed advice tailored to your unique journey.
Thinking About Selling?
With 50+ years of combined healthcare M&A expertise and over $850M in transaction value, we’ll give you a clear, honest assessment of your business’s worth. We specialize in healthcare services and will help you understand all your options, whether you’re ready to transition now or planning for the future.
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Insights from Those We’ve Served
Hear from those who have gone before you and learn how our unique approach has helped healthcare organizations like yours achieve their transition goals and sell their business.
Having spoken with several agencies before making our decision, the transparency of Agenda stood out. That made it real simple: if we were going to do business, we wanted to do business with a firm of that integrity. They were present at every meeting, and the prep and debrief conversations meant we always knew what to expect. As we got closer to the end of the deal, it was new terrain for me and I didn’t know how to navigate it, but Agenda did a great job helping us work through those difficult talking points. In the end, they came through with everything promised on the front end, and that exceeded expectations.
Initially, the process felt overwhelming since it was my first time selling a business, but Agenda Health helped ease my concerns and answered all my questions. Agenda filled in the gaps where I lacked understanding … in the end, Agenda made a very complicated process feel simple.”
The Agenda Team was patient and went at the pace that we needed to go, which was important for us. They also provided education on the various dynamics of the process, which we greatly appreciated. We were introduced to a variety of buyers, which opened our eyes to various possibilities and gave us a good idea of what we were looking for in an acquirer. We would highly recommend Agenda for the value they bring.”
My overall experience working with Agenda was very positive. The team was professional, supportive, and ultimately delivered a great outcome. The valuation they provided was very insightful and valuable in understanding my company’s position, and I really appreciated the constant communication throughout the process, which kept me informed at every stage. Overall, the guidance, insights, and consistent support were invaluable in reaching a successful outcome, and I’m pleased with the experience.”
Agenda really understands ABA – they understood the differences in my practice and others and had great knowledge of the ABA-specific M&A market. They were able to clearly express our mission and program to potential buyers and understood what made my business different. Everyone was aligned on my goals and worked hard to accomplish them.”
Working with Agenda Health was a first-class experience. As first-time sellers, their clear communication and steady support helped calm our nerves throughout the process. We hadn’t planned to sell until Agenda provided a valuation, but we never felt pressured in this process. After Agenda presented our valuation information and the pros and cons of selling, we felt equipped to make an informed decision and committed to partnering with Agenda to sell our business.”
Agenda Health’s deep understanding of the ABA space and knowledge of the market made all the difference in my transaction. They knew exactly how to position our business and connected us with the right partner quickly. Agenda’s expertise gave us confidence every step of the way, and the outcome exceeded my expectations.”
Agenda gave us peace of mind and ease in selling our business. It’s such a big decision and undertaking, and Agenda takes something that’s probably one of the biggest decisions that a company owner is going to make and makes it easy and smooth. I would highly recommend it to anybody that is in our same kind of situation.”
Initially, the process felt overwhelming since it was my first time selling a business, but Agenda Health helped ease my concerns and answered all my questions. Agenda filled in the gaps where I lacked understanding … in the end, Agenda made a very complicated process feel simple.”
I needed an M&A firm with the connections to assist me with small, targeted home health investment opportunities that I could grow. Not only did Agenda Health deliver on that need, but they also managed the sale of that large agency at its maximized value. This team is able to excel at both large and small levels in M&A.”
Starting as a small hospice owner with a passion to grow, Agenda Health was instrumental in helping us identify acquisition opportunities and managing the process. Once we grew our company to over 600 patients in 7 states, Agenda found a buyer that allowed us to maximize our value and ensure that our family could retire comfortably. With over 10 years of experience working with their team, I can attest to their commitment to building long term relationships.”
Our family-owned, hospice company was only a small part of our $40 million healthcare enterprise, but it was intertwined with our home health business. Agenda Health worked with us to structure that divestiture and find the right partner. I recommend them to owners looking for a trusted and skilled partner.”