Focus on your pet patients. We’ll handle the rest.
Join the Heart + Paw family, and renew your love for the profession.
Why Partner with Heart + Paw?
When you form a joint venture and co-own your practice with Heart + Paw, you'll join our growing family of pet-obsessed people who want to help your practice succeed.
Get Operational Support
Imagine being able to take things like accounting, marketing, client retention, payroll, and human resources off your plate. As a Heart + Paw partner, we’ll handle the business side of your veterinary practice so you can have the freedom to focus on what matters most—taking care of your animal patients.
Marketing
Client acquisition and retention programs to keep pet parents happy
Operations & Planning
Budgeting, goal setting, and more
HR Services
Payroll and benefits administration, employee resources
Technology
Investing in cutting-edge technology, access to technical support
Recruiting
Finding the right team members to help your practice grow
Accounting
General accounting and financial management, accounts payable, tax support
More for Your Team
We know that your vet techs, receptionists, and other staff are more than just employees—they’re your family. When you partner with Heart + Paw, your family becomes our family.
We work with you to provide benefits, professional development opportunities, and other resources so that you and your staff can have happy, healthy work/life balance.
Maintain Your Legacy
You’ve worked hard to establish your practice and its identity. As a Heart + Paw partner, your veterinary practice will retain its name, but you’ll get the added benefit of being able to call your practice a Heart + Paw Family Partner.
“You’ll never have someone dictating how to treat your patients. We encourage our veterinarians to interact and share their ideas, so we can all grow and improve outcomes for pets.”
Dr. George Melillo Co-Founder + Chief Veterinary Officer
Who We Want to Partner With:
If you’re burnt out from managing the business side of your veterinary practice or dreaming of owning your own with the support of an experienced operational and financial business partner, consider a joint venture with Heart + Paw.
Based in greater Philadelphia, Heart + Paw is focused on finding partnerships along the East Coast and as far west as Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee
Owner Veterinarians
Owner Veterinarians with practices generating over $1mm in gross revenues looking to partner with Heart + Paw to take their practice to the next level and be part of a community of like-minded clinicians.
Associate Veterinarians
Veterinarians looking to buy-into or purchase an existing practice or fulfill their dream of building a new hospital with operational and business support.
Pet Resort & Daycare Owners
Owners looking to expand service offerings into the veterinary space to further differentiate and elevate the business
We have 20+ partners on the East Coast
The Heart + Paw Partnership Process
Our process ensures that we’re both making the right decision when you choose to join the Heart + Paw family.
Step 1: Let’s Talk
We’ll sit down with you to discuss your practice, your goals and our business values and practice support strategy to determine if we are a good match for a partnership.
Step 2: Let’s Make a Plan
We’ll gather some key historical financial information and practice management data. Determine valuation and work with you on developing an ideal deal structure, terms and a plan that is perfect for us both and your team. We will work together from a non-binding letter of intent through to the staff announcement and closing.
Step 3: Let’s Be Partners
You’ll become part of the Heart + Paw family as an official Partner. You’ll have the freedom to care for your furry patients without the burden of day-to-day business management.
Get Started Now
Tell us a little about yourself and your veterinary practice. We’ll reach out to you.
The Heart + Paw Team
Our leadership approach has been developed through years of leading hospitals to achieve their highest potential. We believe in the idea of freedom in a framework, meaning that we empower what makes your people and practice unique while also supporting with frameworks that drive success. Our operations team believes that people are at the heart of success, and we are committed to building lasting relationships and providing your team with training, support and resources.
Grow With Us
We are builders of value for you, for pets, and for pet parents looking for something more. Our team focuses on providing clients with the highest level of care and medical excellence. We will empower your team to do their best work through operational support, training, mental/physical health benefit packages, and attractive financial incentives. Together, we can grow your practice to meet the increasing demands of running a pet care business and leave you more time to do what you love.
Ready to Partner with Heart + Paw?
Join the Heart + Paw family and watch your practice thrive. Fill out the form, and we’ll reach out to you to start the process.