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Veterinary Contact Data

What's included

Every record contains the DVM's full name, a verified email address, a direct phone number, practice name and full address, state license number with active/inactive status, and specialty type. We source from state veterinary licensing boards and cross-reference against AVMA directories, DEA registrations, and business listings.

Emails are deliverability-tested before inclusion. Phone numbers are verified against active carrier records. License status is confirmed at the time of build. You're not getting a database dump. You're getting a list that was built and verified specifically for your order.

How it works

You tell us your target criteria: specialty, geography, practice size, or any other filters. We pull the latest data from state boards, run verification, and deliver a clean CSV. Typical turnaround is 3-5 business days.

There's no platform to learn. No annual contract. No seat licenses. You get a CSV, you use it however you want, and the data is yours to keep.

Accuracy and freshness

Lists are built on demand using current state board records. We don't sell pre-built databases that were compiled months ago. Email deliverability is tested within 48 hours of delivery. We guarantee 95%+ deliverability on verified addresses.

Why state board sourcing beats scraped directories

Most contact vendors build veterinary lists the same way they build every other list: scrape LinkedIn, buy compiled databases, and match against business directories. That approach breaks for veterinary because the profession lives outside the systems those vendors index. Veterinarians don't register in NPPES, so the NPI-based healthcare databases that cover physicians and dentists skip them almost entirely. And most DVMs barely maintain a LinkedIn profile, so social-scraped databases catch a fraction of the market and skew toward corporate-group leadership rather than practice owners.

State licensing boards are the one place every practicing veterinarian must appear. A DVM who isn't licensed can't practice. That's why we start there: the boards give us the full population, current license status, and the state-level address of record. From that base we layer on practice affiliation, direct phones, and deliverability-tested emails. Directory-first vendors work in the opposite direction, which is why their veterinary counts swing wildly, anywhere from 18,000 to 43,000 "verified" contacts depending on who you ask.

What a record looks like

Each row in your delivered CSV covers one licensed DVM tied to one practice location. Standard fields: full name, credential, verified email, direct phone, practice name, street address, city, state, ZIP, state license number, license status, license expiration where the board publishes it, and our specialty classification. If a veterinarian holds licenses in multiple states, we deduplicate to their primary practice location so your reps don't call the same person twice.

Optional add-on fields include practice management software in use (see technology detection), estimated practice size by DVM headcount, corporate group affiliation, and whether the location is independently owned or part of a consolidator like Mars Veterinary Health, NVA, or Thrive Pet Healthcare. Ownership matters if you sell anything with a purchasing decision above the clinic level: a Banfield location can't buy your practice management software no matter how much the medical director likes it.

How teams put this data to work

Pharma and nutrition field teams use the specialty and geography filters to cut territories. A rep covering dermatology products in the Southeast gets every small animal practice in five states with the dermatology-focused DVMs flagged, instead of a raw list of 4,000 clinics to qualify by hand.

Equipment manufacturers filter by practice size and specialty. Digital radiography sells differently to a two-doctor rural mixed practice than to a 15-doctor referral hospital, and the list should reflect that before the first call.

Recruiters pull by state and specialty to build candidate pools, then use license data to verify a candidate's status before submitting them. See our recruiting page for how firms structure those pulls.

What we don't sell

No pet owner data. No international coverage beyond the US and DC. No self-serve database subscription where you export stale records for a monthly fee. If you need 40 countries or a browser plugin, we're the wrong vendor, and our ZoomInfo comparison explains where each tool fits. If you need accurate US veterinary contacts delivered as a file you own, that's the entire business.

Why Vettica

License-verified DVMs

We pull from state veterinary boards, not business directories. Every contact is a real, practicing veterinarian.

30+ specialty filters

Target by practice type, rather than just 'veterinary services.' Reach the exact DVMs your product serves.

98% deliverability

Emails tested before delivery. Phone numbers verified against active lines. Data you can trust.

Frequently Asked Questions

What data fields come with each DVM record?

For Veterinary Contact Data, you receive the DVM's name, a verified email, a direct phone number, the practice name and complete address, state board license number, license status, and specialty category. Rush orders include the same fields, delivered faster.

How is the data verified?

For Veterinary Contact Data, we source raw data from state veterinary licensing boards, then cross-reference against AVMA directories, DEA registrations, and business listings. Emails are deliverability-tested. Phone numbers are verified against active carrier records. The full process takes 3-5 business days per list.

How long does delivery take?

Most orders are delivered in 3-5 business days. Complex builds with custom criteria may take 5-7 days. Rush delivery is available.

Is the data compliant for cold outreach?

The records are business contacts sourced from public licensing data, which fits CAN-SPAM's rules for B2B email in the US. You still own compliance for your campaigns: honor opt-outs, use a real sender address, and include a physical mailing address in every send. We don't include contacts from states whose boards restrict commercial use of their data.

What file formats do you deliver?

CSV by default, which imports cleanly into Salesforce, HubSpot, and every major outreach tool. Excel on request. Column headers follow a consistent schema across orders, so repeat buyers can reuse their import mappings.

What happens if records bounce?

If verified emails bounce above the guaranteed threshold within 30 days of delivery, we replace those records or credit them against your next order. Send us the bounce report and we handle it from there.

Your competitors can't reach these practices. You can.

No platform to learn. No annual contract. Just accurate data you can use today.

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98% email deliverability. 50 states covered. Your data to keep.