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|Articles|February 24, 2010

Managers by the numbers

This analysis of veterinary market data shows how many managers practices employ, revenue differences between practices with managers and those without, and what duties managers handle.

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Generally, practices that employ managers earn more than practices that don't. Sometimes that's the result of a great manager. Sometimes it's the result of a great practice.

Here's a look at the percentage of respondents to the 2009 Veterinary Economics State of the Industry Study that say they have a manager. As you can see, among the respondents that don't employ a manager, most say the owner is handling the management responsibilities.

Given that there are 23,957 small animal practices in the United States, we can extrapolate that there are about 11,259 total managers.   More in this package:

How many managers are there?

Profiting from a manager

Managing clients and team members

Managing finances and marketing

Managing the business

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