VCA Animal Hospitals Clinic Directory Scraper

Scrapes the complete VCA Animal Hospitals clinic directory (~850+ US locations). Returns structured clinic records with address, phone, GPS coordinates, business hours, specialty services, emergency status, AAHA accreditation, and social media links — directly from vcahospitals.com.

What you get

Each record contains:

Field	Description
hospital_name	Full clinic name (e.g. "VCA Becker Animal Hospital")
hospital_slug	URL slug identifying the clinic
vca_brand	Brand label ("VCA Animal Hospitals" or "VCA Canada")
parent_corp	Always "Mars Petcare" — useful for M&A and chain-affiliation filters
address_line	Street address
city, state, zip, country	Parsed address components
latitude, longitude	GPS coordinates
phone, fax	Contact numbers
hours_of_operation	Weekly schedule { mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat, sun }
emergency_services	true if the clinic is designated Emergency Care
is_24_hour	true if 24-hour service is advertised
aaha_accredited	true if AAHA accreditation badge is present
specialties_offered	Array of specialty services (cardiology, oncology, dermatology, etc.)
services_offered	Array of general service categories (boarding, grooming, etc.)
acceptance_carecredit	true if CareCredit payment plan is accepted
acceptance_scratchpay	true if Scratchpay financing is accepted
facebook_url, instagram_url	Social media profile links
profile_url	Full URL to the clinic's VCA profile page
scraped_at	ISO 8601 timestamp of the scrape

Use cases

• B2B sales prospecting: identify VCA-owned clinics by territory for vet-SaaS (eVetPractice, NaVetor) or pharma rep coverage planning
• M&A diligence: enumerate the full VCA network footprint with chain-affiliation flag for competitive mapping against Banfield/BluePearl/NVA
• Recruiting: find specialty clinics (oncology, cardiology) by state for veterinary specialist placement
• Research: map specialty coverage, AAHA accreditation density, and 24-hour emergency distribution across the US

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum number of clinic records to return. Set to 0 or omit for the full ~850-clinic directory.

How it works

The scraper fetches the VCA location directory page which lists all clinics grouped by US state. It then visits each clinic's profile page and extracts structured data from the embedded JSON-LD block (LocalBusiness schema) plus additional HTML fields not included in the schema (fax, AAHA badge, services list, social links).

No login or API key required.

Notes

• Vet count / staff list: Individual veterinarian names and credentials are loaded dynamically on a staff sub-page and are not included in this output.
• Email: Clinic email addresses are behind a contact form and are not scraped.
• Canadian locations: VCA Canada clinics appear in the same directory and are included; country will be "Canada" and vca_brand will be "VCA Canada".