Business phone system for veterinary clinics in Tennessee

Veterinary clinics in Tennessee by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 720 establishments in Tennessee classified as Veterinary Services (NAICS 541940) for 2023. They employed 10,215 people in mid-March and reported $472.8 million in annual payroll. That is the 15th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Veterinary clinics make up 0.48% of the 150,129 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Tennessee has 10.0 veterinary clinics, in line with the national rate of 10.1. The average establishment has 14.2 employees against 13.9 nationally. Payroll per employee is $46,282, 12.6% below the U.S. figure of $52,978.

Where veterinary clinics in Tennessee are concentrated

Census published veterinary clinic counts for 24 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Tennessee. The largest is Nashville, TN, with 214 establishments. Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 68% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at veterinary clinics in Tennessee

23.3% of Tennessee's veterinary clinics with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 27.7% nationally. 44.7% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls a veterinary clinic in Tennessee has to catch

Veterinary front desks handle appointments, prescription refills, boarding questions and worried owners with sick animals, often all at once. Missing a call can mean missing an urgent case or a new client. That holds for veterinary clinics in Tennessee as much as anywhere.

Calls a veterinary clinic in Tennessee might handle in a typical week include:

• An owner calls to book boarding over a holiday.
• A client calls to request a prescription refill for a cat.
• A new pet owner calls to ask about vaccines.

After-hours calls

After-hours greetings typically direct emergencies to an emergency animal hospital and capture routine requests for the morning.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

Callata vs. per-seat pricing for veterinary clinics in Tennessee

Veterinary clinics in Tennessee average 14.2 employees, so the comparison uses a 14-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 14 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $420.00 a month and 14 on Ooma Office Pro cost $349.30. On Callata the same 14 people cost $279.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $1,692. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Tennessee

Tennessee has 8 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your pet owners know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for veterinary clinics in Tennessee

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Tennessee, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.