Data collected from the 2024 American Farriers Journal Business Practices Survey provides an interesting look into the business of equine footcare. In addition to what they charge and where they buy supplies, we noted how farriers communicate with their clients. The metrics on what work they are doing, the types of horses and metrics on laminitis and white line disease will be interesting to animal health pros serving horse owners.
Source: American Farriers Journal, June 4, 2025. Link. Metrics from the survey:
- Full-time farriers work with an average of 117 clients
- Full-time farriers average 791 trims/shoeings per year
- Full-time farriers average 888 “Trims Only” per year
- Full-time farriers work with 305 horses per year
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