Banfield Pet Hospital is a privately owned company based in Vancouver, Washington,[3] United States, that operates veterinary clinics.

On April 2, 2014, Banfield Pet Hospital announced its headquarters would be relocating to Vancouver, Washington,[3] from nearby Portland, Oregon.

[5] By 1996 the private company had grown to in excess of 150 locations in 18 states with over 600,000 pets treated annually and 1,100 employees.

[8] In January 2004, the company bought a property for $2.3 million from the Portland Public Schools for a new headquarters on NE 82nd Avenue.

[11] That year the Banfield Charitable Trust was created to provide free care to economically disadvantaged pet owners.

[18] The $6.5 million Banfield Veterinary Clinical Center at Western University of Health Sciences opened in August 2008.

[21] In 2007, Mars Inc., the company known for Snickers candy bars and Pedigree dog food, acquired Banfield Pet Hospital.

[24] In 2010, Robert Nix, a former Banfield veterinarian located in Tualatin, Oregon, filed suit against the chain alleging that he was wrongly terminated after complaining that his clinic was "putting profits above the best interest of animals."

The suit alleged that the national chain urged employees to conduct superfluous testing in an effort to boost company profits.

While Karen Johnson, the vice president of the Portland-based chain, denied the allegations and cited them as having "no merit," Mitra Shahir, Nix's attorney, said that issues at the Oregon Banfield existed not only locally, but companywide.