Vet Center / North Carolina / urgent care
Emergency and urgent care vets in North Carolina
Practices in North Carolina that say they take emergency or urgent cases include Animal Emergency Hospital & Urgent Care in Raleigh, BluePearl Pet Hospital Raleigh in Raleigh, Complete Pet Care Animal Hospital in Raleigh, Middle Creek Veterinary Hospital and Exotic Animal Clinic in Raleigh and Oak Heart Veterinary Hospital and Emergency at South Saunders in Raleigh, and 85 more listed below by city. 14 of them say they are open 24 hours.
90 practices across 57 cities, out of the 920 we list in North Carolina. Each one says so on its own website, which is where we read it.
These practices describe urgent or emergency work on their own websites. That is not the same as being open right now, and it is not the same as a dedicated emergency hospital: hours change, rotas change, and a practice that takes urgent cases on a weekday may not on a Sunday. Phone before you drive. If an animal is in trouble this minute, call the nearest emergency veterinary hospital rather than working down a list.
List compiled November 2, 2026 from each practice's own website.
Raleigh 7
Middle Creek Veterinary Hospital and Exotic Animal Clinic
8109 Fayetteville Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27603-5665
Oak Heart Veterinary Hospital and Emergency at South Saunders
1600 S Saunders St, Raleigh, NC, 27603
Cary 6
Animal Emergency Clinic of Cary
6910 Carpenter Fire Station Rd Ste 101, Cary, NC, 27519-4417
Charlotte 5
CityVet | Charlotte Uptown Veterinary Clinic & Urgent Care
650 E Brooklyn Vlg Ave Unit C, Charlotte, NC, 28202
Greensboro 5
Happy Tails Veterinary Emergency Clinic
4525 Lawndale Dr, Greensboro, NC, 27455
Durham 4
Fayetteville 3
Matthews 3
BluePearl Pet Hospital South Charlotte Matthews
2440 Plantation Center Dr, Matthews, NC, 28105
Fullwood Animal Hospital
4101 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd, Matthews, NC, 28105
Asheville 2
South Asheville Veterinary Emergency & Specialty
1836 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NC, 28803
Boone 2
Chapel Hill 2
CityVet | Chapel Hill Veterinary Clinic & Urgent Care
89 S Elliott Rd Ste 155, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514
VEG Chapel Hill
239 South Estes Drive, Suite 102, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514
Franklin 2
Hickory 2
Lexington 2
Rougemont 2
Apex 1
Banner Elk 1
Burgaw 1
Burlington 1
Clayton 1
Connelly Springs 1
Shadow Ridge Veterinary Hospital & Urgent Care
965 Malcolm Blvd, Connelly Springs, NC, 28612-7922
Denver 1
Dunn 1
Fletcher 1
Gastonia 1
Greenville 1
Jacksonville 1
Kannapolis 1
Kinston 1
Leland 1
Louisburg 1
Madison 1
Maiden 1
Marion 1
Midland 1
Greenock Farm Veterinary Hospital
10823 Flowes Store Rd, Midland, NC, 28107
Mills River 1
Mills River Animal Clinic
200 Old Turnpike Rd, Mills River, NC, 28759
New Bern 1
New Hill 1
Performance Equine Mobile Veterinary Services
790 Pea Ridge Rd, New Hill, NC, 27562
Pfafftown 1
Rural Hall 1
Salisbury 1
Large Animal Medicine and Surgery
3220 Sherrills Ford Rd, Salisbury, NC, 28147
Sanford 1
Wilson 1
Also in North Carolina
- open on Sunday 92
- horses 38
- birds 36
- other exotics 36
- reptiles 27
- small mammals 21
- rabbits 17
- ferrets 5
Every North Carolina city we list is on the North Carolina page, and the national list is at the full directory.
A practice appears here only because its own website says it takes urgent or emergency cases. We have not tested anyone's skill and this is not a recommendation. Listings without the PawsRx Verified badge are compiled from public records, have not been verified by PawsRx, and are not affiliated with PawsRx. PawsRx is a technology platform and does not provide veterinary care.