Vets in San Mateo, CA
🚨 Emergency care12 vet clinics in San Mateo — including 1 with emergency services (marked in red). Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Lenity Vet Specialists & Emergency Care
257 N Amphlett Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94401
Hours: 24/7 Emergency
Verified 2026-07-28
Aragon Veterinary Clinic
819 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Banfield Pet Hospital
3520 S El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94403-3416
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Crystal Springs Pet Hospital
122 De Anza Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94402-3987
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Mobile Paws Veterinary Services
7 41st Ave # Pmb, San Mateo, CA 94403-5105
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
North Peninsula Veterinary Emergency Clinic
227 N Amphlett Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94401
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Peninsula Avenue Veterinary Clinic
440 Peninsula Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Rubio's
38 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
South Hillsdale Animal Hospital
15 37th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Vca Bayshore Animal Hospital
233 N Amphlett Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94401-1805
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2320 Palm Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00-18:00
Verified 2026-09-26
VSA - Veterinary Surgical Associates
251 N Amphlett Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94401
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in San Mateo
One practice in San Mateo offer emergency services but none post 24-hour hours — cover depends on when your emergency happens, so always phone ahead.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside San Mateo
- SAGE Veterinary Centers - Redwood City — Redwood City, ~9 miles away, roughly a 16 min drive, open 24h
- Ocean Avenue Veterinary Hospital — San Francisco, ~12 miles away, roughly a 23 min drive
- Sage veterinary center — Daly City, ~14 miles away, roughly a 25 min drive, open 24h
- Veterinary Emergency Group — Palo Alto, ~15 miles away, roughly a 28 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from San Mateo; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, ASPCA Animal Poison Control on (888) 426-4435 (24/7, consultation fee applies) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
What vets in San Mateo say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 1 of the 12 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- Orthopedic surgery (1)
- Lenity Vet Specialists & Emergency Care
- Rehabilitation & physiotherapy (1)
- Lenity Vet Specialists & Emergency Care
- Cardiology (1)
- Lenity Vet Specialists & Emergency Care
- Oncology (1)
- Lenity Vet Specialists & Emergency Care
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. Across United States, an emergency exam typically runs $100–$250 and an overnight emergency $800–$3,000 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.