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Top 25 Animal shelters based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 2,610 animal shelters headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 24,748 professional contacts across them, including 7,141 with verified work emails and 9,734 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers animal shelters headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 7, 2026.
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The 25 largest animal shelters based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | RevenueBase Smart Search | Contacts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong evidence | 956 contacts → | |||
“Best Friends Animal Society is the leading animal welfare organization working to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters by 2025.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | Partial evidence | 472 contacts → | |||
“Every year, Animal Humane Society provides direct care and services to help more than animals in need across Minnesota.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | Strong evidence | 434 contacts → | |||
“San Diego Humane Society, an open-admission shelter, is creating a more humane world by inspiring compassion and advancing the welfare of animals and people.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | Partial evidence | 270 contacts → | |||
“At the San Francisco SPCA we envision a world in which the love people share with animals uplifts humanity to a state of greater compassion.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | Partial evidence | 248 contacts → | |||
“Animal Care Centers of NYC Individuals from all over the city come to Animal Care Centers every day of the week for reasons as diverse as surrendering pets, reclaiming lost cats…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | Indirect evidence | 227 contacts → | |||
“Over the past 150+ years, we’ve been busy!” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | Partial evidence | 225 contacts → | |||
“PAWS Chicago is one of the nation’s largest comprehensive No Kill animal welfare organizations, building innovative programs to end the killing of homeless pets.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | Partial evidence | 195 contacts → | |||
“Austin Pets Alive!'s mission is to make all of central Texas no-kill for companion animals.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | Strong evidence | 175 contacts → | |||
“Founded in 1938, the SPCA of Texas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare organization that operates one shelter, one spay/neuter clinic, one mobile adoptions vehicle and an…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | Partial evidence | 174 contacts → | |||
“Since 1944, North Shore Animal League America has been saving the lives of innocent dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens, over to date.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | Partial evidence | 153 contacts → | |||
“Founded in 1879, the Wisconsin Humane Society has been saving the lives of animals in need for nearly 140 years.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | Partial evidence | 150 contacts → | |||
“Helen Woodward Animal Center is a unique, private, non-profit organization in San Diego County that, for over 50 years, has been committed to the philosophy of people helping…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | Strong evidence | 150 contacts → | |||
“At LifeLine Animal Project, we don’t just run shelters, we’re saving lives.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | Partial evidence | 148 contacts → | |||
“Founded in 1949, the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) is a public 501 (c) 3 nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to the care and protection of…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | Strong evidence | 146 contacts → | |||
“Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit animal shelter that has been serving people and pets since 1929.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | Partial evidence | 136 contacts → | |||
“The Atlanta Humane Society is a no-kill shelter providing sheltering and adoption, veterinary care, and community outreach.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | Partial evidence | 135 contacts → | |||
“The Washington Humane Society and the Washington Animal Rescue League have each served the animals and people of the District of Columbia and the National Capitol region for over…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | Partial evidence | 132 contacts → | |||
“Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is a private, open-door, not-for-profit animal welfare organization.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | Indirect evidence | 129 contacts → | |||
“DoveLewis Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Hospital, established in 1973 and based in Portland, Oregon, is the only nonprofit, 24-hour emergency and intensive care unit in the…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Indirect evidence | 127 contacts → | |||
“Founded in 1897, Seattle Humane is creating a kinder world for pets and their people through impactful programs and support services.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | Indirect evidence | 116 contacts → | |||
“Pets change our lives.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | Strong evidence | 115 contacts → | |||
“PAWS is a champion for animals - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | Partial evidence | 113 contacts → | |||
“For over 125 years, The Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) has responded to the needs of animals and the people who care about them.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | Partial evidence | 113 contacts → | |||
“Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester, has been caring for the animals of Greater Rochester since 1873.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | Partial evidence | 113 contacts → | |||
“Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh (HARP) is one of Pennsylvania’s largest non-profit organizations dedicated to the welfare of animals, pet owners and the community.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: animal shelters. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names animal shelters.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of animal shelters, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name animal shelters. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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How this list was built
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- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “animal shelters”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names animal shelters), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among animal shelters, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 7,141 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 7, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names animal shelters, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many animal shelters are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 2,610 animal shelters headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Best Friends Animal Society, headquartered in Kanab, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most animal shelters?
New York leads with 31 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (29) and Houston (22).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 7,141 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,610 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 7, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.