Who owns CVS Group?

Based in Diss, Norfolk, this provider has grown steadily since floating on the London Stock Exchange in 2007, amassing a portfolio of over five hundred sites through the acquisition of independent surgeries. When visiting a local branch, pet owners rarely encounter uniform corporate signage. Instead, the company typically retains the historic names and community identities of the clinics it purchases. Behind the scenes, these first-opinion small-animal, farm and equine practices benefit from a substantial infrastructure, including one of the largest UK veterinary diagnostic laboratory networks. This integrated corporate ownership contrasts with franchise structures seen elsewhere, facilitating recent overseas expansion across Ireland, the Netherlands and Australia.

Clinical services range from routine primary care to complex treatments at dedicated referral hospitals, frequently supported by regional out-of-hours hubs serving multiple daytime surgeries. While individual practice managers handle daily administration, pricing structures for consultations and treatments are usually determined at a group level. Because corporate consolidators have acquired a significant share of British veterinary practices, these pricing strategies and market transparency are currently central to a Competition and Markets Authority investigation. Amidst this regulatory scrutiny, the business maintains a highly internalised operational model, systematically dispensing medicines and processing diagnostic samples through its own supply chains and commercial laboratories.