Trends · data through September 2026

Veterinarians in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 1,380 stores from 1,038 veterinarian chains in the United Kingdom. PDSA Pet Hospital grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Drove Veterinary Hospital and Coastway Vets.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
1,038
Tracked stores
1,380
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked veterinarian chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. PDSA Pet Hospital and Drove Veterinary Hospital sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P PDSA Pet Hospital logo PDSA Pet Hospital ▲4 +17.6%
2 D Drove Veterinary Hospital ▲4 +16.1%
3 C Coastway Vets ▲5 +9.5%
4 M Medivet - +7.1%
5 W Wern Vets ▲3 +6.7%
6 A Ark Veterinary Centre ▲2 +6.1%
7 D Dundas Veterinary Group ▲4 +5.0%
8 A Animal Trust Vets logo Animal Trust Vets ▲1 +4.1%
9 D Donaldson's Vets - +2.2%
10 M Milton Keynes Veterinary Group ▲1 +1.0%
11 B Blythman & Partners ▲1 -0.1%
12 T The Pet Vet - -0.3%
13 H Harrison Family Vets ▲3 -0.7%
14 V Vets for Pets logo Vets for Pets - -4.6%
15 R Rase Veterinary Centre - -6.4%
  • Medivet
  • Vets for Pets
  • Vets Now
  • Animal Trust Vets
  • Vets4Pets
  • White Cross Vets
  • Animal Trust Ellesmere Port
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,380 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Medivet (85)
  • Vets for Pets (72)
  • Vets Now (16)
  • Animal Trust Vets (4)
  • Vets4Pets (13)
  • White Cross Vets (16)
  • Animal Trust Ellesmere Port (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M Medivet 85
  • 2 V Vets for Pets logo Vets for Pets 72
  • 3 V Vets Now logo Vets Now 16
  • 4 W White Cross Vets logo White Cross Vets 16
  • 5 V Vets4Pets logo Vets4Pets 13
  • 6 R Rase Veterinary Centre 9
  • 7 P PDSA Pet Hospital logo PDSA Pet Hospital 6
  • 8 W Westway Veterinary Group 5
  • 9 T The Pet Vet 5
  • 10 A Animal Trust logo Animal Trust 4
  • 11 M Maes Glas Vets 4
  • 12 P Pet Doctors 4
  • 13 H Harrison Family Vets 4
  • 14 A Animal Trust Vets logo Animal Trust Vets 4
  • 15 L Lynwood Veterinary Group logo Lynwood Veterinary Group 3
  • 16 B Blythman & Partners 3
  • 17 M Milton Keynes Veterinary Group 3
  • 18 Y Yorkshire Vets 3
  • 19 L Lanes Vets 3
  • 20 W Wern Vets 3
  • 21 P Penmellyn Vets 3
  • 22 S St James Veterinary Group 3
  • 23 C Coastway Vets 3
  • 24 D Downland Veterinary Group logo Downland Veterinary Group 3
  • 25 D Dundas Veterinary Group 3
  • 26 D Donaldson's Vets 3
  • 27 A Ark Veterinary Centre 3
  • 28 B Blacks Vets logo Blacks Vets 3
  • 29 B Bridge Vets 3
  • 30 D Drove Veterinary Hospital 3
  • 31 C County Vets 3
  • 32 V Village Vet logo Village Vet 3
  • 33 S Shepherds the Vets 2
  • 34 R Ribble Vets logo Ribble Vets 2
  • 35 A Ash Tree Vets 2
  • 36 T The Neighbourhood Vet 2
  • 37 H Hird & Partners 2
  • 38 A Abbey House Vets logo Abbey House Vets 2
  • 39 H Highcroft Veterinary Group 2
  • 40 I ICR Vets logo ICR Vets 2
  • 41 C Castle Vets 2
  • 42 G Gilmoor Vets 2
  • 43 W Willow Veterinary Clinic 2
  • 44 H Hampden Veterinary Hospital 2
  • 45 S Severn Edge Veterinary Group 2
  • 46 M Minster Veterinary Centre 2
  • 47 A Aldgate Veterinary Practice 2
  • 48 P Priory Veterinary Group 2
  • 49 S Springfield Veterinary Group 2
  • 50 N Newton Clarke Veterinary Surgeons 2

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