VeterinaryPracticeNowThe Practice WireThe Roll-Up.
Who bought which practice this month, which corporate group is behind it, and what actually changes for the doctor on the floor.
Vet Intel acquires Antelligence, consolidating veterinary benchmarking data providers
The merger combines Vet Intel's technology with Antelligence's publications, including The Fountain Report and Pet Care Weekly.
3 min read · Sep 8
62% of cats enter homes informally, and CATalyst Council just built the funnel to fix it
CATalyst Council's new toolkit targets the structural gap between the kitten visit and the long-term feline client relationship.
4 min read · Sep 3
The feline compliance gap nobody wants to say out loud: one in three
One in three cats saw a vet last year. CatsOnly is betting the gap isn't demand, it's design. What the model changes and what it doesn't tell you.
3 min read · Aug 11
Fewer than half of UK clients know their vet is corporate-owned. Those groups charge 18% more.
UK regulator data: corporate groups averaged 18.3% above independents while scoring worse on client satisfaction with cost.
3 min read · Aug 6
Mars, NVA, and IVC Evidensia Are Not the Same Job
All three own thousands of hospitals and call their doctors "associates," but the paycheck, the mentorship, and who owns the practice down the line look nothing alike.
4 min read · Jul 28
Specialty and ER Went Corporate First. The Math Explains Why
Brakke Consulting estimates corporate groups own roughly 75 percent of specialty and emergency hospitals versus about 25 to 30 percent of general practices as of 2023, a gap that opened years before private equity discovered the neighborhood GP clinic.
4 min read · Jul 28
The "700-800 a year" consolidation number is five years old. Here's what replaced it.
We traced the stat everyone repeats about corporate practice buyouts back to its source, found it stopped being true in 2022, and mapped who is actually buying now.
5 min read · Jul 28