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The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) purpose is to help people, businesses and the UK economy by protecting competition and tackling unfair behaviour.
About this consultation
In a set of working papers published earlier this year, the CMA set out a number of potential competition concerns with the vets market that could be leading to poor outcomes for pet owners – including, in some instances, prices that are higher than they should be.
We've published a remedies working paper, in which we set out our current thinking on a potential package of remedies that may be needed if we were to find competition concerns that we'd need to address.
We have not yet reached a conclusion on:
whether remedies would ultimately be needed
if they are needed, what form they should take
This consultation is now closed
This consultation closed 27 May 2025.
Your personal data
Any personal data you provide us will be handled in accordance with our obligations under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. Our personal information charter sets out the standards you can expect from us when we collect, use or share personal data and provides details of your rights in relation to that data and how to contact us
We are carrying out this work under section 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002, which gives the CMA the power to obtain, compile and keep under review information about matters relating to its functions.
The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) purpose is to help people, businesses and the UK economy by protecting competition and tackling unfair behaviour.
About this consultation
In a set of working papers published earlier this year, the CMA set out a number of potential competition concerns with the vets market that could be leading to poor outcomes for pet owners – including, in some instances, prices that are higher than they should be.
We've published a remedies working paper, in which we set out our current thinking on a potential package of remedies that may be needed if we were to find competition concerns that we'd need to address.
We have not yet reached a conclusion on:
whether remedies would ultimately be needed
if they are needed, what form they should take
This consultation is now closed
This consultation closed 27 May 2025.
Your personal data
Any personal data you provide us will be handled in accordance with our obligations under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. Our personal information charter sets out the standards you can expect from us when we collect, use or share personal data and provides details of your rights in relation to that data and how to contact us
We are carrying out this work under section 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002, which gives the CMA the power to obtain, compile and keep under review information about matters relating to its functions.
