Vets provisional decision
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 May 2024 we launched a market investigation into the supply of veterinary services for household pets. We have now published our provisional decision report. This sets out our provisional findings with respect to our competition assessment and our proposed remedies.
You can find the provisional decision in the ‘Documents’ section of this page. You may also be interested in reading Understanding the CMA’s provisional decision in its vets market investigation.
This consultation was open for responses from 15 October to 14 November 2025.
Watch the webinar
We invite you to give reasons why these provisional findings and the proposed remedies should not become final, or should be varied.
On 29 October 2025, we hosted a webinar on our provisional decision report (PDR), published as part of our market investigation into veterinary services for household pets.
You can watch a recording of the webinar, and see the questions attendees asked about the provisional decision.
Your personal data
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