Vets Central – Gawler Animal Hospital and Animalia Vet Clinic
Vets Central Holdings Pty Ltd (together, with its subsidiaries, **Vets Central**), proposes to acquire 100% of the business assets (both tangible and intangible) of Gawler Animal Hospital and Animalia Vet Clinic (the Targets) from Gawler Animal Hospital Pty Ltd and GAH 2.0 Pty Ltd, respectively. Vets Central is an Australian-owned veterinary group that owns and operates 78 first opinion veterinary practices across Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Vets Central’s practices provide core and ancillary veterinary services, for household pets as well as livestock, and other exotic species. The services primarily include routine, planned, and emergency veterinary services (excluding after-hours services). The Targets are jointly owned, first opinion veterinary practices that provide routine, planned and emergency (excluding after-hours) veterinary services in the Gawler and Evanston areas of South Australia. Vet Central and the Targets both provide a range of veterinary services for household and exotic pets in their respective local areas.
- Status
- Assessment completed
- ACCC determination
- Approved
- Stage
- Waiver application
- Notified
- 29 January 2026
- Determination published
- 12 February 2026
Acquirers
- VC OPERATIONS (WA) PTY LTD
- VETS CENTRAL HOLDINGS PTY LTD
Targets
- Gawler Animal Hospital Pty Ltd
- GAH 2.0 PTY LTD