Vets Central – Hills Veterinary Centre
Vets Central Holdings Pty Ltd (together, with its subsidiaries, **Vets Central**), proposes to acquire 100% of the business assets (both tangible and intangible) of Hills Veterinary Centre. Vets Central is an Australian-owned veterinary group that owns and operates 80 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 Hills Veterinary Centre is a full-service veterinary practice in the Blackwood area of South Australia. The business provides a range of first opinion core and ancillary veterinary services for household pets (extending to exotic pets) in the local area.
- Status
- Assessment completed
- ACCC determination
- Not approved
- Stage
- Waiver application
- Notified
- 16 March 2026
- Determination published
- 14 April 2026
Acquirers
- VC OPERATIONS (WA) PTY LTD
Targets
- CARRUTHERS, JONATHAN JULIAN