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VCA Animal Hospitals, incorporated as VCA, Inc., operates more than 1,000 animal hospitals in the US and Canada. [1] The company is based in Los Angeles , and was founded in 1986. [ 2 ] Until its acquisition by Mars Inc. in 2017, VCA traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker "WOOF".
In October 2015, BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital was acquired by Mars Petcare division. This acquisition resulted in Mars Petcare, who also owns Banfield Pet hospital and pet food brands such as Royal Canin and Pedigree, becoming the largest pet nutrition and veterinary care provider in the world.
The number of VCA clinics has jumped 25% under Mars while BluePearl has nearly doubled to about 100 hospitals. ... Mars has made roughly 30 acquisitions since the 1990s; ...
AniCura; Antech Diagnostic / Sound; Asia Veterinary Diagnostics; Linnaeus Veterinary Group; Mount Pleasant Veterinary Group; Veterinary Emergency & Specialty (VES) Hospital Singapore
Mars, Incorporated (doing business as Mars Inc.) is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022; [7] that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States. [8]
In 2007, Mars Inc., the company known for Snickers candy bars and Pedigree dog food, acquired Banfield Pet Hospital. [22] In 2015, Mars expanded with the purchase of Blue Pearl Hospital. [ 23 ] In 2017, Mars Inc., paid $9.1 Billion to acquire VCA Animal Hospitals.
Whistle Labs Inc. is a subsidiary of Mars Petcare headquartered in San Francisco, California.It produces and markets the Whistle GPS Pet Tracker, a device worn on a pet's collar that monitors its activity and location.
The pet food subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated (Mars Petcare) began research into pet nutrition in the early 1960s, formally founding a Nutrition Research Unit in 1965. [1] Originally the institute was housed at a nearby location but was moved to an old stud farm at Waltham-on-the-Wolds in 1973.