Pet Industry M&A Tracker

Fera Pets launches a $49.95 weight and muscle chew for dogs

Rare Breed and Stray Project tie $4 per item to shelter dog meals

Pets will shape travel plans for 68% of owners, Subaru survey finds

Purina marks 25 years of its 48-Labrador Life Span Study

Kennel Connection will refer owners weighing a sale to Cantara Pet Advisors

New vets carry record debt into a weaker real paycheck

Cat visits grow 2.7% as U.S. vet visits fall 1.9% in the third quarter

Rivian adds a live Pet Cam to the R2

ASPCA study ties gel cooling products to 45 dog poisoning cases

Covetrus goes live on RELEX forecasting across its distribution centers

BIXBI certifies six cat kibbles days after a lead study

Boehringer's quarterable Previcox tablet reaches retail with a 7 pound floor

Doubtless hands its North American business to a new leader

Loblaw reformulates PC Nutrition First and prices it against specialty retail

Zoetis says Simparica Trio beat NexGard Plus on resistant heartworm, in groups of eight dogs

BARK extends its Crocs partnership to a customizable dog bed

PetPace brings its vital-signs collar to Chewy

Zoom Room returns to franchising with 18.2% same-store sales growth

MPM Products recertifies as a B Corp under B Lab's audited new standards

Cat food owner hands North America to its marketing chief

Nutramax takes its Consil brand from bone grafts to wound dressings

Whisker spins its house litter out as a standalone brand

CareCredit moves vet financing off the terminal and into Vetspire

Native Pet brings its dog supplement playbook to cats, four years behind a rival

Vet AI use hit 83.7%, and the biggest returns go to practices with a plan

A Free Pet Memorial Builder Puts Grief Care on the Pet Industry's Map

A free vet portal brings pet insurance into the cost conversation

Vets beat owner self-research by just six points in a supplement seller's survey

Skiptown's Texas entry adds five units to a franchise pipeline with none open

Mars' ingredient program halves its applicant pool

Vetsource's Atlanta pharmacy shows the vet Rx fight is now measured in shipping days

Fetch drops the claim form for Vetster video visits

GoodVets Buys WellHaven's 40 Hospitals, Ending Its De Novo-Only Era

A de novo-only vet platform buys 41 hospitals in one deal, growing from 75 to 116 locations and joining the acquisition-led roll-up playbook.

Dechra's Oral Cancer Pill Targets the Dogs Chemo Never Reaches

PetMeds Names New CEO, Rebuilds Board Amid Takeover Fight

After 13 Years Photographing Dogs, The Dogist Launches Its First Product

$250M Duffield Pledge Raises the Stakes on Vet Care Access

Loyal's Third Longevity Drug Clears the FDA's First Efficacy Bar

Skiptown Bundles Bar, Park and Grooming Into a $60 Membership Bet

Patterson's Atlas Makes Three Vet-Software AI Launches in a Week

IDEXX Acquires CoVetAI, Buying the Exam-Room AI Scribe It Used to Just Benefit From

IDEXX buys the exam-room AI scribe, extending its install-then-monetize playbook earlier in the vet visit and owning documentation data.

Leap Venture Studio Opens Applications for a Record-Chasing Cohort 11

Oxyfresh's New Dental Powder Enters a Category Everyone's Suddenly Chasing

ZuttoNyan Brings an Unverified 'No. 1 in Japan' Claim to the US

Pet Owners Now Weigh Retirement Against Vet Bills, Survey Finds

Gen Z and Cat Dads Are Reshaping the Market—New APPA Data Shows Where Cat Spending Is Accelerating

Instinct Science's New AI Bets Proprietary Content Beats ChatGPT

Temptations Opens a Cat Bodega to Buy Attention, Not Shelf Space

Can Your Dog's DNA Really Explain Its Behavior? Embark Bets $39 On It

Mars' Venture Fund Bets $6M on Sparkle's Grooming Roll-Up

The Farmer's Dog Follows Its Oprah Deal With an NFL Partnership

Fi's Supplement Push Hits Its First Recall

Chewy Raises Its Own Guidance Three Months After Cutting It

uCloudlink Leans Into Pet Tech as Its Core Business Slips

BARK Trades Ad Dollars for Liquid Death's Cult Following

Blue Sea Capital Buys CompletePet, Its Second Pet Bet

A PE firm adds a Miami contract manufacturer to its vet services business, signaling consolidation among the makers behind the DTC supplement boom.

FDA Widens Screwworm Drug Options as US Cases Near 50

Petco Pays Down $75M More Debt as Profit Nearly Triples in Q2

The Farmer's Dog Pushes Into Treats, Its Third Move in a Month

85% of Vets See Care Declined at the $1,000 Mark, Survey Finds

Same-Diagnosis Vet Bills Can Vary 20x, Embrace Data Shows

Purina Opens $550 Million Ohio Factory, Its Biggest US Bet in 50 Years

Leap Venture Studio Names Cohort 10 From a Record Applicant Pool

SuprDog Opens a Waitlist for FetchIQ, Discloses Almost Nothing Else

Purina and Ohio State's Litter Box Study Validates a Health-Monitoring Category

Lucky Dog Mobile Groomers' Data Reveals the Real Cost of a Groom

Barkhouse's Dog Fashion Week Doubles as a Sponsorship Showcase

Northwest Naturals Recall Marks Raw Food's Third FDA Pathogen Hit Since June

Elanco's $150M Kansas Expansion Chases Runaway Befrena Demand

Cronus Pharma Ends Elanco's Onsior Injection Monopoly With First Generic

Pumpkin Unbundles Wellness Perks From Its Own Insurance Policy

Phibro Beats Fiscal 2026 Estimates, Then Confirms a Plant Closure

Revival Animal Health Faces a Third Recall in Four Months

VetnCare's Second Deal in Six Weeks Signals a Faster Roll-Up Pace

A Great Point-backed Northern California roll-up posts its second deal in six weeks, speeding up under a new CEO.

Portugal Pet Moves Jump 77% as Americans Relocate

Escalade Buys ASL Solutions, Betting on Pet Hard Goods

A sporting goods company buys an insulated dog house maker, its first move into pet hard goods and a new rotational molding capability.

Years Recalls Nearly All Its Fresh Meals After 192 Dog Eye Injury Reports

ZymIQ's US Patent Bets on Enzymes Over Antimicrobials in Pet Care

StoneX Acquires the Merchandiser Behind Pet Food's Protein Supply

A commodities trader buys a key animal-protein ingredient merchandiser serving pet food makers, folding supply into a larger balance sheet.

Gamgee Raises $4M for AI-Designed Dog Cancer Vaccines

M&S Enters Pet Food, Chasing 'Shopping List' Status

Buddy Bites Raises $4.2M as Asia's Subscription Pet Bet Heats Up

Host Defense brings its mushroom formula to pets as functional fungi cross the bowl

Vicuna Air extends pet travel beyond the flight with a ground network

Genius Dog puts a dog birthday box on Chewy, testing the celebration economy

A Feline Muscle-Loss Drug Clears Its First Trial

JustFoodForDogs Doubles Down on the Vet Counter as Fresh Food Goes Mass

Whisker's TikTok Shop Bet Lands as Rivals Undercut Its Price

Vetspire Splits From Thrive, Lands a Battery Ventures Backing

PetMeds Revenue Falls 20% as Takeover Fight Drags On

FDA Clears Zoetis Drug for Screwworm as Outbreak Spreads North

A Smart Bed Takes On the Pet-Wearable Crowd, No Collar Required

DOJ Sues Darwin's Pet Food Over a Decade of Ignored Contamination Warnings

Wolters Kluwer's New Database Signals a Retail Push Into Vet Meds

Healthy Paws Lands a Fourth Embedded Insurance Deal With DogPack

Salmonella Recall Hits a Raw Dog Food Brand That Hadn't Had One Since 2015

Boehringer Ingelheim Buys a Second Vaccine Startup Without Disclosing Terms

Boehringer's second unpriced vaccine-platform acquisition in two years, betting on unproven equine science while leaving founders with no public price comparable.

Polkadog Names Jay Pusey CEO, Ten Weeks Into TAW Ventures Ownership

Tucker's Buys Nugget's Healthy Eats, Its Second Brand Absorption This Year

A family-owned raw feeder retires an acquired brand's name for the second time this year, betting formulation credibility beats keeping a separate label.

VAFO Acquires Pets Deli as Its Founder Returns to the CEO Seat

A €700M+ European pet food manufacturer buys a Berlin D2C subscription brand a seventeenth its size, reinstalling the founder as CEO. Manufacturers are paying for direct customer data, not just capacity.