Veterinary activities (SIC division 75)

Veterinary activities is a one-code division. Everything registers under 75000. That covers small-animal high street practices, out-of-hours emergency providers, equine vets, farm animal specialists and locum vets with their own companies. The code alone cannot tell a multi-site hospital group from a one-person mobile practice. So company age, filing history and location do the sorting. Consolidation has shaped the sector for years, with corporate groups buying independents. A new incorporation is usually a locum vehicle, or, less often, a new independent practice.

The buyers circling this division are distinctive. Veterinary wholesalers and pharmaceutical suppliers lead. Practice management software vendors, specialist equipment finance and locum recruitment agencies follow, along with the acquisitive corporate groups themselves. Accountants who specialise in vets watch new incorporations. A vet leaving employment to go out alone needs payroll, VAT and pensions sorted fast. Clinic websites vary widely in quality, and the poor-website filter is a quick way to find practices whose site is holding them back.