The trade body for veterinary technology
A single voice for the businesses building veterinary care's future
The VTA represents veterinary technology businesses in the discussions shaping the industry, and brings practices, universities, incumbents and partners into the same room to share what works.
Why the VTA exists
Veterinary technology grew into a sector. It never got a seat at the table.
Decisions about data, regulation, procurement and clinical practice are being made now. The companies building the tools are rarely part of those conversations, and rarely talking to each other.
Represent
Speak for veterinary technology businesses with practices, groups, regulators, professional bodies and government.
Convene
Working groups and member forums where competitors solve shared problems: standards, evidence, integration, skills.
Share
Publish research, positions and practical guidance so the whole sector raises its floor, not just its leaders.
Who is involved
Built for vet tech businesses, open to the whole industry
Full membership is for veterinary technology businesses. Everyone else with a stake joins as an associate member, on the advisory board, in a working group or as a partner.
Veterinary technology businesses
Software, devices, diagnostics, data and services built for veterinary care. Our full members and the reason the association exists.
Practices and groups
Independent practices and corporate groups who buy, integrate and live with veterinary technology every day.
Universities and research
Vet schools, research bodies and educators shaping the evidence base and the skills pipeline.
Incumbents and advisers
Established suppliers, investors, insurers and advisers with a stake in how the sector develops.
Chapters
Find your national chapter
The VTA is organised into national chapters, because regulation, ownership and buying behaviour are local. The United Kingdom chapter is live; others are forming now.
Working groups
Where the association's actual work happens
Data Standards & Interoperability
Define a shared position on clinical data portability, practice management system integration and open APIs across the veterinary technology stack.
AI & Clinical Decision Support
Establish responsible practice for AI in triage, diagnostics, imaging and documentation, and how it is evidenced to practices and owners.
Regulation & Compliance
Represent veterinary technology businesses in discussions with regulators and professional bodies on how the sector should be governed.
Procurement & Practice Integration
Improve how practices and groups buy, trial and adopt technology, and reduce the cost of sale and integration on both sides.
Talent, Skills & Education
Work with universities and training providers on the skills the sector needs, and open routes into veterinary technology careers.
Membership
Three ways in
Whichever route you take, membership is about participation: showing up to working groups, shaping positions and sharing what you know.
Full Member
Veterinary technology businesses
- Voting rights at the annual general meeting
- Seat in any working group, and eligibility to chair
- Representation in policy and regulatory discussions
- Listing in the member directory
Associate Member
Practices, groups, universities, incumbents, investors and advisers
- Participation in working groups as a contributor
- Invitation to member forums and chapter events
- Access to briefings and consultation drafts
- Route onto the advisory board
Partner
Organisations supporting the association's work
- Named support of a working group or chapter
- Co-hosted events and research
- Recognition across association channels
News
Latest from the association
Announcement
Introducing the Veterinary Technology Association
Veterinary technology has grown into a sector of its own. It now needs a body that speaks for it.
1 September 2026
Working groups
Why our first working group is about interoperability
Almost every problem members raised in early conversations traces back to how clinical data moves — or does not.
3 September 2026
Chapters
How national chapters work
The UK chapter is live. Others form as soon as there are enough founding members in a market to sustain them.
5 September 2026
Membership is open
Join the founding cohort of the Veterinary Technology Association and help set the agenda rather than react to it.