Veterinary Technology Association
Technology that serves veterinary medicine.
Our mission is to advance veterinary technology that respects veterinary professionals, improves animal health outcomes and makes appropriate veterinary care more accessible.
The VTA is the trade association for companies building veterinary technology. We bring the industry together to address shared challenges, develop standards and work with the veterinary profession on better ways to deliver care.
Why the VTA exists
A common voice. A responsibility to improve care.
Veterinary technology shapes how care is delivered, how clinical information is used and how animal owners interact with veterinary services. Companies developing these tools face shared questions about safety, evidence, interoperability and professional trust. The VTA gives them a place to address those questions together.
Represent
Speak for veterinary technology companies with practices, groups, regulators, professional bodies and government.
Convene
Bring members together to discuss shared issues, contribute expertise and develop proposals under the VTA's agenda.
Share
Publish research, positions and practical guidance so the whole sector raises its floor, not just its leaders.
What guides us
Respect for veterinary professionals
Technology should support clinical judgement, fit real veterinary workflows and reduce unnecessary demands on veterinary teams.
Better animal health outcomes
Technology should contribute to safe, effective care, with clinical claims supported by appropriate evidence.
Better access to care
Animal owners should be able to find, understand and obtain appropriate veterinary care without unnecessary barriers.
Who is involved
Built for veterinary technology companies, open to the wider industry
Technology Membership is for companies building technology for the veterinary sector. Practices, universities, charities, suppliers, investors and advisers take part through the practice, academic and partner categories.
Veterinary technology companies
Software, AI, diagnostics, data, payments and devices built for veterinary medicine. Our core membership 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.
Industry partners
Laboratories, pharma, insurers, distributors, investors and advisers with a stake in how the sector develops.
Chapters
Find your chapter
The VTA is organised into chapters, because regulation, ownership and buying behaviour are local. Chapters are formed in the UK & Ireland, Canada, the eastern and western United States, the Nordics and Central and Eastern Europe. Southern Europe, Western Europe, MENA, Asia and Australia & New Zealand are forming.
Our agenda
Three areas where veterinary technology companies can make progress by working together. These are starting points for member discussion, research and practical collaboration.
Data Standards & Interoperability
Clinical information should move safely between systems and practices without unnecessary loss, re-entry or delay.
Explore agenda →Responsible AI
AI used in veterinary care should be transparent about its capabilities, supported by appropriate evidence and accountable to clinical oversight.
Explore agenda →Evidence & Outcomes
Veterinary professionals should be able to distinguish demonstrated product benefits from marketing claims and understand the limitations of the technology they use.
Explore agenda →Membership
Six Ways In
Whichever route you take, membership is about participation: showing up to working groups, shaping positions and sharing what you know.
Technology Member
Companies building technology for the veterinary sector
From £250 a year
- Industry representation
- Seat in any working group, and eligibility to chair one
- Member directory listing and member badge
- All employees included
Practice & Institution
Practices, groups, universities and non-profits
£250 a year
- Input into industry representation
- Working group participation
- Member directory listing and member badge
- Industry research and regulatory briefings
Industry Partner
Suppliers, investors, advisers and corporate groups
From £2,000 a year
- Input into industry representation
- Working group participation
- Member directory listing and member badge
- Named support of a working group or chapter
Individual Member
People working in veterinary technology whose employer is not a member
£125 a year
- Selected working groups
- Member directory listing
- Regulatory briefings and member events
- Careers board and member community
Individual Vets
Veterinary surgeons and vets in practice
Free
- Selected working groups
- Regulatory briefings and member events
- Member community
Student Member
Current students
Free
- Selected working groups and research
- Regulatory briefings and member events
- Careers board
- Member community
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
Agenda
Why Interoperability Is On The Agenda
Almost every problem members raised in early conversations traces back to how clinical data moves - or does not.
3 September 2026
Chapters
How chapters work
Six chapters are formed. Others form as soon as there are enough founding members in a market to sustain them.
5 September 2026
Common Questions
What The VTA Is, In Plain Terms
Veterinary technology is an industry. It is not the same as the veterinary technician profession.
- What is The VTA?
- The Veterinary Technology Association, or The VTA, is a trade association for companies building and providing technology for the veterinary sector.
- Who does it represent?
- Companies building veterinary software, AI, diagnostics, imaging, data infrastructure, payments, insurance technology, connected devices and related products and services.
- Does The VTA represent veterinary technicians?
- No. The VTA is an industry association for companies building and providing technology for the veterinary sector. Veterinary technicians are veterinary professionals; The VTA represents the veterinary technology business ecosystem.
- Can practices and other organisations take part?
- Yes. Veterinary practices and groups, universities, charities, laboratories, insurers, suppliers, investors and advisers can join through the practice, academic and partner categories.
- Do employees of a member company need their own membership?
- No. Technology Membership belongs to the company and covers its employees. Student membership is free.
More detail in what is veterinary technology?
Membership is open
Join the founding cohort of the Veterinary Technology Association and help set the agenda rather than react to it.