Veterinary Technology Association
The trade association for veterinary technology companies
The VTA represents companies building software, AI, diagnostics, data infrastructure and digital health products for the veterinary sector. We give the industry a collective voice, and work with veterinary practices, industry bodies, regulators and researchers on adoption, interoperability and standards.
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 companies 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 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 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 companies 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
Five 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
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
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
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.