Approved · Waiver · decided in 13 days, 4 June 2026
Vets Central, an Australian veterinary group operating 81 practices, is acquiring 100% of the business assets of Claremont Veterinary Surgery from D Pettet & E.E Pettet. This asset sale involves a full-service veterinary practice in Tasmania, further expanding Vets Central's footprint in the veterinary services industry.
Vets Central Holdings Pty Ltd (together, with its subsidiaries, Vets Central ), proposes to acquire 100% of the business assets (both tangible and intangible) of Claremont Veterinary Surgery from D Pettet & E.E Pettet. Vets Central is an Australian-owned veterinary group that owns and operates 81 first opinion veterinary practices across Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Vets Central’s practices provide core and ancillary veterinary services, for household pets as well as livestock, and other exotic species. The services primarily include routine, planned, and emergency veterinary services (excluding after-hours services). Vets Central owns two clinics in Tasmania. Claremont Veterinary Surgery is a full-service veterinary practice in the Claremont area of Tasmania. The business provides a range of first opinion core and ancillary veterinary services for household pets (extending to exotic pets) in the local area.