Private company
VCA Animal Hospitals
Logo: VCA animal hospitals, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Chain of animal hospitals
VCA, Inc., doing business as VCA Animal Hospitals, operates more than 1,000 animal hospitals in the US and Canada. The company is based in Los Angeles, and was founded in 1986. Until its acquisition by Mars Inc. in 2017, VCA traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker "WOOF", which is now used by Petco.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryveterinary medicine1
- HeadquartersLos Angeles1
- Websitevcahospitals.com
- Legal formpublic company1
- Listed onNasdaq (WOOF)1
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VCA, Inc., doing business as VCA Animal Hospitals, operates more than 1,000 animal hospitals in the US and Canada. The company is based in Los Angeles, and was founded in 1986. Until its acquisition by Mars Inc. in 2017, VCA traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker "WOOF", which is now used by Petco.2
Timeline
- 1986Founded Founded1
Held by these funds
The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, the top 25 of 100. Change is in shares since the quarter before.
| Fund | Shares | Value | Share of the fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVC Management Holdings II Ltd. | 145,924,140 | $396.9M | 85.1% | No change |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 59,765,368 | $162.6M | 0.1% | No change |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 11,072,709 | $30.1M | 0.0% | +961,648 |
| Long Focus Capital Management, LLC | 8,371,050 | $22.8M | 0.9% | +360,999 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 8,082,129 | $22.0M | 0.0% | −131,866 |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 5,577,176 | $15.2M | 0.0% | −392,398 |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | 4,904,000 | $13.3M | 0.0% | −858,654 |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 3,865,368 | $10.5M | 0.0% | No change |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 3,842,365 | $10.5M | 0.0% | +359,013 |
| Fmr LLC | 3,822,806 | $10.4M | 0.0% | −316,175 |
| Nuveen, LLC | 3,631,866 | $9.9M | 0.0% | −412,256 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co | 2,786,471 | $7.7M | 0.0% | +1,105,209 |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2,613,856 | $7.1M | 0.0% | +191,431 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 2,591,891 | $7.0M | 0.0% | +111,161 |
| Royce & Associates LP | 2,572,250 | $7.0M | 0.1% | New |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2,209,999 | $6.0M | 0.0% | −272,162 |
| State Street Corp | 2,153,278 | $5.9M | 0.0% | +84,423 |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 1,811,287 | $4.9M | 0.1% | −135,150 |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,659,974 | $4.5M | 0.0% | −323,709 |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 1,628,423 | $4.4M | 0.1% | +231,700 |
| Aqr Capital Management LLC | 1,603,116 | $4.3M | 0.0% | −106,978 |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 1,213,287 | $3.3M | 0.0% | +44,850 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 1,146,409 | $3.1M | 0.0% | −130,066 |
| CastleKnight Management LP | 1,121,400 | $3.1M | 0.1% | +892,500 |
| Northern Trust Corp | 795,787 | $2.2M | 0.0% | +73,469 |
13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.
Links
- Websitevcahospitals.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/VCAPetHealth1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/VCAAnimalHospitals1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/vca1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCv06K5J2yxjmAkCu2Aat5_Q1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/vcaanimalhospitals1
- WikipediaVCA Animal Hospitals
- WikidataQ7906620
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataVCA Animal Hospitals on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaVCA Animal Hospitals on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsVCA Animal Hospitals logo by VCA animal hospitals, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsVCA Animal Hospitals photo by 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0