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    The easiest way to find affordable veterinary care. Enter your postcode and instantly compare prices from local vets — completely free. 100% Independent.

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    How The Vet Price Comparison Site Works

    Three simple steps to compare vet prices and find affordable veterinary care for your pet and animals.

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    Tell us where you are and we'll find vets in your area.

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    Compare Prices

    See transparent pricing from local vet practices side by side.

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    Choose Your Vet

    Pick the best value vet and book with confidence.

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    Whether you have a dog, cat, horse, or something more exotic — we help you compare vet prices for all kinds of animals. Each practice lists which animal types they treat, so you can quickly find the right vet for your pet.

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    UK Vet Pricing Index

    What does a UK vet visit really cost?

    Live data from 1,278 UK practices that publish their prices online. Updated as we re-scrape practice websites.

    Average consultation

    £58.38

    Median £59 · £18–£260

    Dog booster

    £69

    Across 1,119 practices

    Cat booster

    £70.76

    Across 1,091 practices

    Microchip

    £25.56

    Across 773 practices

    Dog vs cat: who costs more to neuter?

    Castration prices, averaged across the practices that publish them.

    Dog castration£245.57

    990 practices

    Cat castration£102.76

    1,084 practices

    Neutering a dog costs £142.81 more on average than neutering a cat.

    It's a postcode lottery

    Average consultation prices vary up to 2.7× between UK counties — from £32.62 to £88.25.

    Priciest counties

    Best-value counties

    A consultation in Cumbria costs on average £55.63 more than in Co Antrim.

    Compare prices near you

    Averages are illustrative only — actual prices depend on your pet, the practice, and the service required.

    New · Live data tool

    See vet prices across the whole UK at a glance

    Our interactive county map shows average consultation, vaccination, neutering and microchip prices for every ceremonial county in the UK — plus a transparency league table showing which areas publish prices openly.

    Built from 1,388 live published prices across 4,949 UK practices · more vets publish their prices every week, so the map keeps updating

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    Who We Are

    The Vet Price Comparison Site is a completely independent platform built with one mission: to bring transparency to veterinary pricing for pet and animal owners across the UK. We don't work for corporations, we don't run ads, and we never take referral commissions from any vet practice. Every comparison you see is honest, unbiased, and free.

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    We never take referral fees or commissions from any vet practice. Our comparisons are completely unbiased.

    RCVS Public Data

    All practice information is sourced from publicly available data provided by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).

    Built for Pet Owners

    We exist purely to help build transparency for pet and animal owners — nothing more, nothing less.

    New Regulations

    Compare Vet Prices - Government Transparency Changes

    The UK government now requires veterinary practices to publicly share their pricing information. This landmark change means pet owners can finally see exactly what they'll pay — before they walk through the door.

    The Vet Price Comparison Site makes it effortless to access this data, compare costs, and make informed decisions about your pet's healthcare.

    Full Price Visibility

    Every vet must now publish their fees openly.

    Regulated & Fair

    Government-backed rules ensure honest pricing.

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    You decide based on real, comparable data.

    Why Use The Vet Price Comparison Site?

    Trusted by pet owners across the UK to find fair, transparent veterinary pricing.

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    Choose based on services, reviews, and transparent pricing — your pet deserves the best.

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