Who owns Simparica?
Simparica is owned by Zoetis (the United States, NYSE: ZTS).[1]
Evidence: Zoetis Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Zoetis Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Parsippany, New Jersey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet supplies & services › Veterinary services
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ZTS
- Trademark registrant
- ZOETIS SERVICES LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Simparica
Simparica is a monthly chewable tablet that controls fleas and ticks in dogs, and Simparica Trio is a triple combination adding protection against heartworm disease, roundworms and hookworms. Together they were Zoetis's largest product line in 2025 at roughly 16 per cent of revenue. Their active ingredient, sarolaner, is also used in the company's Revolution Plus and Stronghold Plus treatments for cats.
What Zoetis's annual report says about Simparica
Sentences about Simparica from Zoetis's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For example, the first product in our Simparica (sarolaner) product line, a monthly oral chewable tablet to prevent fleas and ticks, was launched in February 2016.
In 2020, we expanded the franchise with Simparica Trio , which combines sarolaner with moxidectin and pyrantel, expanding the spectrum of protection for dogs to include fleas, ticks, heartworm and gastro-intestinal nematodes.
Simparica Trio, a triple combination parasiticide for dogs, was approved in the EU and Canada in 2019, the U.S. in 2020 and has since been approved in other key markets globally.
How often Zoetis names Simparica in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for Simparica
The USPTO record for the Simparica mark lists ZOETIS SERVICES LLC as the owner of record (serial number 86487948). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Simparica
Where Simparica sits in Zoetis
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Zoetis
Zoetis controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 17 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in veterinary services, and who owns them
Zoetis has more brands in veterinary services on Brandtree than any other owner: 17 of 45.
About the owner: Zoetis
Zoetis is a publicly listed company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, United States, founded in 2012. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: ZTS.
Zoetis is the largest animal health company in the world by revenue, selling medicines, vaccines and diagnostics for pets and livestock. It was incorporated in Delaware in July 2012 out of what had been a business unit of Pfizer, and it markets directly in about 45 countries while selling in more than 100. Companion animals now dominate: its two biggest lines, the Simparica parasiticides and the Apoquel dermatology range, were 16 and 12 per cent of 2025 revenue, and it left the medicated feed additive business entirely in 2024.
🇺🇸 Simparica and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Simparica is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Simparica?
The parent company of Simparica is Zoetis, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Simparica American?
Yes. Simparica originated in the United States and its owner, Zoetis, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Simparica still owned by Zoetis?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Simparica is still owned by Zoetis. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Zoetis Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 25 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: SIMPARICA, serial 86487948 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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