Who owns Vanguard?
Vanguard 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 Vanguard
Vanguard, sold as Versican in some markets, is Zoetis's dog vaccine line, covering leptospirosis, Bordetella, influenza, parainfluenza, adenovirus, distemper, parvovirus and Lyme disease in various individual and combination formulations. The company calls it a market-leading line and says it has added versions since 2016 including Vanguard crLyme, Vanguard Rapid Resp Intranasal, Vanguard B Oral, Vanguard CIV H3N2/H3N8 and Vanguard Recombishield.
What Zoetis's annual report says about Vanguard
Sentences about Vanguard from Zoetis's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Since 2016, Zoetis has added new and innovative enhancements to this product line in the U.S. and other key markets with Vanguard crLyme, Vanguard Rapid Resp Intranasal, Vanguard B Oral, Vanguard CIV H3N2/H3N8, Vanguard Recombishield and Versican Plus Bb Oral.
How often Zoetis names Vanguard 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 less often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for Vanguard
The USPTO record for the Vanguard mark lists ZOETIS SERVICES LLC as the owner of record (serial number 73545841). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Vanguard
Where Vanguard 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.
🇺🇸 Vanguard 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; Vanguard is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Vanguard?
The parent company of Vanguard is Zoetis, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Vanguard American?
Yes. Vanguard originated in the United States and its owner, Zoetis, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Vanguard still owned by Zoetis?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Vanguard 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: VANGUARD, serial 73545841 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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