Who owns Veterinary HPM?
Veterinary HPM is owned by Virbac (France, EPA: VIRP).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Virbac — Annual Report 2025, Virbac SA, 27 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Virbac SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Carros
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Vauvert
- Founded
- 2015
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet food › Cat food
- Parent ticker
- EPA: VIRP
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Veterinary HPM
Veterinary HPM is Virbac's range of cat and dog food sold mainly through veterinary clinics. After five years of development it appeared in 2015 with physiological formulas for small and large dogs and for neutered cats and dogs, built on a high-protein, low-carbohydrate recipe with 90% of the protein of animal origin; a dietetic range for specific health disorders followed two years later. It is made at Virbac's own factory in Vauvert, near Nîmes, which has produced pet food since 1988, and it went on sale in the United States in February 2022. Virbac's specialised petfood sales were €149.9 million in 2025.
Ownership timeline of Veterinary HPM
Where Veterinary HPM sits in Virbac
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Virbac
Virbac controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
- Zenifel (2025)
Other brands in cat food, and who owns them
The 17 brands in cat food on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Partner in Pet Food, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bozita | Partner in Pet Food | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| CAT'S LOVE | VAFO | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Sheba | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Felix | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Catmor | RCL FOODS | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Master Cat | Carozzi | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Nutriplan | Dongwon Industries | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Meow Mix | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Virbac
Virbac is a publicly listed company headquartered in Carros, France, founded in 1968. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: VIRP.
Virbac SA is a French animal-health company, established in 1968 in Carros by the veterinarian Pierre-Richard Dick, that makes and sells medicines, vaccines, health products and pet food for companion and farm animals. Its shares are listed in compartment A of Euronext Paris, and at the end of 2025 the Dick family group held 50.09% of the capital and 66.21% of the voting rights. Revenue in 2025 was €1,465 million, 869 million of it from companion animals. It has about 6,400 employees, sales subsidiaries in 36 countries and production sites in 12, and it bought Japan's Sasaeah group in April 2024, Türkiye's Mopsan in December 2024 and the rights to Thyronorm in December 2025.
🇫🇷 Veterinary HPM and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 325 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Veterinary HPM is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Veterinary HPM?
The parent company of Veterinary HPM is Virbac, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Veterinary HPM French?
Yes. Veterinary HPM originated in France in 2015 and its owner, Virbac, is also headquartered in France.
Is Veterinary HPM still owned by Virbac?
Yes. As of 23 October 2026, Veterinary HPM is still owned by Virbac. 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] Virbac — Annual Report 2025 — Virbac SA, Annual report, published 27 April 2026; retrieved 23 October 2026.
- [2] Virbac — Cats and dogs nutrition: highlights — Virbac SA, Official document; retrieved 23 October 2026.
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