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VCA Care Specialty and Emergency Animal Hospital

301 East Haley Street, Santa Barbara, CA · Santa Barbara County

Corporate ownershipGeneral practicemedium confidence · 2026-06-26

Ownership/control

Owner/operator: VCA Animal Hospitals
Corporate parent: Mars Veterinary Health / Mars, Incorporated
PE sponsor: None documented
Relationship type: confirmed brand

Owned or operated by a large corporate veterinary group based on attached evidence.

Why it matters

Corporate veterinary brands can share parent-level pricing, technology, staffing, and referral infrastructure.
The parent/operator fields help separate chain ownership from independent or nonprofit care resources.

Ownership chain

VCA Care Specialty and Emergency Animal HospitalVCA Animal HospitalsMars Veterinary Health / Mars, Incorporated

Evidence limits

OSM-imported locations use public map/name/operator evidence for the local brand signal unless a clinic-specific official source is attached.
This label does not judge price, quality, staffing, or clinical outcomes.

Sources

Mars, Incorporated Completes Acquisition of VCA Inc.VCA Animal HospitalsProves: Mars completed the acquisition of VCA in 2017.Does not prove: It does not prove a specific clinic is currently open unless paired with a current location page.OpenStreetMap amenity=veterinaryOpenStreetMap WikiProves: The OSM tag is a public way to identify veterinary features for broad map coverage.Does not prove: It does not prove ownership or current status for a specific clinic without follow-up review.Our CompaniesMars Veterinary HealthProves: Mars Veterinary Health lists Banfield, BluePearl, and VCA as companies in its veterinary health family.Does not prove: It does not prove an unbranded clinic belongs to Mars without a location or brand-specific signal.U.S. Census Geocoder coordinates endpointU.S. Census BureauProves: Coordinates can be mapped to Census geography such as county, incorporated place, and county subdivision.Does not prove: It does not prove veterinary ownership or whether a clinic is currently operating.