According to newly RELEASED data from the CATalyst Council, cats now account for nearly one in four clinical visits at U.S. veterinary practices — visit share reached 24.7% in Q4 2025, the highest single-quarter reading ever recorded. CATalyst Council Feline Veterinary Market Insights: Volume V reveals that while the overall companion-animal veterinary market continued to contract throughout 2025, feline clinical visits grew in every quarter of the year, extending an outperformance streak to twelve consecutive quarters.
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https://www.pets.care/news/2026/01/new-white-paper-reveals-veterinary-visits-decline-3-point-1-percent-in-2025-as-negative-trend-continues/- Veterinary patient visits have experienced a consistent, 4-year negative year-over-year (YoY) trend starting in 2022, continuing through 2025.