Lloyd & Cowan Veterinary Recruitment

What Lloyd & Cowan Veterinary Recruitment does

Lloyd & Cowan Veterinary Recruitment is a specialist veterinary recruitment agency founded in Autumn 2016 by Ciaran Conroy and headquartered in Dungannon, Northern Ireland. The firm connects veterinary professionals — including veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses, and recruitment consultants — with permanent and locum positions across the UK, Ireland, Canada, the USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. Its client base spans all major UK and Ireland veterinary groups (Vets4Pets, Linnaeus, Medivet, IVC Evidensia, CVS, VetPartners, VetStrategy, Apiam, and others) along with thousands of independent practices worldwide, plus a relationship with Boehringer Ingelheim on the veterinary pharmaceutical side.

The company operates as a traditional recruitment consultancy rather than a tech platform. Its operational interface is a website (launched in a refreshed form in 2022) offering job search, candidate registration, and job alerts, supplemented by a small team of specialist consultants — including Sophie Gould, Aimee, Niamh Fanthorpe, Zara Burns, Hannah Donnelly, and Sinead — each with country-specific or specialty expertise. The product surface has been extended beyond transactional placement to include a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) offering launched in February 2025, which provides end-to-end hiring process ownership for veterinary practices.

Lloyd & Cowan generates revenue through placement fees charged to employer clients on successful permanent and locum placements, while services remain free for candidates. The firm is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped with no external funding. It holds ICO registration (ZA540216) for data protection compliance and maintains a recurring presence at the London Vet Show as a primary marketing and client-engagement channel.

Name

Lloyd & Cowan Veterinary Recruitment

Legal name

Lloyd & Cowan Veterinary Recruitment

Website

https://lloydandcowan.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lloyd & Cowan Veterinary Recruitment is a specialist veterinary recruitment agency founded in 2016, placing veterinary surgeons, nurses, and locum staff across UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore for major veterinary groups and independent practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dungannon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Placement Fees: The company charges veterinary practices/employers for placing candidates in permanent or locum positions. The service is free for candidates. Revenue is generated through successful placements when veterinary practices hire candidates sourced by Lloyd & Cowan.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lloyd & Cowan is a specialist veterinary recruitment agency that connects veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses, and recruitment consultants with permanent and locum roles at practices worldwide. The agency works directly with major veterinary groups and thousands of independent practices, sourcing candidates globally and providing a free service to job seekers while charging employers placement fees.

Product overview

Lloyd & Cowan Veterinary Recruitment operates as a specialist veterinary recruitment agency offering a unified platform and services connecting veterinary professionals with practices worldwide. The core offering consists of a job search and recruitment platform supplemented by permanent placement services, locum staffing solutions, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). The company serves veterinary practices across UK, Ireland, Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand, placing Veterinary Surgeons, Veterinary Nurses, and supporting recruitment consultant roles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Veterinary Recruitment Full-time permanent placement services matching veterinary professionals with practices seeking long-term hires in UK, Ireland, Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. Service is free for candidates; employers pay placement fees on successful hires.
• Locum Veterinary Recruitment Temporary and contract staffing solutions for veterinary practices requiring short-term coverage, offering locum veterinarians and nurses for flexible staffing needs across multiple countries.
• Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Comprehensive outsourced recruitment service where Lloyd & Cowan takes ownership of hiring processes including candidate sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and onboarding for veterinary practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of candidates successfully placed in dream veterinary roles
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vets4PetscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor UK veterinary group operating multiple practice locations. Lloyd & Cowan provides recruitment services to fill veterinary surgeon and nurse positions across their network. This is one of the major corporate clients for the recruitment agency.
• LinnaeuscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor veterinary group in the UK and Ireland. Partnership for recruitment services to source qualified veterinary professionals across their practice network.
• MedivetcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK-based veterinary group. Lloyd & Cowan assists with recruitment needs across their multiple practice locations.
• IVC EvidensiacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLarge European veterinary group. Lloyd & Cowan provides recruitment support for positions across their UK and European practice network.
• VetStrategycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational veterinary group with practices across multiple countries. Partnership for recruitment services.
• Boehringer IngelheimminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical company with veterinary division. Partnership for veterinary recruitment to support their veterinary-focused initiatives.
• CVS GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK veterinary group. Lloyd & Cowan provides recruitment services to fill positions across their practice network.
• VetPartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK veterinary group. Partnership for recruitment services to source qualified veterinary professionals.
• Apiam Animal HealthcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAustralian veterinary group. Lloyd & Cowan provides international recruitment services to support their staffing needs.
• Goddard VetscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK veterinary group. Partnership for veterinary recruitment services across their practice network.
• VetCarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVeterinary group. Lloyd & Cowan provides recruitment services to support their staffing requirements.
• DNA VetcarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVeterinary group. Partnership for recruitment services to fill veterinary positions.
• Veterinary Emergency GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEmergency veterinary services group. Lloyd & Cowan supports their recruitment needs for emergency and critical care veterinarians.
• Alliance Veterinary GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVeterinary group. Partnership for recruitment services.
• Thrive Veterinary CarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVeterinary group. Lloyd & Cowan provides recruitment support.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• VetPro Recruitment: Specialist veterinary recruitment agency focused on placing vets and vet nurses in the UK and Ireland. Directly comparable candidate-employer matching service in the same niche vertical.
• Recruit4Vets: UK specialist veterinary recruitment agency placing vets and vet nurses across the UK and overseas. Comparable in business model (specialist focus, employer-paid fees, candidate-free service) and candidate/employer overlap.
• Vet Seekers: UK-based specialist veterinary recruitment agency placing vets and nurses in permanent and locum roles. Closest direct competitor to Lloyd & Cowan in the UK veterinary recruitment niche with overlapping candidate pools and employer clients.
• The Vet Service: Veterinary recruitment and jobs platform connecting vets, nurses, and practice managers with employers. Operates a digital-first model that is comparable in vertical and candidate base, though heavier on self-service vs. Lloyd & Cowan's high-touch consultative approach.
• Rig Vet Recruitment: Veterinary-focused recruitment agency covering permanent, locum, and international placements. Operates in the same specialist veterinary vertical with similar candidate-driven, fee-charged-to-employer model.
• SynergyVets: Specialist UK veterinary recruitment agency offering permanent, locum, and contract placements. Competes head-to-head with Lloyd & Cowan for the same pool of UK/Ireland veterinary professionals and corporate group clients.

Regional players

• VetJobs Australia: Australia-focused veterinary job board and recruitment service. Comparable in vertical specialization but regional in scope; serves the same Australia-bound candidate flow that Lloyd & Cowan's consultant Aimee services.

Others

• Vet Times: UK veterinary industry publication and jobs board. Not a direct recruitment agency competitor, but an adjacent ecosystem participant that owns the primary veterinary job-listing channel and competes for employer recruitment marketing spend.

Broad incumbents

• CPL Healthcare: Larger healthcare and life-sciences staffing firm with a veterinary placement vertical. Competes for some veterinary placements but operates as a broad healthcare recruiter rather than a veterinary specialist, putting it in the broad incumbent category.
• Hays Life Sciences: Major global recruitment firm with a dedicated life sciences and healthcare practice that includes veterinary placements. A much larger incumbent that competes for the same veterinary group contracts but as one of many verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lloyd-cowan-veterinary-recruitment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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