About Veterinary Care in Birmingham
Birmingham has 35 veterinary clinics, giving pet owners a broad choice, and the average Google rating across the town is 4.5 out of 5 from 14,578 reviews. One of the most useful points for choosing a vet here is access, with many practices open at weekends and some offering emergency or out-of-hours care.
Our Score compares visible clinics in this country. The transparency part of the score is how many services the clinic has published, measured against the highest number published by a visible clinic in the same country. This town is in England.
Top 3 clinics (current town ranking table)
| Clinic | Our Score | Verified | Published prices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stechford Vets4Pets Ltd | 65/100 | — | 29 |
| Fivelands Veterinary Centre | 61/100 | — | |
| Blacks Vets | 61/100 | — | 29 |
For dog and cat owners, Birmingham is a strong place to compare vets. There is enough choice that you do not have to settle for the nearest practice if the hours, communication style, or reviews do not feel right. The volume of feedback across the town also makes it easier to spot consistent strengths, like kind handling, clear advice, and good follow-up after treatment.
Transparency is one of Birmingham's better features. A fair number of clinics publish prices, and among the ones that do, the pattern is mostly average rather than obviously budget or premium. Verified listings are much less common, so use them as a simple check that the listing details have been confirmed by a registered user, not as a quality badge. Access is also reassuring, with weekend and later evening opening common, and emergency or out-of-hours care available in Birmingham.
A good next step is to shortlist two or three vets in Birmingham that fit your routine, then compare them on convenience and clarity. Check travel time, opening hours, how easy it is to book, and whether routine costs such as consultations, vaccinations, neutering, or repeat prescriptions are explained clearly. Then read recent reviews for patterns, especially around waiting times, continuity, and how staff deal with nervous pets or worried owners. If your dog or cat has an ongoing condition, ask how urgent appointments are handled and who you are likely to see for follow-ups.
If your household includes more than one kind of pet, Birmingham's mix of companion animal and exotics services can be useful too. Even if you only need dog or cat care now, it is worth checking early what a practice can offer if your needs change, or how they arrange onward care when something more specialised comes up.
More Veterinary Practices in Birmingham
Additional veterinary clinics serving the area
Birmingham (Oldbury) PDSA Pet Hospital is a PDSA pet hospital in Birmingham with a very large public review base. Recent feedback is mostly positive, with owners often describing the team as caring, friendly, helpful and respectful,...
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Our Score (53/100)
Hopwood Veterinary Centre in Birmingham offers a broad mix of routine and surgical veterinary care, including diagnostics, dentistry, microchipping, and out-of-hours emergency cover through The Willows Veterinary Centre when the practice...
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Cramar Veterinary Practice is a general veterinary clinic in Birmingham; whether it is independent or part of a wider group is not stated. Recent feedback is strongly positive, with owners frequently praising kind, compassionate care for...
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Our Score (53/100)
Fivelands Veterinary Centre is part of the Fivelands Group, which describes itself as three veterinary practices. The practice highlights wards along with diagnostic and surgical facilities, and it holds International Cat Care Cat Friendly...
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YourVets24 Smethwick is a Birmingham practice within the CVS Group, offering routine veterinary care alongside 24/7 on-site emergency and out-of-hours treatment. The clinic also lists home visits, pet travel documentation, and referral...
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YourVets in Birmingham is part of the CVS Group. The practice offers routine veterinary care including neutering, acts as a veterinary nurse training facility, and appears able to accommodate some urgent same-day cases. Recent feedback...
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Our Score (51/100)
The Veterinary Clinic Great Barr in Birmingham offers routine preventative care alongside on-site diagnostics and dentistry. Facilities listed include an in-house laboratory, digital radiography, ultrasonography, ultrasonic dentistry, and...
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Our Score (51/100)
Townsend Veterinary Practice – Rubery is a CVS Group branch of the long-established Townsend Veterinary Practice group, which dates back to the late 1950s. It focuses on small animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters,...
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Our Score (50/100)
Oaks Veterinary Centre Ltd presents itself as a small, family-run practice, with many team members said to have been there for over 20 years. Recent feedback is still mostly positive, with owners often describing friendly service,...
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Our Score (49/100)
Birmingham Aston PDSA Pet Hospital is part of PDSA and offers free and low-cost veterinary care for eligible pet owners. It is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility. Recent feedback is mixed: many owners describe kind,...
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Hollywood Veterinary Centre is a Birmingham practice with a 4.6/5 Google rating from 140 reviews. Recent feedback is mixed but leans positive overall: many owners praise the team’s kindness, clear communication and long-term care, while a...
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Our Score (48/100)
Selly Oak Vets4Pets is a Vets4Pets practice in Birmingham offering first-opinion care for dogs, cats and rabbits. Website-listed facilities include in-house diagnostics, surgery, hospitalisation, and separate cat and dog waiting and ward...
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The Lodge Vets is a veterinary clinic in Birmingham, West Midlands. Recent feedback points to a caring, helpful team, with especially warm comments about support during difficult end-of-life visits. Reviews also mention help with everyday...
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Our Score (46/100)
Pet House Vets presents itself as a practice with a focus on sustainability, and it is listed as a veterinary nurse training facility. Public information and owner feedback point to routine care such as health checks and vaccinations,...
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Our Score (41/100)

