Vets hail launch of centralised pet microchip portal

In a significant win for our long-standing call for a centralised microchipping portal for pets in the UK, the Association of Microchip Database Operators has launched the Single Point of Search (SPoS) microchip portal, which will make it easier for vets to reunite lost or stray pets with owners. It follows measures announced by Defra in 2024 to streamline access to microchip records.

Currently there are more than 20 separate national microchipping databases, neither of which share data with one another, which we know makes it logistically very difficult for our members to reunite lost or stray pets with owners.

The first phase of SPoS will give you and your team free access to pet and keeper details across five existing microchip databases- Chipworks, Identi, MyPet, Petlog and PETtrac - with more databases expected to be added in the future.

This will help you check multiple databases quickly, reunite cats and dogs with their owners faster, and provide prompt treatment where needed.

You can register your practice with the SPoS portal.