Pet Care

Sales in pet products in Spain achieve positive value sales in 2024, although potential is suppressed by a few factors. Firstly, we note the unclear interpretation of the new Law 7/2023 on the Protection of Rights and Welfare of Animals – during 2022…

Demand for pet accessories slowed over 2023, with value growth only sustained by a sharp rise in prices. With Norway seeing a sharp rise in the cost of living, pet owners focused mostly on essentials like pet food and looked to limit their…

Pet products is set to see current value growth in Israel in 2024. As with the rest of the local market, prices continued to increase in pet products in 2023 due to the high rate of inflation and the increasing cost of raw materials. As a result of…

Like other pet care categories, pet products in Ireland is impacted by strong economic challenges, such as inflationary pressure on prices and economic insecurity. These economic factors continue to exert pressure on consumer spending into 2024. As a…

Pet products in Hungary is experiencing a surge in demand for pet clothing and beds, fuelled by the growing cat and dog populations, which are larger than the 0-14-year-old human population in the country. Households are increasingly treating their…

Due to elevated inflation and rising costs, pet owners have been trying to restrict their non-essential spending on pet products. For this reason demand for pet accessories fell towards the end of the review period with consumers paying more…

Inflation has led to price hikes in pet products and pet food but also in veterinary health care, with this influencing consumer purchasing decisions. Many providers of veterinary health care have been forced to increase their service fees making it…

As with other categories of pet care in Egypt, current value growth in 2023/2024 was significantly boosted by increased unit prices.

The Bulgarian pet products category is expected to grow in 2024 in value terms. Growth will mainly be based on the growing interest and knowledge in caring about pet health, hygiene, wellness and entertainment. Pet humanisation is also ongoing while…

Cat litter registered the highest current value growth in pet products in Argentina in 2023, and a similar performance is expected in 2024. Sales increased well above the inflation rate, driven by the increase in the cat population as they are…

In 2023, pet care in the Philippines saw a notable slowdown in retail current value growth, indicating a loss of momentum compared with previous years, when the pandemic drove an increase in pet ownership. The slowdown in this year was mainly…

Pet care in the Netherlands continues to see consumers trade down in 2024. In a slowly improving economic situation, but with disposable incomes and purchasing power remaining under pressure, consumers are still looking to economise on pet food and…

Pet care in Thailand continues to experience solid growth, albeit against a backdrop of inflationary pressures that is contributing to an ongoing increase in retail prices. As consumer trends evolve towards treating pets as cherished family members,…

Pet care sales in Spain continue to see positive sales in 2024, in both value and volume terms. Value is supported by premiumisation trends and still-high unit prices in some instances, while baseline demand supports volume – which is showing…

After a spike in the pet population following the outbreak of COVID-19 the pet population has returned to more stable rates of growth. With the pandemic over and people spending more time away from the home there is no longer such a rush to become a…

The pet care market in Israel is expected to see growth in both volume and value terms in 2024. Pet organisations and shelters have made it clear that pet adoptions decreased significantly in the second half of 2022, with this continuing into 2023,…

Pet care in Ireland continues to face pressure from the global economic climate, with rising costs of raw materials, energy, production and transportation impacting the domestic industry into 2024. However, these economic effects have been less…

Pet care in Hungary recorded strong double-digit retail current value growth in 2022 and 2023, with a high single-digit increase projected over 2024. Such growth is rooted in high inflation, as retail volume sales are expected to continue to drop at…

Pet care continues to grow in both value and volume terms in Greece in 2024, having recorded steady growth over the review period. Pet care witnessed stronger growth in current value terms in 2023 than volume terms with this resulting from the impact…

Finland has relatively strict animal welfare regulations compared to many other markets and these have been further enhanced. Starting from 1 January 2024, the rules for keeping an animal at home have become even stricter as authorities seek to…