Pet Care

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…

Despite enormous economic changes, pet care in Egypt had a successful year in 2023/24, with robust volume growth and even stronger growth in current value terms. Limitations in imports due to foreign currency deficiency and inflation make it more…

Sales of pet care in Bulgaria continued to grow based on the potential of prepared food due to its current low share. Dog and cat food remained the main growth driver of the pet care market as dogs and cats continued to be the main pet population in…

The pet care industry in Argentina continued to experience a variety of challenges in 2023 due to macroeconomic instability. Inflation is chronic, with double-digit growth since 2007, and triple-digit growth of 133% in 2023, which was the highest…

In 2023, other pet food saw notable retail volume and current value declines in the Philippines, with falling sales across bird food, fish food, and small mammal/reptile food, which can be attributed to inflation and rising prices. In 2024, sales of…

Overall, other pet food in the Netherlands is affected by the slowdown in the other pet population, compared to the increases seen in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 and 2021. There was a particularly notable increase in…

Clubs of bird enthusiasts are leading a campaign to remove the Red-whiskered Bulbul from the list of protected wildlife in Thailand. Launched in October 2023, the movement gained substantial momentum up until 20 December 2023, garnering over 100,000…

Other pet food in Spain is being affected by a decline in the population of small pets, albeit still managing to achieve sub-decimal positive volume growth overall, and decent value growth which is supported by still-high unit prices. One of the…

Rabbits remain one of the most popular small pets among Norwegians. Often, rabbits are seen as a kid-friendly starter pet for children to learn about taking care of an animal before committing to a cat or a dog. However, as a result, rabbits also…

Other pet food is set to register current value growth in Israel in 2024. Along with the prices of dog and cat food, prices of other pet food rose sharply in the latter part of the review period. The rise in prices started in the pet specialist…

The overall performance of other pet food in Ireland is supported by growing interest in the keeping of small mammals as pets. The Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) has revealed a doubling in the number of small mammals…

Other pet food in Hungary is seeing a growing demand for products featuring 100% natural ingredients and grain-free formulas, as well as vegan options. Options like Fressnapf Hungária’s Real Nature Optimal Menu for small mammals exemplify this trend,…

Sales of fish food have been in decline in the last few years of the review period in retail volume terms. This decline is linked to the gradual decline being seen in the pet fish population. Fish are no longer seen as a “trendy” pet in the Greek pet…

Other pet food is a much smaller area of the market than dog and cat food, but despite various challenges the category sustained relatively stable sales during the course of the review period. Various small mammals are often bought as beginner pets…

The other pet food category as a whole was affected by soaring inflation in Egypt in 2023/24, leading to a surge in current value sales, with far more moderate retail volume sales. The ownership of birds, fish, and other small mammals/reptiles is not…

The majority of categories in other pet food are set to develop positively in 2024, especially in value as opposed to volume terms due to their price retention at a relatively high level. Category growth will be based mainly on increasing knowledge…

As seen during the review period, sales of other pet food in Argentina continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, mainly due to the population decline of other pets, and this trend is set to continue into 2024. Due to the pet humanisation…