Sweden

An unstable market situation featuring high inflation is resulting in unit price increases, a scenario that is forcing some Swedes to reconsider their spending habits. As a result, some pet owners are limiting their purchases of pet accessories,…

The trend of owning pets in Sweden remains strong in 2023, with cats and dogs particularly popular due to the greater interaction between consumers and these domestic animals compared to other pets. However, volume growth of pet food is gradually…

Despite a larger fish population in Sweden among other pets, small mammal/reptile food is the largest in volume terms within other pet food. The other pet population has fluctuated in recent years, with only reptiles and fish showing a marginal…

The notable increase in dog ownership in Sweden, triggered by the pandemic and subsequent home seclusion as local consumers looked to pets for companionship, is starting to slow. Swedes’ lifestyles are fully returning to normality, with this scenario…

As the most popular pet type in Sweden, cat ownership is now fairly mature, with growth in adoptions in 2023 starting to stagnate when compared to the jump witnessed over 2020-2021. Swedes are gradually returning to their pre-pandemic habits and…

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the most severe global recession since World War II. In Q4 2020, the end of the pandemic started as countries began administering effective vaccines among the population; however, vaccine distribution…