page_title: Pet industry
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Pet industry / Economy
caption_attribution_description: A Pet's Place store in Hatert, Nijmegen
context_page_description: The pet industry is the market industry associated with companion animals. It includes things that are associated with the production, consumption and cultural activities linked to the market. Next to nutrition, toys and animal healthcare, new services and products like taxis, kindergartens, hotels, IT appliances, broadcasting, theme parks and funeral services are appearing on the market.
context_section_description: In the United States alone between 2017 and 2018 there was an estimate of 393 million pets, making for a total pet expenditure of $72.56 billion. In Europe the total amount of companion animals in 2018 was estimated to be over 158 million pets. The total pet expenditures can be divided into nutrition, supplies/medicines, veterinarian care, live animal purchases and other services.
  The most common found pet in the U.S., according to the 2019-2020 APPA National Pet Owners Survey, was the dog with 63.4 million of U.S. households owning at least as a pet. After that comes the cat with 42.7 million households keeping one. The third largest owned pet in the U.S. is the freshwater fish with 11.5 million households owning at least one fish. After that comes the bird (5.7 million households), small rodents (5.4 million households), reptiles (4.5 million households), and last saltwater fish and horses with 3.2 million households owning one.
  The basic annual expenditures for keeping and maintaining a pet dog in U.S. is $1,381. For keeping a cat in the U.S. the costs come to $908 per year. These costs includes things such as surgical vets visits, routine vet visits, food, vitamins and toys.
caption: Pet Product Store
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