This article is compiled from an article published by Oliver Jones on 21 March 2022 titled "23 UK Pet Industry Statistics to Know in 2022: Trends, Market Size & More" published on petKeen website. The article introduces the overview of the UK pet industry in 2022 from 6 aspects, including: the overall data of the pet market, pet food data, pet food brands, cat litter categories, pet grooming, average pet overhead, pet pets, etc.
Among them, the main contents of the article are:
1. Britons spend more than £7.9 billion a year on pets.
2. The dog and cat breeds with significant increase in the number of dogs and cats in the UNITED Kingdom are the English toy dog and the Persian cat.
3) Britons spend around £3.2 billion a year on pet food.
4. In the UK, wet pet food accounts for about 30% of food sales, and dry food accounts for about 20%.
5, Amazon is the largest platform for pet food supplies in the UK.
6. Mars Pets is the largest pet food brand in the UK.
7. British dog families account for 33%, and cat families account for 27%. Dog owners often choose to keep large dogs, and dog food generates the most revenue each year, totaling more than £1.5 billion.
8, the UK's most popular dry cat food brand is Whiskas Weijia.
9, the most popular types of organic cat litter are wood chip cat litter and paper cat litter.
In the UK, pet owners spend an average of £274 a year on dog food and £125 on cat food.
11. In the UK, about 60% of dogs need to be groomed every 1 to 1.5 months.
12 In the UK, about 91% of dogs are microchipped.
The specific content of the article is:
1. Since 2015, the UK pet rate has been on the rise. (Source: ONS)
Pet ownership in the UK has been increasing since 2015, with Britons spending more than £7.9 billion a year on pets (£1:8.2), up more than 150% from the beginning of 2000.
2) Since the COVID-19 pandemic, most new pet owners in the UK say their pets have improved their mental health. (Source: BBC)
Of the more than 3.2 million people who bought a new pet during the pandemic, 74 percent of owners said their pets help maintain mental health, but still 5 percent said it was too challenging to keep a pet.
3, in the United Kingdom, more and more pet owners live in cities, accounting for more than 55%. (Source: Pet Business World)
More than 55% of pet owners live in cities, and about a third are under the age of 40.
4, in the United Kingdom, in recent years, purebred cats and purebred toy dog breeds have become more and more popular. (Source: Pet Business World)
Purebred toy dog breeds are growing in popularity, with the number of breeds increasing by more than 141% since 2016. Purebred cats are also growing in popularity, with the number of Persian cats tripling since 2016 and the overall number of purebred cats growing by more than 25 percent.
5) In the UK, people spend more than £3 billion a year on pet food. (Source: PFA)
Britons spend around £3.2 billion a year on pet food (£1:8.2), and that number is steadily increasing year on year.
6, in the United Kingdom, pet wet food dominates the food market. (Source: BBC)
In the UK, pet wet food accounts for more than 30% of food sales. Dry and wet grains are close behind, with wet and dry grains accounting for more than 50% of total sales. The remaining food sales are prescription foods, snacks and "other" categories.
7) In the UK, Amazon is the largest platform for the sale of pet products. (Source: Statista)
During the pandemic, Amazon was a "heavyweight player" in the sale of pet products in the UK. Amazon has 21 distributors in the UK and the site is visited more than 579 million times a year. These dealers supply more than £12 million worth of goods to the UK each year.
The Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) received about 29,000 cats, 10,000 dogs and more than 700 horses in 2019 and microchipped about 218,000 animals in a year. (Source: RSPCA)
In 2019, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals adopted around 29,000 cats, 10,000 dogs and 700 horses. The organization also implanted microchips in 218,000 animals and found adopters for more than 39,000 pets that just need help.
9) In the UK, dog food generates the most revenue for the pet industry, at more than £1.5 billion. (Source: PFMA)
In the UK, more dog owners (33% of households) than cat owners (27% of households) and mostly large dogs, bring in the most revenue each year, totaling more than £1.5 billion.
10. Mars Pets is currently the largest brand owner in the UK pet food industry. (Source: Mars, Pet Business World, Pet SCI, Heristo, Hill's Pet)
Mars Pets currently accounts for 42% of the UK pet food industry, and several of its brands are popular, such as Temptations, Craves, Catsan, Greenies, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Sheba, Special Kitty, Whiskas and others. Nestlé Purier is in second place with a 32% market share, followed by German brand Heristo and American brand Hills's Pet Nutrition.
11, the UK's most popular dry cat food brand is Whiskas Weijia. (Source: Statista)
The top selling dry cat food brands include Go-Cat, Purina Purina, Iams Aimos, Royal Canin Royal and so on.
12. Experts expect organic cat litter to capture a larger market share between 2022 and 2027 in the UK. (Source: Market Watch, Feline Pine)
Among them, Feline Pine, Blue Buffalo Blue Food, Nestlé, Mars and other brands are in a leading position.
13. The most popular types of organic cat litter are wood creed cat litter and paper cat litter. (Source: Market Watch)
Other popular ingredients for cat litter are bamboo, grass and corn. The advantage of this type of organic cat litter is that it produces less harmful dust, does not damage the cat's nasal cavity, feels soft on the feet, and is not easy to take the cat litter out of the litter box. In addition, organic cat litter is better for the environment. However, the downside is that organic cat litter usually doesn't clump and is a bit more expensive.
14 In the UK, 20% of pet owners spend at least £20 a month on pet clothing. (Source: Geo Marts)
15 In the UK, most dogs need to be groomed every 4-6 weeks. (Source: Geo Marts)
In the UK, around 60% of dogs need to be groomed every 1-1.5 months.
16. British pet owners spend around £9 billion a year on dogs and cats. (Source: Groom Arts)
British pet owners spend more than £10 billion a year on dogs and £8 billion on cats.
17 In the UK, pet owners spend about twice as much on dog food as cat food. (Source: Finder)
Pet owners spend an average of £274 a year on dog food and £125 on cat food.
18. In the UK, the total number of fish cultured is about 15 million - 20 million. (Source: PFMA)
19) In the UK, there are about 200,000 pets and 200,000 pet snakes. (Source: PFMA)
Climbing pets require special habitat conditions, often requiring adequate humidity and temperature. It is also necessary to configure ultraviolet heating lamps, humidifiers and electronic humidity detectors, etc., and the equipment costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
20 In the UK, 69% of dog owners underestimate the cost of keeping a dog. (Source: Dog Tips)
According to the data, 69% of British dog owners underestimate the cost of pet ownership (in fact, the average monthly cost is 70 to 105 pounds). Because of this, many pets are rescued by associations such as the RSPCA every year.
21. It is estimated that there are about 100,000 stray dogs in the UK.
(Source: Dog Tips)
22 In the UK, about 91% of dogs are microchipped.
(Source: Home Again)
23. The number of hedgehogs in the UK is decreasing due to increased agricultural area and other damage to animal habitats.
(Source: Frog Life)
For example, experts speculate that the number of hedgehogs in the UK is decreasing at a rate of 5% per year.