{"topic_id":"FEDIAF_2019_european_overview","category":"fediaf","context":"---\ntopic_id: \"FEDIAF_2019_european_overview\"\ncategory: \"fediaf\"\ntitle: \"FEDIAF 2019 — European pet food industry overview (2019)\"\nlang: en\nsource_document: \"FEDIAF Facts & Figures 2019\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"fediaf\"\n  title: \"FEDIAF 2019 — European pet food industry overview (2019)\"\n  url: \"https://www.jardinerie-animalerie-fleuriste.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FEDIAF_Facts_and_Figures_2019_compressed.pdf\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-30\"\n  ref: \"FEDIAF — The Voice of the European Pet Food Industry, Facts & Figures 2019 (FEDIAF's own publication; PDF mirrored on a distributor site, retrieved via Tavily extract transport 2026-07-30)\"\n  doc_type: \"official source\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\nFEDIAF's Facts & Figures 2019 reports the European pet food industry served \"85 million households owning at least one pet animal\" with pet-owning household share \"EU: Cats 24% | Dogs 25%\" and \"Europe: Cats 25% | Dogs 24%\".\n\nThe industry structure: \"132 pet food producing companies\" operating \"200 production plants (est.)\". Employment was \"Direct employment pet food industry: 100.000\" and \"Indirect employment: 900.000\". Annual sales: \"Volume: 8.5 million tons\" and \"Turnover: € 21 billion\"; \"Annual value of pet related products € 8.7 billion accessories and services € 11 billion services Total: € 19.7 billion\". The \"Annual growth rate of the pet food industry (average value over the past 3 years) 2.6 %\".\n\nHeadline pet populations (Europe totals): dogs \"Total Europe: 106.424.000\", cats \"Total Europe: 51.868.000\", ornamental birds \"Total Europe: 28.565.000\", aquaria \"Total Europe: 15.540.000\", small mammals \"Total Europe: 9.424.500\"; \"This corresponds to an estimated 300 million ornamental fish\". (EU totals: dogs 77.440.000, cats 37.227.000.)\n","sources":["fediaf — FEDIAF 2019 — European pet food industry overview (2019) (retrieved 2026-07-30)"],"source":{"authority":"fediaf","title":"FEDIAF 2019 — European pet food industry overview (2019)","url":"https://www.jardinerie-animalerie-fleuriste.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FEDIAF_Facts_and_Figures_2019_compressed.pdf","retrieved":"2026-07-30","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"FEDIAF Facts & Figures 2019","verification_file":""},"source_document":"FEDIAF Facts & Figures 2019","source_file":"","tokens_estimated":220,"generated_at":"2026-07-30","tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}