{"topic_id":"FEDIAF_2023_european_overview","category":"fediaf","context":"---\ntopic_id: \"FEDIAF_2023_european_overview\"\ncategory: \"fediaf\"\ntitle: \"FEDIAF 2023 — European pet food industry overview (2022 data)\"\nlang: en\nsource_document: \"FEDIAF Annual Report 2023 (Facts & Figures European Overview 2022)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"fediaf\"\n  title: \"FEDIAF 2023 — European pet food industry overview (2022 data)\"\n  url: \"https://europeanpetfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FEDIAF_Annual-Report_2023.pdf\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-30\"\n  ref: \"FEDIAF — The Voice of the European Pet Food Industry, Annual Report 2023 (Facts & Figures 2022); verbatim text recovered via Tavily extract transport 2026-07-30 (PDF content is FEDIAF's own)\"\n  doc_type: \"official source\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\nFEDIAF's Annual Report 2023 (Facts & Figures European Overview 2022) states the industry produced pet food with \"value at €29.1 billion\" \"volume growth around 3.5%\" and \"Feeding over 340m pets\" (the report also states \"340 million pets in the EU\"). The sector comprises \"150 pet food companies\" and FEDIAF \"We represent 95% of the\" Member companies.\n\nEmployment: \"Est. direct employment: 118 000\" and \"Est. indirect employment: 950 000\". Headline pet populations in Europe: \"CATS 127m\", \"DOGS 104m\", \"ORNAMENTAL BIRDS 53m\", \"SMALL MAMMALS 29m\", \"AQUARIA 22m\", \"TERRARIA 11m\". EU/Europe household pet-ownership shares: \"Cats: 25%\" and \"Dogs: 25%\". The \"Annual growth rate of the pet food industry\" (average of the past three years) is reported alongside these figures.\n","sources":["fediaf — FEDIAF 2023 — European pet food industry overview (2022 data) (retrieved 2026-07-30)"],"source":{"authority":"fediaf","title":"FEDIAF 2023 — European pet food industry overview (2022 data)","url":"https://europeanpetfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FEDIAF_Annual-Report_2023.pdf","retrieved":"2026-07-30","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"FEDIAF Annual Report 2023 (Facts & Figures European Overview 2022)","verification_file":""},"source_document":"FEDIAF Annual Report 2023 (Facts & Figures European Overview 2022)","source_file":"","tokens_estimated":200,"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."}