United States pet industry — APPA 2025 statistics
The American Pet Products Association (APPA) reports U.S. pet-industry statistics through its National Pet Owners Survey and State of the Industry Report.
Ownership
- 95 million U.S. households own a pet (2025 National Pet Owners Survey, cited in APPA's 2026 State of the Industry Report). The source reports ownership by species-type and generation, but those numeric tables are rendered as interactive charts and are not present in extractable text — so only the headline household figure is quoted here.
Total industry expenditures
2024 actual — $158 billion spent on pets:
| Segment | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Pet Food & Treats | $68.3 billion |
| Supplies, Live Animals & OTC Medicine | $34.4 billion |
| Vet Care & Product Sales | $41.0 billion |
| Other Services | $14.3 billion |
2026 projected — $165 billion:
| Segment | 2026 (projected) |
|---|---|
| Pet Food & Treats | $69.7 billion |
| Supplies, Live Animals & OTC Medicine | $35.6 billion |
| Vet Care & Product Sales | $42.4 billion |
| Other Services | $14.9 billion |
Pet Food & Treats is the single largest expenditure segment in both years.
Species-segment trends
APPA's 2025 Dog & Cat Report scopes dogs and cats as the two largest pet-industry segments and highlights "the Year of the Cat": cat ownership rose 23% in 2024, with more multi-cat homes. The free press release reports directional trends and 200+ pages of analysis but does not publish absolute species population counts (those sit in the paid survey dataset and are not quoted here).
Honest gaps
- Absolute dog/cat population counts (in millions) are not in the first-hand free sources and are omitted to avoid unverifiable figures.
- The expenditure table is labelled "2025 ACTUAL SALES" by APPA, but the body text states the total was "$158 billion spent on pets in 2024"; the 2026 figure is explicitly projected.
Sources
market_stats_appa_us_2024_2026— APPA 2025 survey: 95M U.S. households own a pet; 2024 sales $158B (food $68.3B, supplies $34.4B, vet $41.0B, other $14.3B); 2026 projected $165B (food $69.7B, supplies $35.6B, vet $42.4B, other $14.9B); pet food & treats largest segment.market_stats_us_appa_dog_cat_2025— APPA 2025 Dog & Cat Report: dogs and cats the two largest segments; cat ownership +23% in 2024 ("Year of the Cat"); 200+ pages analysis; no absolute species counts in free release.