APPA U.S. pet industry & ownership statistics (2025 survey; 2024 actual / 2026 projected)
Source: APPA (American Pet Products Association) "Industry Trends and Stats" official page (americanpetproducts.org/industry-trends-and-stats), first-hand official statistics, pulled 2026-07-30. All figures below are verbatim from the source page.
Pet ownership (2025 National Pet Owners Survey)
- "According to the 2025 National Pet Owners Survey cited in APPA's 2026 State of the Industry Report, 95 million U.S. households own a pet" (the source text continues "Below, we report on the pet ownership statistics by species-type and by generational segment"; species/generation numeric tables on the page are rendered as interactive charts and are not present in the extractable text, so only the headline household figure is quoted here). The page states it reports "pet ownership statistics by species-type and by generational segment" (species/generation numeric tables on the page are rendered as interactive charts and are not present in the extractable text, so only the headline household figure is quoted here).
Total U.S. pet industry expenditures
- 2024 actual: "2025 ACTUAL SALES IN THE U.S. MARKET $158 billion spent on pets in 2024", broken down as:
- "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" (the source notes this category "includes boarding, grooming, insurance, training, pet sitting, pet walking, and all services outside of veterinary care")
- 2026 projected: "2026 PROJECTED SALES IN THE U.S. MARKET $165 billion in sales projected", broken down as:
- "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"
Note: the source labels the expenditure table "2025 ACTUAL SALES IN THE U.S. MARKET" but the body text states the total was "$158 billion spent on pets in 2024"; the 2026 figure is explicitly "projected". Pet Food & Treats is the single largest expenditure segment in both years.
Source: pdf-raw/market-stats/appa_industry_trends_2026-07-30.txt — APPA official Industry Trends & Stats page, pulled 2026-07-30.