Germany — ZZF/IVH 2025 Heimtier-Markt: pet population
Source: ZZF/IVH "Heimtiere in Deutschland" 2025 press-conference presentation (zzf.de), first-hand German pet-trade association survey (Skopos Marktforschung, household-representative n=5,000), pulled 2026-07-30. The presentation reports Germany's total pet population and household counts. All figures below are verbatim from the source (German original).
Total pets and households
- "Rund 34 Millionen Heimtiere in Deutschland" (about 34 million pets in Germany)
- "Zahl der Haushalte in Deutschland: 2024: 41,3 Mio.; 2023: 40,9 Mio." (number of households in Germany: 2024: 41.3M; 2023: 40.9M)
Species counts (chart row: values in Mio. followed by species labels)
- "10,5 8,6 1,9 1,1 1,6 1,0 0,6 Katzen Hunde Kleintiere Ziervögel Aquarien Gartenteiche mit Fischen Terrarien" — i.e. cats 10.5M, dogs 8.6M, small animals 1.9M, cage birds 1.1M, aquaria 1.6M, garden-pond fish 1.0M, terrarium 0.6M (values as listed in the source chart).
Note: Figures are from the ZZF/IVH industry-body survey (Skopos, n=5,000), the standard German pet-population source. The chart lists species counts in millions preceding their labels; the verbatim row above is quoted exactly as it appears in the source.
Source: pdf-raw/market-stats/de_zzf_heimtier_2025_2026-07-30.txt — ZZF/IVH 2025 Heimtiere in Deutschland presentation, pulled 2026-07-30.