FEDIAF Facts & Figures 2024 — data scope & methodology
Source: FEDIAF (EuropeanPetFood), "European Pet Population and Market Data 2024" statistics page (europeanpetfood.org/about/statistics/), first-hand official page, pulled 2026-07-24. Explains how the headline pet-population and market figures are produced.
Data collection
- "we have liaised with all 15 of our National Association members, who have supplied local population figures and market data-where available."
- "Soulor Consulting has conducted a rigorous review, aligning data and applying additional layers of verification against previous records, inflation figures, and other relevant metrics."
Geographic coverage
- The report "covers all of the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and most of the remaining Council of Europe member states (the report now covers 41 of the 48 CoE members)."
- "Russia is no longer included and we have incorporated a set of new countries that were previously not included to ensure that the data covers all of the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and most of the remaining Council of Europe member states (the report now covers 41 of the 48 CoE members)."
Timing / comparability
- "we now gather data from two years prior to publication. Therefore, in 2026, we publish data from 2024."
- "Due to changes in the countries included, we advise against making direct year-on-year comparisons."
Source: pdf-raw/market-stats/fediaf_statistics_2024.txt — FEDIAF official statistics page (europeanpetfood.org/about/statistics/), pulled 2026-07-24.