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Pet store operators in Austria

Company 2019 2018 Change from 2018 Change from 2018 Retail area Ø Retail area
(Number) (Number) (Number) (in per cent) (in m ) (in m )
2
2
AFS/RWA (Baywa) 1 255 250 5 2.0 25 750 101
Fressnapf 131 132 -1 -0.8 65 350 499

Das Futterhaus 42 41 1 2.4 20 649 492
Obi 2 20 21 -1 -4.8 1 575 79
Dehner 15 13 2 15.4 10 425 695
Hornbach 14 14 0 0.0 2 800 200

Perro (A) 11 11 0 0.0 550 50
Cats & Pets (A) 6 8 -2 -25.0 1 271 212
Kölle Zoo (previously Megazoo) 5 5 0 0.0 12 960 2.592

Sagaflor 5 4 1 25.0 5 600 1.120
Dogstyler 5 3 2 66.7 1 280 256
Futterbar (A) 3 3 0 0.0 465 155
Krämer 3 2 1 50.0 200 67

Zoo Muser (A) 2 2 0 0.0 4 000 2.000
Total 517 509 8 1.6 152 875 296

Cat food dominates 1 Stores bigger than 400 m retail area, estimate
2
including 9 pet departments of less than 50 m
Pets in Austria The cat food market in Austria ac- 2 each in retail area 2
Source: PET-Fachhandel in Deutschland, Öster-
counts for over half of the total reich, Schweiz (Dähne Verlag); PET Retailers in
Species 2019 Europe (Dähne Verlag)
pet food market, according to the
Cats 1 815 000 latest charts by Euromonitor In- Source: pet Statistik Zoofachhandel 2020
ternational. The market research

Dogs 641 000
company believes the pet food
Small animals 510 000 market had a sales volume of 583
mio euros in 2020. After cat food,

Companion birds 240 000 with sales of 308 mio euros in
the coronavirus year, according to
Ornamental fish 1 240 000 Euromonitor International, comes
dog food with a sales volume of
Reptiles 2 135 000
226 mio euros. Food for other pets
1 Number of aquariums 2 Number of terrariums is estimated to be worth 48 mio
euros, according to the research
Source: FEDIAF, date: 2019
company. While moist food domi-
nates cat food sales, dry food ac-
rate of overall sales in Europe. retailer even belongs to the TOP counts for the lion’s share of the
Last year, it broke the 50-mio-euro 20 of all online retailers. Zooplus dog food market. When it comes
sales barrier with annual sales of is thus generating more sales than to treat products, these lag be-
nearly 51 mio euros. In Austria, the online shops of Hornbach, hind dry and moist food in terms
the Munich-based e-commerce Billa and Thalia, for instance. of sales for both cats and dogs.n

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