Market Outlook 14 minutes PremiumGlobal Pet E-Commerce: A Dynamic Channel In a Growing Market Coresight Research May 25, 2016 Executive Summary Spending on pets is growing globally as more people consider pets a part of their family. Global pet food sales grew by 4% in 2015, to $70 billion. More of that spending is happening online. Globally, an estimated 5.3% of total pet care sales were online in 2015, up from 4.4% in 2014. The American Pet Products Association reports that Americans spent over $60 billion on their pets in 2015, up 3.9% from the previous year. We estimate around 7% of US pet care sales were made online in 2015, up from 6.4% in 2014. Chinese pet owners have flocked to the Internet to purchase pet food: the Internet captured an estimated 38% of total pet food sales in the country in 2015. In the US, e-tailers Chewy.com and Amazon dominate the US pet food e-commerce market, and are far ahead of specialist pet retailers PetSmart and Petco. Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 6: Bargain Hunt and Liberated Brands To Close About 200 Stores3Q24 US Retail Inventory Insights: Apparel, Off-Price and Warehouse Club Retailers Expand Inventories for the HolidaysUS CPG Sales Tracker: E-Commerce Sales Surge, Outpacing In-Store GrowthPutting the “AI” in “Airlines”: Insights from CES 2025