Industry analysts observed that certain nations have dominated the Western and Eastern European pet food markets in recent years. However, different social and economic trends influence pet food markets in these regions, resulting in disparities between value and volume growth of pet food retails sales among the nations.
Top Western European pet food markets
These Western European nations topped pet food retail sales as a percentage of the regional total calculated by Euromonitor. The top three accounted for more than 50 percent of sales. See the infographic below for more details.
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
Euromonitor analysts estimated that total volume sales of pet food for 2017 may reach 5.834 million metric tons in Western Europe as a whole.
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Although still a large, valuable market, volume growth stagnated or declined in the mature pet food markets of Western Europe between 2012 and 2017. However, the value of the market grew, noted Euromonitor analysts. Price increases, premiumizaton and other retail value factors drove much of that value growth.
While Italy saw the most pet food sales growth in the region (2.45 percent), the UK, France and Germany grew by less than one percent. Meanwhile, pet food sales in the Netherlands dropped by 0.70 percent, according to Mordor Intelligence data.
Top Eastern European pet food markets
These Western European nations achieved the highest pet food retail sales as a percentage of the regional total. Russia’s retail pet food sales alone made up more than half. The infographic below contains more details.
- Russia
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Romania
Eastern Europe’s estimated pet food sales volume may reach 1.642 million metric tons in 2017, according to Euromonitor’s analysts.
In Eastern Europe, both retail volume and value grew between 2012 and 2017. A growing pet population, an increase in the demand for prepared pet foods and economic recovery all play roles in Eastern Europe’s pet food market growth.
