Dog, cat and other pet food production facilities operate across Europe, from Vafo Group in Estonia to C&D Foods in Spain. Petfood Industry’s Top Companies Current Data includes 42 pet food and treat production facilities with addresses listed in Europe. Those pet food producers appear in the Google Map embedded below.
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5 top European pet food companies 2019
1. Deuerer
Deuerer is a private-label manufacturer in Germany that also owns several major European pet food manufacturers, including Vitakraft, Pets Choice and Villeneuve Pet Food. The company is among Europe's largest pet food interests, with sales extending to Asia and North America.
- Headquarters: Germany
- Annual revenue: US$721,100,000
- Brands: Vitakraft, Vitality Plus, VitaBasic, VitaLife, Beef Stick, Deli Chews, Cat Stick, Souprise, Super Chomp, Beef Stick, Sandy, Vita Verde, Poésie, Treaties, Cat Yums, Mininos, Emotion, Kräcker, Pro Vita, Vita and (through Pets Choice) Webbox, Davies, Oceanic, Meatiful, Spike's, Tasty Bone, Rufus, Feathers & Beaky.
- Employees: 1,800
2. Heristo AG
Heristo AG owns the Saturn Petcare Group, which includes private-label giant Saturn Petcare and Animonda Petfood. With manufacturing plants in Bremen and Blaufelden, Germany, and Hattern, Netherlands, and more than 1,000 product offerings, the group is the top performer of the holding company. In early 2019, Saturn acquired a plant in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, where production of wet pet food is expected to begin in July 2020.
- Headquarters: Germany
- Annual revenue: US$700,000,000
- Brands: Carny, Integra, GranCarno, Vom Feinsten, Animonda Philosophie, Rafiné, Kaytee, Exact, Daya, Amigo, Apollo, Athena and Milkies
- Employees: 750
3. Agrolimen SA
Agrolimen SA is a Barcelona, Spain-based firm whose subsidiary Affinity Petcare is a leading European supplier of foods for dogs and cats. Agrolimen SA also operates joint ventures with British-based raw food manufacturer Natures Menu and US-based raw food producer Nature's Variety.
- Headquarters: Spain
- Annual revenue: US$580,000,000
- Employees: 2,000
4. United Petfood Producers
United Petfood Producers specializes in extruded dry dog and cat food under private label. The Belgian family business sells in more than 30 countries, including Kuwait, Russia, Suriname and Cameroon.
- Headquarters: Belgium
- Annual revenue: US$500,000,000
- Employees: 613
5. C & D Foods
C & D Foods is among the leading European manufacturers of private-label pet food, producing upward of 675,000 tons per year in a range of formats: pouch, alutray, canned and dry. The company is the pet food division of the Ireland-based ABP Food Group.
- Headquarters: Ireland
- Annual revenue: US$455,000,000
- Brands: Woofy, First Class
- Employees: 1,200
