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Top 10 global petfood leaders

After a tumultuous and media-scrutinized year, our industry has seen plenty of changes. Some things, however, remain relatively consistent, like the 10 companies that lead the petfood industry in global sales.

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Jessica Taylor Bond
January 1, 2008
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After a tumultuous and media-scrutinized year, our industry has seen plenty of changes. Some things, however, remain relatively consistent, like the 10 companies that lead the petfood industry in global sales. But just like the March 2007 recalls and the resulting push of fresh, organic and natural products, there's always room for a few surprises. Although most companies profiled are familiar names, two Brazilian companies have entered the ring.

The latest information from Euromonitor International shows the continued growth of the global petfood market since 2001 (Table 1). As of fall 2007, worldwide dog and cat food sales stood at US$45.12 billion, a 4.9% increase over the previous year. Euromonitor projects this growth to continue at a compound annual rate of 2.9%, reaching about US$52 billion by 2012.

For overall market sales, research companies like Euromonitor are able to provide data close to real-time. For individual company sales and market shares, data lags by a year. Thus, Tables 2 and 3 present the top 10 global petfood companies by sales and growth, respectively, as of the end of 2006.