Brazilian pet food companies dominated South America's top 10 in 2025, occupying the first five positions and accounting for approximately 82% of the region's combined $2.978 billion annual revenue. Brazil's dominance stems from its position as South America's largest economy, major agricultural producer, and largest consumer market, combined with strategic manufacturing locations near both ingredient supplies and urban centers.
- Brazil controls 82% of the top 10 companies' combined revenue, with all five top positions held by Brazilian manufacturers
- Combined regional revenue totaled US$2.978 billion in 2025, with Brazilian companies accounting for approximately US$2.441 billion
- Strategic location matters: Leading manufacturers cluster in São Paulo and Paraná states, connecting agricultural production areas with consumer markets and transportation infrastructure
- Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay complete the ranking with two, two, and one company respectively, each positioned near major agricultural regions
- Agricultural supply chains determine success: Pet food manufacturing locations align with grain production, livestock farming, and food-processing centers across the region
Brazilian pet food companies dominated South America’s top 10 in 2025, taking the first five positions in Petfood Industry’s Top Companies database (see infographic below). Companies from Argentina, Chile and Paraguay completed the ranking.
Combined, the companies reported US$2.978 billion in annual revenue. The five Brazil-based companies accounted for approximately 82% of that total.
Brazil connects pet food production to agriculture and consumers
Brazil’s dominance of the ranking corresponds with its position as South America’s largest economy and one of the world’s largest agricultural producers. The country’s pet food manufacturing base also benefits from substantial domestic production of corn, soybeans and animal-derived ingredients.
The locations of several leading manufacturers demonstrate the connection between agricultural supply chains and the large consumer markets of southeastern Brazil.
PremieRpet operates its original manufacturing complex in Dourado, in the interior of São Paulo state. The complex contains three factories for dry food, cookies and wet pet food, along with the company’s nutritional development center and laboratory. PremieRpet has also established an industrial complex in Porto Amazonas, Paraná.
These locations place production within two major agricultural and food-processing states. Paraná is a major producer of soybeans and corn, while São Paulo combines agricultural production with the country’s largest concentration of consumers, transportation infrastructure and food-processing businesses.
BRF Pet ranked second at US$765 million. Its position also reflects Brazil’s connection between the pet food and animal-protein industries.
São Paulo state forms a pet food manufacturing cluster
Special Dog Company, the region’s third-ranked company, provides another example of the concentration of pet food production in São Paulo’s interior.
The company was founded in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo in 2001 and remains based there. Its location provides access to the agricultural economy of western São Paulo and neighboring Paraná while remaining connected by road to the large metropolitan markets of southeastern Brazil.
Special Dog reported several developments during 2025. The company introduced its Bionatural line and promoted the new products at a Brazilian animal nutrition industry event. Its 2025 sustainability reporting also showed continued investment in waste management. The company reported a 99.10% overall recycling rate for waste recorded during the year and a 99.98% recycling rate when considering materials capable of being recycled.
Special Dog also reported supporting 45 animal welfare initiatives through its Bem Nutrir donation program in 2025, donating more than 110 metric tons of pet food that benefited more than 8,000 animals.
Adimax, ranked fourth with US$310 million, has an even broader manufacturing footprint. The company began production in Salto de Pirapora, São Paulo, but now lists manufacturing facilities in São Paulo, Paraná, Bahia, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais and Goiás.
That network links pet food production with several of Brazil’s principal agricultural regions while placing factories closer to major consumer markets in the Southeast, South, Northeast and Central-West. Adimax also operates a transportation and logistics business established to move products between its factories and points of sale.
Total Alimentos, fifth at US$190 million, completes Brazil’s sweep of the top five.
Argentina combines agricultural supply with export access
Argentina contributed two companies to the ranking: Petfood Saladillo at No. 6 with US$175 million and Vitalcan at No. 9 with US$65 million.
Petfood Saladillo is based in Saladillo in Buenos Aires province, placing the manufacturer within Argentina’s Pampas agricultural region. The location provides a direct connection to one of South America’s major grain and livestock-producing areas.
Petfood Saladillo’s operations demonstrate that relationship particularly clearly. The company reports annual production capacity exceeding 130,000 metric tons and operates five units encompassing pet food production, grain storage, soybean processing, flavor production, and wet and semi-moist snacks. The company manufactures both its own products and pet foods for other brands.
The location also provides access to Argentina’s road and export infrastructure and to the Buenos Aires metropolitan consumer market.
Agricultural conditions created challenges in the area during 2025. Argentina’s government declared an agricultural emergency or disaster for affected areas of Buenos Aires province, including Saladillo, following flooding during the year. The declaration underscores how the same proximity to agricultural production that can benefit ingredient sourcing may also expose food manufacturers and their suppliers to regional weather disruptions.
Chilean companies connect production with the central economic corridor
Chile contributed two companies: Empresas Carozzi, with US$162 million, and Champion Pet Care, with US$101 million.
Empresas Carozzi is a diversified food manufacturer whose portfolio includes the Master Dog and Master Cat pet food brands. Its operations are concentrated in Chile’s central economic corridor, where much of the country’s population, food processing, agriculture and transportation infrastructure is located.
Pet food was an area of investment for Carozzi in 2025. The company reported that a new wet pet food production line at its Lontué operations helped it achieve more than 30% of the Chilean wet pet food market during the year. Lontué is in the Maule region, an important agricultural and food-processing area south of Santiago.
Carozzi also announced US$36 million in investments at its Nos industrial center during 2025 to expand distribution capacity and construct a frozen-food distribution center. While that project was not specifically a pet food investment, it illustrates the logistics infrastructure supporting the diversified company’s operations.
Carozzi also underwent an ownership change during 2025 when South Africa-based Tiger Brands agreed to sell its 24.4% interest in Empresas Carozzi back to Carozzi. The transaction consolidated ownership of the operating company under its Chilean parent.
Paraguay extends the ranking into a major grain-producing region
Industrias Trociuk ranked 10th with US$45 million, making Paraguay the fourth country represented.
The company’s presence adds another agricultural dimension to the regional map. Trociuk is associated with Itapúa, one of Paraguay’s important farming regions. The departmental economy includes grain production, including corn, creating a local agricultural base relevant to animal feed and pet food manufacturing.
Itapúa also occupies a strategic position near Argentina and Brazil. That geography places manufacturers within the wider agricultural and commercial network connecting southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.
Pet food map follows South America’s economic geography
South America’s top 10 demonstrate a close relationship between pet food manufacturing and the region’s broader economic geography. Brazil’s five highest-ranking companies operate within a country that combines large supplies of agricultural commodities and animal proteins with South America’s largest consumer market.
Argentina’s companies are positioned within or near the Pampas agricultural economy and the Buenos Aires market. Chile’s manufacturers benefit from the country’s central industrial, agricultural and population corridor, while Paraguay’s representation connects pet food production with a major grain-producing region and cross-border trade network.
The result is a pet food industry clustered not simply around the continent’s largest cities, but along a broader network of agricultural production areas, food-processing centers, highways, distribution infrastructure and export corridors. For South America’s largest pet food manufacturers, access to ingredients and access to consumers remain closely intertwined.
