Veterinary Services in Context: United States Report

Report Overview

This report discusses the dynamics of the retail and veterinary channels for products (such as food and parasiticides) and services. Veterinary services for pets/animals other than dogs or cats are outside the scope of this report.
Freedonia quantifies trends in various measures of growth and volatility. Growth calculated as a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) employs, by definition, only the first and last datapoints over a period. The CAGR is used to describe forecast growth, defined as the expected trend beginning in the base year and ending in the forecast year. Readers are encouraged to consider historical volatility when assessing particular annual values along the forecast trend, including in the forecast year.
A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.
 

Related NAICS Codes

Table of Contents

• “Retail-ization” of Vet & Pet Services
• Historical Omnimarket Trends
• Customer Shopping Patterns

• Channel Competition
• Parasiticides
• Pet Food

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Resources

• Figure 1 | Level of Agreement with the Statement, “I Like the Idea of Having a Single Source for Pet Care, Including Pet Products and Pet Services”: by Generational Cohort, 2026 (% of pet owners)
• Figure 2 | Level of Agreement with the Statement, “I Like the Idea of Having a Single Smartphone App for Pet Care, Including Pet Products and Pet Services”: by Generational Cohort, 2026 (% of pet owners)
• Figure 3 | Share of US Pet Parasiticide Sales by Distribution Channel, 2020 & 2025 (%)
• Figure 4 | Types of Pet Health & Wellness Products Considered Most Important: Nutrition vs. Prescription, 2026 (% of pet owners)
• Table 1 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Veterinary Services & Products