In 2024, the number of animal handlers in short-term caring businesses for pets in Japan amounted to *, making up the largest share of people engaged in animal handling businesses. Short-term caring services include pet hotels, beauty parlors for animals, and pet sitters, among others. Animal dealers such as retailers and breeders followed as the second-largest group, with * handlers engaged in the trading business.
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MOE (Japan). (March 6, 2025). Number of commercial animal handlers in Japan in 2024, by type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1255957/japan-commercial-animal-handlers-number-by-type/
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