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In 2018, over ** million households in the United States stated that they bought pet products online, while about ** million reportedly bought such products in retail stores. Between 2016 and 2018, the number of online pet product buyers grew by over **** million.

Online pet product buying options

In 2018, a little over a third of all pet care sales were made at mass/dollar/club stores in the United States. Just over *** percent of all pet care product sales were made through e-commerce, making it the smallest purchase channel in terms of actual sales. When buying products online, there can be a plethora of buying options at one’s disposal. One could for example make use of subscription-based services: in 2019, about *** percent of cat and dog owners in the United States made use of online subscription or auto-ship services in order to purchase pet treats.

Most common pets in the U.S.

By far the most common pets found in American households were dogs and cats respectively in the financial year of 2019/2020. That year, over ** million households in the country had a dog, while just over ** million owned a cat. About **** and a half million households owned a reptilian pet.