Number of U.S. households buying pet products in store or online 2013-2018

In 2018, over 13 million households in the United States stated that they bought pet products online, while about 60 million reportedly bought such products in retail stores. Between 2016 and 2018, the number of online pet product buyers grew by over five 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 ten 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 ten 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 60 million households in the country had a dog, while just over 40 million owned a cat. About four and a half million households owned a reptilian pet.

于2018年，美国逾1300万户家庭声称在线购买了宠物产品，而据报道约6000万户家庭在零售店购买了此类产品。在2016年至2018年期间，在线购买宠物产品的消费者数量增长了超过500万人。在线宠物产品购买选择在2018年，美国所有宠物护理销售额中，略超过三分之一是在大众/一美元/俱乐部商店完成的。所有宠物护理产品销售额中，略超过十分之一是通过电子商务完成的，使其成为实际销售额中购买渠道的最小者。在网上购买产品时，消费者可供选择的购买选项繁多。例如，可以利用基于订阅的服务：在2019年，美国大约十分之一的猫狗主人使用了在线订阅或自动发货服务来购买宠物零食。在美国，最普遍的宠物是狗和猫，分别占2019/2020财年美国家庭中的宠物比例。那年，该国有超过6000万户家庭拥有狗，而略超过4000万户家庭拥有猫。大约450万户家庭拥有爬行动物宠物。