Pets and pet food retail sales in specialized stores in Norway 2008-2018

This statistic displays the annual turnover from the retail sale of pet animals and pet food in specialized stores in Norway from 2008 to 2018. In 2018, pet stores generated a sales revenue of approximately 1.3 billion Norwegian kroner. Over this period, sales of pet stores slightly fluctuated. It showed a rising trend between 2008 and 2010, where it reached a peak of about 1.1 billion Norwegian kroner. The following years were characterized by a slight decline. Since 2014, sales raise again.
According to a survey of Norwegian pet owners, more households have a cat than a dog. In fact, the estimated number of cats in Norway in 2018 was 770 thousand animals. The number for 2017 of dogs kept in Norwegian households was 500 thousand animals.