Leading dog breeds ranked by number of registrations in the UK 2020

The top dog breed in the UK in 2020, as measured by number of registrations, was the Labrador Retriever breed. Some 39,905 retrievers were newly registered in the UK in 2020. French Bulldogs and Cocker Spaniels rounded out the top three dog breeds in the UK in 2020.

Global dog population

As of 2018, the global population of pet dogs reached 471 million. Out of all European nations, the UK has the second highest ownership of pet dogs in 2019. Germany has the highest ownership of pet dogs and Poland has the third highest ownership of pet dogs. The European country with the lowest number of dogs as pet is Estonia at 230,000. The total number of pet dogs in the European Union in 2019 was around 87.5 million.

Value of pet products in the EU

Over the past ten years, the annual value of pet related products and services in Europe have moderately increased, with the exception of 2016 and 2017. In 2010, the value or pet products and services were approximately 10.5 billion Euros. Whereas in 2019, the value increased to approximately 19.7 billion Euros.