Germany, dwelling to Europe’s third largest canine inhabitants, can be dwelling to quite a few pet meals firms. One of these firms, vegan pet food model VEGDOG accomplished an funding spherical in late 2022 and is at present investing the secured funds to broaden its product vary, improve capacities and increase to new markets. The German canine, cat and different pet meals firms listed beneath seem in Petfood Business’s High Pet Meals Corporations database. Their annual revenues for 2022 are listed.
In 2022, the European pet meals market grew to EUR29.1 billion (US$31.1 billion) with a mean 5.1% annual progress price in the course of the previous three years, in accordance with a European Pet Meals Business Federation (FEDIAF) report. To succeed in these gross sales figures, European pet homeowners bought 10.5 million tonnes (11.6 million US tons) of pet meals merchandise, rising at 3.5% yearly. Europe was dwelling to 150 pet meals firms final 12 months. These companies operated an estimated 200 amenities which employed 118,000 folks.
Germany-based pet meals firms
Annual Income
US$750,000,000.00
Deuerer is a private-label producer in Germany that additionally owns a number of main European pet meals producers, together with Vitakraft, Pets Alternative and Villeneuve Pet Meals. The corporate is amongst Europe’s largest pet meals pursuits, with gross sales extending to Asia and North America.
Annual Income
US$700,000,000.00
Heristo AG owns the Saturn Petcare Group, which incorporates private-label large Saturn Petcare and Animonda Petfood, with manufacturing vegetation in Bremen and Blaufelden, Germany, Hattern, Netherlands, and Terre Haute, Indiana and greater than 1,000 merchandise. This firm doesn’t publicly disclose monetary knowledge, so annual income was estimated or primarily based on survey responses.
Annual Income
US$191,000,000.00
Vitakraft Pet Care develops and produces greater than 2,500 branded meals snacks and different pet care merchandise for canines, cats, rodents, birds, fish, reptiles, hedgehogs and ferrets. Acquired by Deuerer in 2013, Vitakraft works with native gross sales firms in 19 nations all over the world to inventory extra than 50,000 retail areas.
Annual Income
US$186,360,000.00
Rondo Meals is a private-label producer specializing in the manufacturing and distribution of treats for canines and cats, working two manufacturing amenities. Kinds embody extruded, dried/fashioned meat, injection molded, fashioned pockets and specialty merchandise.
Annual Income
US$149,800,000.00
Bewital Petfood GmbH & Co. KG produces tremendous premium meals for canines and cats, working amenities for each dry and moist meals. The firm maximizes the proportion of recent meat in its dry meals utilizing present applied sciences. In moist meals, Bewital affords all kinds of cans in addition to pouches. Fundamental manufacturers Belcando pet food and Leonardo cat meals are offered in 50 nations spanning the globe. Father or mother firm Bewital Group additionally consists of an agricultural feed division and a subsidiary transportation fleet, Westrans.
Annual Income
US$70,000,000.00
Interquell manufactures Blissful Cat and Blissful Canine, the second-best-selling pet food model in Germany. The corporate’s merchandise are offered in additional than 66 nations, and the corporate operates six extruders at its plant. Interquell can be concerned within the manufacturing of grains for human consumption.
Annual Income
US$52,000,000.00
Gimborn develops, manufactures and markets premium cat and canine snacks and treats, together with clumping cat litter from its base in Germany. About 86% of the corporate’s income is generated in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Russia. Gimborn additionally exports to greater than 40 nations. Creating markets are concentrated in Japanese Europe and Asia, together with China. Gimborn additionally notes important progress in on-line gross sales.
