The Spanish canine and cat meals market ranks among the many largest in Europe. Lots of the attendees on the inaugural version of the Congreso de la Industria de Pet Meals en Europa (CIPEU) (European Pet Meals Business Convention) labored for the businesses that make the meals to produce the rising Spanish pet meals market. CIPEU was held Sept. 27-28 in Zaragoza, Spain.
Spanish pet meals corporations assist feed Spain’s 9,313,000 pet canine in 2022, the fourth largest inhabitants in Europe, and 5,859,000 pet cats, Europe’s eighth largest. These figures come from the European Pet Meals Business Federation (FEDIAF) “Details and Figures 2022” report.
Feeding these pets is worthwhile. Analysts with Mordor Intelligence estimated that Spain’s pet meals market dimension will attain US$1.71 billion in 2023. They forecast that to rise to US$2.19 billion by 2028, with a compound annual development charge of 5%.
One other group of market researchers with Statista estimated that Spanish pet meals retail gross sales would attain US$2.0 billion in 2023 and develop yearly by 5.18% from 2023-2028.
That pet meals was offered in a spread of stores from supermarkets to pet specifically shops to veterinarian’s workplaces. Retail gross sales channels had been affected by the pandemic, and the repercussions nonetheless affect gross sales.
“E-commerce exploded in Spain as a result of pandemic rising by 25% in 2020 on this sector,” Christina Carloza, a U.S. Worldwide Commerce Administration advisor, wrote in a market intelligence report. “This channel turned highly regarded with customers in the course of the disaster, because it presents decrease costs and the added worth of dwelling supply. Nevertheless, specialised shops situated within the big supermarkets additionally gained floor towards the small neighborhood shops. There are 5,400 factors of sale in Spain of services for pets, together with each pet’s outlets, with roughly 3,000 retailers and a couple of,400 veterinary well being facilities co-located with a store.”
Pet meals corporations primarily based in Spain
In these stores, as in a lot of the world, Nestle Purina PetCare and Mars Petcare maintain robust positions in Spain. Nevertheless, Spain has homegrown pet meals corporations as effectively. The next corporations seem in Petfood Business’s Prime Corporations database.
Annual income 2022: US$47,000,000
Dibaq Mascotas is the pet care division of the Spanish-based Dibaq Group. The corporate has manufacturing amenities and gross sales workplaces worldwide, with a presence in additional than 50 international locations. Along with its personal manufacturers, the firm additionally manufactures private-label merchandise. Apart from pet meals, Dibaq Group is concerned in aquaculture and horse feed.
Annual income 2022: US$136,000,000
Bynsa Pets is a private-label producer and the producer of grocery store chain Mercadona’s Compy model of canine and cat meals. Compy is the main model in Spain. Annual manufacturing capability is 150,000 metric tons. The corporate additionally manufactures a variety of snacks for canine and cats below the Bobby and Lucy manufacturers.
Annual income 2022: US$520,000,000
Affinity Petcare, subsidiary of Agrolimen SA, is a number one firm in canine and cat vitamin in Spain and in addition has related positions in different European international locations. Along with its Barcelona, Spain, headquarters, Affinity has workplaces in Paris, Milan, Snetterton, UK, and São Paulo. The firm provides product to greater than 20 international locations.
Annual income 2022: US$753,000,000
Agrolimen SA is a Barcelona, Spain-based agency whose subsidiary Affinity Petcare is a number one European provider of meals for canine and cats. Agrolimen SA additionally operates a three way partnership with British-based uncooked meals producer Natures Menu, by means of Affinity Petcare, and owns US-based uncooked meals producer Nature’s Selection.
